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.
Movie Appearances
Predator
as Al Dillon
1987
Rocky
as Apollo Creed
1976
Rocky II
as Apollo Creed
1979
Rocky III
as Apollo Creed
1982
Rocky IV
as Apollo Creed
1985
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Military Policeman
1977
Action Jackson
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
1988
The Comebacks
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
2007
Semi-Tough
as Dreamer Tatum
1977
Alien Siege
as General Skyler
2005
Think Like a Man Too
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
2014
Death Hunt
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
1981
Happy Gilmore
as Chubbs
1996
OP Center
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
1995
Assault on Death Mountain
as Roy Brown
1999
Force 10 from Navarone
as Weaver
1978
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
as Self
2011
Iron and Beyond
as Self - Co-star: Predator
2002
Assault on Devil's Island
as Roy Brown
1997
Friday Foster
as Yarbro
1975
