Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

🎂 14th January 1948 (78 yrs) 📍 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known For

Toy Story 4

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.

Carl Weathers

Movies Featuring Carl Weathers

Happy Gilmore 2

Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)

as Chubbs (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)

as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic (2020)

as Self (archive footage)
Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4 (2019)

as Combat Carl (voice)
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance (2018)

as Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017)

as Self
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni

Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni (2017)

as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues (2015)

as Self
Think Like a Man Too

Think Like a Man Too (2014)

as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Toy Story of Terror!

Toy Story of Terror! (2013)

as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
American Warships

American Warships (2012)

as General McKraken
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011)

as Self
The Comebacks

The Comebacks (2007)

as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
The Opponents

The Opponents (2006)

as Self / Apollo Creed
The Sasquatch Gang

The Sasquatch Gang (2006)

as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
No Image

Tribute To Burgess Meredith (2006)

as Self (voice)
Alien Siege

Alien Siege (2005)

as General Skyler
Balto III: Wings of Change

Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)

as Kirby (voice)
Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights (2002)

as GNC Guy (voice)
Iron and Beyond

Iron and Beyond (2002)

as Self - Co-star: Predator
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' (2000)

as Self
Little Nicky

Little Nicky (2000)

as Chubbs (uncredited)
Assault on Death Mountain

Assault on Death Mountain (1999)

as Roy Brown
Assault on Devil's Island

Assault on Devil's Island (1997)

as Roy Brown
Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore (1996)

as Chubbs Peterson
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me (1995)

as Hampton Forbes
OP Center

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?

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? (1994)

as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice (1994)

as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life (1994)

as Chief Hampton Forbes
Hurricane Smith

Hurricane Smith (1992)

as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Dangerous Passion

Dangerous Passion (1990)

as Kyle Western
Rocky Special: Burning Youth

Rocky Special: Burning Youth (1990)

as Apollo Creed (archive footage)
Action Jackson

Action Jackson (1988)

as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Predator

Predator (1987)

as Al Dillon
Fortune Dane

Fortune Dane (1986)

as Fortune Dane
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones (1986)

as Cullen Monroe
Rocky IV

Rocky IV (1985)

as Apollo Creed
Braker

Braker (1985)

as Lieutenant Harry Braker
Rocky III

Rocky III (1982)

as Apollo Creed
Death Hunt

Death Hunt (1981)

as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Rocky II

Rocky II (1979)

as Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

as Weaver
The Bermuda Depths

The Bermuda Depths (1978)

as Eric
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

as Military Policeman
Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough (1977)

as Dreamer Tatum
The Hostage Heart

The Hostage Heart (1977)

as Bateman Hooks
Rocky

Rocky (1976)

as Apollo Creed
Friday Foster

Friday Foster (1975)

as Yarbro
The Four Deuces

The Four Deuces (1975)

as Taxi cab driver
Bucktown

Bucktown (1975)

as Hambone
Magnum Force

Magnum Force (1973)

as Demonstrator