
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/14/1948
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
کارل ویترز
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

Predator
as Al Dillon

Rocky
as Apollo Creed

Toy Story 4
as Combat Carl (voice)

Little Nicky
as Chubbs (uncredited)

Rocky III
as Apollo Creed

Death Hunt
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown

Friday Foster
as Yarbro

Hurricane Smith
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith

Rocky IV
as Apollo Creed

Happy Gilmore
as Chubbs

American Warships
as General McKraken

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Military Policeman

Rocky II
as Apollo Creed

Magnum Force
as Demonstrator

Semi-Tough
as Dreamer Tatum

Eight Crazy Nights
as GNC Guy (voice)

The Comebacks
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator

Dangerous Passion
as Kyle Western

Alien Siege
as General Skyler

OP Center
as Gen. Mike Rodgers