Carl Weathers
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA — Jan 14 1948• Died Feb 02 2024
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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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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
SA Mark Jefferies
Law & Order
Directing
Chicago Fire
Mark Jefferies
Hawaii Five-0
Directing
FBI
Directing
Regular Show
God of Basketball (voice)
Chicago Med
Directing
Psych
Boone
Chicago P.D.
Mark Jefferies
Strong Medicine
Directing
ER
Louie Taylor
The Shield
Joe Clark
Magnum P.I.
Dan Sawyer
The Six Million Dollar Man
Stolar
Arrested Development
Carl Weathers
Starsky & Hutch
Mitzi Graham
Cannon
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
The Mandalorian
Greef Karga
Silk Stalkings
Directing
McCloud
Barnaby Jones
Jack Hopper
Tour of Duty
Col. Carl Brewster
Colony
Beau
Good Times
The Streets of San Francisco
Officer Hague
In the Heat of the Night
Hampton Forbes
Switch
Lt. Gifford
Predator
Al Dillon
Rocky
Apollo Creed
Toy Story 4
Combat Carl (voice)
Bronk
Sheena
Directing
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
Directing
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Greef Karga
S.W.A.T.
Chicago Justice
Mark Jefferies
Delvecchio
Sgt. Bell
Street Justice
Adam Beaudreaux
Happy Gilmore
Chubbs
Rocky III
Apollo Creed
Rocky IV
Apollo Creed
Rocky II
Apollo Creed
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Military Policeman
Brothers
'Coach' Trainor
Little Nicky
Chubbs (uncredited)
Magnum Force
Demonstrator
Force 10 from Navarone
Weaver
For the People
Directing
The Comebacks
Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Think Like a Man Too
Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Death Hunt
George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Action Jackson
Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
E! True Hollywood Story
Phoo Action
Chief Benjamin Benson
The Four Deuces
Taxi cab driver
Eight Crazy Nights
GNC Guy (voice)
OP Center
Gen. Mike Rodgers
Kung Fu
Bad Sam
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Self
Balto III: Wings of Change
Kirby (voice)
Braker
Lieutenant Harry Braker
Micro-Minis
Directing
Semi-Tough
Dreamer Tatum
Friday Foster
Yarbro
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Self (archive footage)
Bucktown
Hambone
OP Center
Gen. Mike Rodgers
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Self
Iron and Beyond
Self - Co-star: Predator
The Sasquatch Gang
Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
The Bermuda Depths
Eric
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
Self
Alien Siege
General Skyler
Rocky Special: Burning Youth
Apollo Creed (archive footage)
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Hampton Forbes
Dangerous Passion
Kyle Western
Assault on Death Mountain
Roy Brown
The Defiant Ones
Cullen Monroe
The Hostage Heart
Bateman Hooks
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Self
Assault on Devil's Island
Roy Brown
American Warships
General McKraken
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Hampton Forbes
Hurricane Smith
Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Fortune Dane
Fortune Dane
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Hampton Forbes
Fortune Dane
Fortune Dane
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Chief Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
Hampton Forbes
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
Self (voice)
The Opponents
Self / Apollo Creed
Toy Story of Terror!
Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)