Carl Weathers

Known for: Acting

Born: 1948-01-14 – 2024-02-02 (aged 76)

From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director, as well as former professional football player in the United States and Canada. He was best known for playing Apollo Creed in the Rocky series of films. He also played Dillon in the first Predator movie, Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore and Little Nicky, Magistrate Greef Karga in The Mandalorian, and played a fictionalized version of himself in the television series Arrested Development.

Filmography (94)

MOVIE★ 7.9
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 7.4
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self - Greef Karga
TV★ 8.4
The Mandalorian
2019
as Greef Karga
MOVIE★ 7.5
Toy Story 4
2019
as Combat Carl (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Magnum P.I.
2018
as Dan Sawyer
MOVIE★ 6.7
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
MOVIE
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
2017
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
TV★ 6.8
Chicago Justice
2017
as Mark Jefferies
TV★ 6.9
Colony
2016
as Beau
MOVIE★ 7.0
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015
as Self
TV★ 8.4
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
TV★ 8.4
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Mark Jefferies
MOVIE★ 7.2
Toy Story of Terror!
2013
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
TV★ 8.4
Chicago Fire
2012
as Mark Jefferies
MOVIE★ 3.7
American Warships
2012
as General McKraken
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011
as Self
TV★ 8.6
Regular Show
2010
as God of Basketball (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Brothers
2009
as 'Coach' Trainor
TV★ 5.0
Phoo Action
2008
as Chief Benjamin Benson
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Comebacks
2007
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
MOVIE
The Opponents
2006
as Self / Apollo Creed
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Boone
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Sasquatch Gang
2006
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Alien Siege
2005
as General Skyler
MOVIE★ 6.7
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Kirby (voice)
TV★ 7.9
Arrested Development
2003
as Carl Weathers
MOVIE★ 5.2
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
as GNC Guy (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Iron and Beyond
2002
as Self - Co-star: Predator
TV★ 8.2
The Shield
2002
as Joe Clark
MOVIE
Predator: Classified Action
2001
as Self
MOVIE
Predator: Old Painless
2001
as Self
MOVIE
Predator: The Life Inside
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Little Nicky
2000
as Chubbs (uncredited)
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as SA Mark Jefferies
MOVIE★ 4.4
Assault on Death Mountain
1999
as Roy Brown
MOVIE★ 4.3
Assault on Devil's Island
1997
as Roy Brown
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MOVIE★ 6.7
Happy Gilmore
1996
as Chubbs Peterson
MOVIE★ 7.5
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995
as Hampton Forbes
MOVIE★ 6.1
OP Center
1995
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
TV★ 5.0
OP Center
1995
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
MOVIE★ 9.0
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
as Hampton Forbes
MOVIE★ 9.5
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994
as Hampton Forbes
MOVIE★ 10.0
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994
as Hampton Forbes
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Louie Taylor
MOVIE★ 10.0
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994
as Chief Hampton Forbes
MOVIE★ 4.5
Hurricane Smith
1992
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
TV★ 7.2
Street Justice
1991
as Adam Beaudreaux
MOVIE★ 7.2
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dangerous Passion
1990
as Kyle Western
MOVIE
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990
as Apollo Creed (archive footage)
TV★ 7.6
In the Heat of the Night
1988
as Hampton Forbes
MOVIE★ 5.5
Action Jackson
1988
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
TV★ 8.1
Tour of Duty
1987
as Col. Carl Brewster
MOVIE★ 7.6
Predator
1987
as Al Dillon
MOVIE
Fortune Dane
1986
as Fortune Dane
TV★ 6.0
Fortune Dane
1986
as Fortune Dane
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Defiant Ones
1986
as Cullen Monroe
MOVIE★ 7.1
Rocky IV
1985
as Apollo Creed
MOVIE★ 5.0
Braker
1985
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
MOVIE★ 6.9
Rocky III
1982
as Apollo Creed
MOVIE★ 6.7
Death Hunt
1981
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
MOVIE★ 7.3
Rocky II
1979
as Apollo Creed
MOVIE★ 6.2
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Weaver
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Bermuda Depths
1978
as Eric
MOVIE★ 7.4
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Military Policeman
MOVIE★ 5.5
Semi-Tough
1977
as Dreamer Tatum
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Hostage Heart
1977
as Bateman Hooks
MOVIE★ 7.8
Rocky
1976
as Apollo Creed
TV★ 7.0
Delvecchio
1976
as Sgt. Bell
MOVIE★ 6.1
Friday Foster
1975
as Yarbro
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Mitzi Graham
TV★ 6.6
Switch
1975
as Lt. Gifford
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Four Deuces
1975
as Taxi cab driver
MOVIE★ 5.8
Bucktown
1975
as Hambone
TV★ 6.8
Bronk
1975
TV★ 7.1
S.W.A.T.
1975
TV★ 8.0
Good Times
1974
TV★ 7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Stolar
MOVIE★ 7.1
Magnum Force
1973
as Demonstrator
TV★ 7.0
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Jack Hopper
TV★ 7.7
Kung Fu
1972
as Bad Sam
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Officer Hague
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
TV★ 7.2
McCloud
1970
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE
Predator: The Unseen Arnold
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as Self