
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.
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Filmography
Acting (89)
Movies (52)
Project Hail Mary
2026as Apollo Creed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020as Self (archive footage)
Toy Story 4
2019as Combat Carl (voice)
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018as Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017as Self
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015as Self
Think Like a Man Too
2014as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Toy Story of Terror!
2013as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
American Warships
2012as General McKraken
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011as Self
The Comebacks
2007as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
The Sasquatch Gang
2006as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
The Opponents
2006as Self / Apollo Creed
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006as Self (voice)
Alien Siege
2005as General Skyler
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004as Kirby (voice)
Eight Crazy Nights
2002as GNC Guy (voice)
Iron and Beyond
2002as Self - Co-star: Predator
Little Nicky
2000as Chubbs (uncredited)
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
2000as Self
Assault on Death Mountain
1999as Roy Brown
Assault on Devil's Island
1997as Roy Brown
Happy Gilmore
1996as Chubbs
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995as Hampton Forbes
OP Center
1995as Gen. Mike Rodgers
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994as Chief Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994as Hampton Forbes
Hurricane Smith
1992as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Dangerous Passion
1990as Kyle Western
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990as Apollo Creed (archive footage)
Action Jackson
1988as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Predator
1987as Al Dillon
The Defiant Ones
1986as Cullen Monroe
Fortune Dane
1986as Fortune Dane
Rocky IV
1985as Apollo Creed
Braker
1985as Lieutenant Harry Braker
Rocky III
1982as Apollo Creed
Death Hunt
1981as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Rocky II
1979as Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone
1978as Weaver
The Bermuda Depths
1978as Eric
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977as Military Policeman
Semi-Tough
1977as Dreamer Tatum
The Hostage Heart
1977as Bateman Hooks
Rocky
1976as Apollo Creed
The Four Deuces
1975as Taxi cab driver
Friday Foster
1975as Yarbro
Bucktown
1975as Hambone
Magnum Force
1973as Demonstrator
Television (37)
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020as Self - Greef Karga
The Mandalorian
2019as Greef Karga
Magnum P.I.
2018as Dan Sawyer
Chicago Justice
2017as Mark Jefferies
Colony
2016as Beau
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Chicago P.D.
2014as Mark Jefferies
Chicago Fire
2012as Mark Jefferies
Regular Show
2010as God of Basketball voice)
Brothers
2009as 'Coach' Trainor
Phoo Action
2008as Chief Benjamin Benson
Psych
2006as Boone
Arrested Development
2003as Carl Weathers
The Shield
2002as Joe Clark
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as SA Mark Jefferies
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
OP Center
1995as Gen. Mike Rodgers
ER
1994as Louie Taylor
Street Justice
1991as Adam Beaudreaux
In the Heat of the Night
1988as Hampton Forbes
Tour of Duty
1987as Col. Carl Brewster
Fortune Dane
1986as Fortune Dane
Delvecchio
1976as Sgt. Bell
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Host
Starsky & Hutch
1975as Mitzi Graham
Switch
1975as Lt. Gifford
S.W.A.T.
1975
Bronk
1975
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974as Stolar
Good Times
1974
Barnaby Jones
1973as Jack Hopper
The Streets of San Francisco
1972as Officer Hague
Kung Fu
1972as Bad Sam
Cannon
1971
McCloud
1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
Crew (11)
Television (11)
The Mandalorian
2019Director
FBI
2018Director
Chicago Med
2015Director
Hawaii Five-0
2010Director
Micro-Minis
2004Director
For the People
2002Director
Strong Medicine
2000Director
Sheena
2000Director
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997Director
Silk Stalkings
1991Director
Law & Order
1990Director
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