Carl Weathers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Died
- February 2, 2024
- Birthplace
- 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
Rocky IV: Rocky vs Drago – The Ultimate Director’s Cut TBA
as Apollo Creed
Predator: The Unseen Arnold TBA
as Self
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer 2022
as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Toy Story 4 2019
as Combat Carl (voice)
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance 2018
as Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs 2017
as Self
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni 2017
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues 2015
as Self
Think Like a Man Too 2014
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Toy Story of Terror! 2013
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
American Warships 2012
as General McKraken
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance 2011
as Self
The Comebacks 2007
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
In the Ring: The Making of Rocky 2006
Actor
The Opponents 2006
as Self / Apollo Creed
The Sasquatch Gang 2006
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
- Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Tribute To Burgess Meredith 2006
as Self (voice)
Alien Siege 2005
as General Skyler
Balto III: Wings of Change 2004
as Kirby (voice)
Eight Crazy Nights 2002
as GNC Guy (voice)
Iron and Beyond 2002
as Self - Co-star: Predator
Predator: The Life Inside 2001
as Self
Predator: Old Painless 2001
as Self
Predator: Classified Action 2001
as Self
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' 2000
as Self
Little Nicky 2000
as Chubbs (uncredited)
Assault on Death Mountain 1999
as Roy Brown
Assault on Devil's Island 1997
as Roy Brown
Happy Gilmore 1996
as Chubbs
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me 1995
as Hampton Forbes
OP Center 1995
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
- In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound 1995
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? 1994
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice 1994
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life 1994
as Chief Hampton Forbes
Hurricane Smith 1992
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years 1990
as Self
Dangerous Passion 1990
as Kyle Western
Action Jackson 1988
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Predator 1987
as Al Dillon
Fortune Dane 1986
as Fortune Dane
The Defiant Ones 1986
as Cullen Monroe
Rocky IV 1985
as Apollo Creed
Braker 1985
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
Rocky III 1982
as Apollo Creed
Death Hunt 1981
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Rocky II 1979
as Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone 1978
as Weaver
The Bermuda Depths 1978
as Eric
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
as Military Policeman
Semi-Tough 1977
as Dreamer Tatum
The Hostage Heart 1977
as Bateman Hooks
Rocky 1976
as Apollo
Friday Foster 1975
as Yarbro
The Four Deuces 1975
as Taxi cab driver
Bucktown 1975
as Hambone
Magnum Force 1973
as Demonstrator
Credits from TMDB.