
Carl Weathers
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Predator
1987

Rocky
1976

Rocky II
1979

Rocky III
1982

Rocky IV
1985

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977

Action Jackson
1988

The Comebacks
2007

Semi-Tough
1977

Alien Siege
2005

Think Like a Man Too
2014

Death Hunt
1981

Happy Gilmore
1996

OP Center
1995

Assault on Death Mountain
1999

Force 10 from Navarone
1978

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011

Iron and Beyond
2002

Assault on Devil's Island
1997

Friday Foster
1975

The Bermuda Depths
1978

American Warships
2012

Bucktown
1975

The Hostage Heart
1977

Hurricane Smith
1992

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015

Toy Story of Terror!
2013

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018

Magnum Force
1973

The Defiant Ones
1986

Balto III: Wings of Change
2004

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

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

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

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022

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

Eight Crazy Nights
2002

Fortune Dane
1986

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017

Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006

Dangerous Passion
1990

Little Nicky
2000

Toy Story 4
2019

The Opponents
2006

The Sasquatch Gang
2006

Braker
1985

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995

The Four Deuces
1975

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

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

Rocky Special: Burning Youth
1990

Good Times
1974

Kung Fu
1972

Starsky & Hutch
1975

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Cannon
1971

Phoo Action
2008

Arrested Development
2003

ER
1994

Tour of Duty
1987

S.W.A.T.
1975

McCloud
1970

Fortune Dane
1986

Brothers
2009

Street Justice
1991

Bronk
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

Psych
2006

Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015

Chicago Justice
2017

OP Center
1995

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974

Chicago Fire
2012

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Shield
2002

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Chicago P.D.
2014

Magnum P.I.
2018

Delvecchio
1976

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Barnaby Jones
1973

Switch
1975

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Colony
2016

Regular Show
2010

Saturday Night Live
1975

In the Heat of the Night
1988

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020

The Mandalorian
2019