Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 14, 1948
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Known For - Movies
Predator
as Al Dillon
Rocky
as Apollo Creed
Toy Story 4
as Combat Carl (voice)
Happy Gilmore
as Chubbs
Rocky IV
as Apollo Creed
Rocky III
as Apollo Creed
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Military Policeman
Rocky II
as Apollo Creed
Magnum Force
as Demonstrator
Little Nicky
as Chubbs (uncredited)
Known For - TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as SA Mark Jefferies
Chicago Fire
as Mark Jefferies
Chicago P.D.
as Mark Jefferies
Regular Show
as God of Basketball (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
ER
as Louie Taylor
Psych
as Boone
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self