Carl Weathers

Biography

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.

Carl Weathers

Biography

Known For (Movies)

Predator

Rocky

Toy Story 4

Little Nicky

Magnum Force

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues

Happy Gilmore

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

Rocky III

Rocky IV

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

Rocky II

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

Balto III: Wings of Change

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Friday Foster

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?

Known For (TV)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Chicago Fire

Chicago P.D.

Regular Show

Saturday Night Live

Psych

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mandalorian

ER

Magnum P.I.

The Shield

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Arrested Development

The Six Million Dollar Man

Tour of Duty

Cannon

Starsky & Hutch

Barnaby Jones

Colony