Actor profile

Carl Weathers

14th January 1948 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Acting

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.

54 Movies 38 TV Shows 95 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer poster

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer 27th October 2022 as Self

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic poster

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic 9th June 2020 as Self (archive footage)

Toy Story 4 poster

Toy Story 4 19th June 2019 as Combat Carl (voice)

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance poster

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance 21st November 2018 as Self

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs poster

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs 1st August 2017 as Self

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

Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni 15th July 2017 as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues poster

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues 18th November 2015 as Self

Think Like a Man Too poster

Think Like a Man Too 20th June 2014 as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)

Toy Story of Terror! poster

Toy Story of Terror! 16th October 2013 as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)

American Warships poster

American Warships 15th May 2012 as General McKraken

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance poster

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance 27th December 2011 as Self

The Comebacks poster

The Comebacks 19th October 2007 as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator

The Opponents poster

The Opponents 5th December 2006 as Self / Apollo Creed

The Sasquatch Gang poster

The Sasquatch Gang 8th March 2006 as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass

Alien Siege poster

Alien Siege 1st January 2005 as General Skyler

Balto III: Wings of Change poster

Balto III: Wings of Change 14th April 2004 as Kirby (voice)

Eight Crazy Nights poster

Eight Crazy Nights 27th November 2002 as GNC Guy (voice)

Iron and Beyond poster

Iron and Beyond 15th November 2002 as Self - Co-star: Predator

Predator: Classified Action poster

Predator: Classified Action 1st January 2001 as Self

Predator: Old Painless poster

Predator: Old Painless 1st January 2001 as Self

Predator: The Life Inside poster

Predator: The Life Inside 1st January 2001 as Self

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

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' 26th December 2000 as Self

Little Nicky poster

Little Nicky 10th November 2000 as Chubbs (uncredited)

Assault on Death Mountain poster

Assault on Death Mountain 4th April 1999 as Roy Brown

Assault on Devil's Island poster

Assault on Devil's Island 28th October 1997 as Roy Brown

Happy Gilmore poster

Happy Gilmore 16th February 1996 as Chubbs Peterson

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

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me 16th May 1995 as Hampton Forbes

OP Center poster

OP Center 26th February 1995 as Gen. Mike Rodgers

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

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl? 9th December 1994 as Hampton Forbes

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

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice 21st October 1994 as Hampton Forbes

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

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life 11th May 1994 as Chief Hampton Forbes

Hurricane Smith poster

Hurricane Smith 31st January 1992 as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith

Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years poster

Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years 9th May 1990 as Self

Dangerous Passion poster

Dangerous Passion 28th February 1990 as Kyle Western

Rocky Special: Burning Youth poster

Rocky Special: Burning Youth 1st January 1990 as Apollo Creed (archive footage)

Action Jackson poster

Action Jackson 12th February 1988 as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson

Predator poster

Predator 12th June 1987 as Al Dillon

Fortune Dane poster

Fortune Dane 15th February 1986 as Fortune Dane

The Defiant Ones poster

The Defiant Ones 5th January 1986 as Cullen Monroe

Rocky IV poster

Rocky IV 21st November 1985 as Apollo Creed

Braker poster

Braker 28th April 1985 as Lieutenant Harry Braker

Rocky III poster

Rocky III 28th May 1982 as Apollo Creed

Death Hunt poster

Death Hunt 15th April 1981 as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown

Rocky II poster

Rocky II 15th June 1979 as Apollo Creed

Force 10 from Navarone poster

Force 10 from Navarone 16th August 1978 as Weaver

The Bermuda Depths poster

The Bermuda Depths 27th January 1978 as Eric

Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster

Close Encounters of the Third Kind 14th December 1977 as Military Policeman

Semi-Tough poster

Semi-Tough 18th November 1977 as Dreamer Tatum

The Hostage Heart poster

The Hostage Heart 9th September 1977 as Bateman Hooks

Rocky poster

Rocky 3rd December 1976 as Apollo Creed

Friday Foster poster

Friday Foster 25th December 1975 as Yarbro

The Four Deuces poster

The Four Deuces 3rd July 1975 as Taxi cab driver

Bucktown poster

Bucktown 2nd July 1975 as Hambone

Magnum Force poster

Magnum Force 13th December 1973 as Demonstrator

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian poster

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian 4th May 2020 as Self - Greef Karga

The Mandalorian poster

The Mandalorian 12th November 2019 as Greef Karga

Magnum P.I. poster

Magnum P.I. 24th September 2018 as Dan Sawyer

Chicago Justice poster

Chicago Justice 1st March 2017 as Mark Jefferies

Colony poster

Colony 14th January 2016 as Beau

Star vs. the Forces of Evil poster

Star vs. the Forces of Evil 18th January 2015 as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)

Chicago P.D. poster

Chicago P.D. 8th January 2014 as Mark Jefferies

Chicago Fire poster

Chicago Fire 10th October 2012 as Mark Jefferies

Regular Show poster

Regular Show 6th September 2010 as God of Basketball (voice)

Brothers poster

Brothers 25th September 2009 as 'Coach' Trainor

Phoo Action poster

Phoo Action 12th February 2008 as Chief Benjamin Benson

Psych poster

Psych 7th July 2006 as Boone

Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development 2nd November 2003 as Carl Weathers

The Shield poster

The Shield 12th March 2002 as Joe Clark

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as SA Mark Jefferies

E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story 21st August 1996

OP Center poster

OP Center 26th February 1995 as Gen. Mike Rodgers

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as Louie Taylor

Street Justice poster

Street Justice 29th September 1991 as Adam Beaudreaux

In the Heat of the Night poster

In the Heat of the Night 6th March 1988 as Hampton Forbes

Tour of Duty poster

Tour of Duty 24th September 1987 as Col. Carl Brewster

Fortune Dane poster

Fortune Dane 15th February 1986 as Fortune Dane

Delvecchio poster

Delvecchio 9th September 1976 as Sgt. Bell

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Host

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self (uncredited)

Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch 10th September 1975 as Mitzi Graham

Switch poster

Switch 9th September 1975 as Lt. Gifford

Bronk poster

Bronk 17th April 1975

S.W.A.T. poster

S.W.A.T. 24th February 1975

Good Times poster

Good Times 8th February 1974

The Six Million Dollar Man poster

The Six Million Dollar Man 18th January 1974 as Stolar

Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones 28th January 1973 as Jack Hopper

Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu 14th October 1972 as Bad Sam

The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco 23rd September 1972 as Officer Hague

Cannon poster

Cannon 14th September 1971

McCloud poster

McCloud 17th February 1970 as Delaney

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self

The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show 11th December 1961 as Self