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Carl Weathers

Acting

Born January 14, 1948 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died February 2, 2024

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.

Filmography50+ titles

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

1994as Hampton Forbes

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

1995as Hampton Forbes

Regular Show

2010as God of Basketball (voice)

The Mandalorian

2019as Greef Karga

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

2015as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)

Chicago P.D.

2014as Mark Jefferies

Chicago Fire

2012as Mark Jefferies

Chicago Med

2015Director

The Shield

2002as Joe Clark

Tour of Duty

1987as Col. Carl Brewster

Good Times

1974

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

2022as Self

FBI

2018Director

Psych

2006as Boone

Arrested Development

2003as Carl Weathers

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as SA Mark Jefferies

ER

1994as Louie Taylor

Rocky

1976as Apollo Creed

Hawaii Five-0

2010Director

Kung Fu

1972as Bad Sam

Magnum P.I.

2018as Dan Sawyer

In the Heat of the Night

1988as Hampton Forbes

Predator

1987as Al Dillon

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

2020as Self (archive footage)

Toy Story 4

2019as Combat Carl (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian

2020as Self - Greef Karga

Strong Medicine

2000Director

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977as Military Policeman

Law & Order

1990Director

Rocky II

1979as Apollo Creed

Starsky & Hutch

1975as Mitzi Graham

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Stolar

Toy Story of Terror!

2013as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)

McCloud

1970

Rocky IV

1985as Apollo Creed

S.W.A.T.

1975

Magnum Force

1973as Demonstrator

Barnaby Jones

1973as Jack Hopper

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Officer Hague

Brothers

as 'Coach' Trainor

Colony

2016as Beau

Rocky III

1982as Apollo Creed

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Chicago Justice

2017as Mark Jefferies

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

2017as Self

Balto III: Wings of Change

2004as Kirby (voice)

Happy Gilmore

1996as Chubbs Peterson

Pensacola: Wings of Gold

1997Director

Happy Gilmore 2

2025as Chubbs (archive footage)