Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

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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Filmography

2024

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/23/2024

2023

Sly
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 9/16/2023

2022

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/27/2022

2021

The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
as Apollo Creed (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/30/2021

2020

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/9/2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Self - Greef Karga
TV - Released: 5/4/2020

2019

Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4
as Combat Carl (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/19/2019
The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian
as Greef Karga
TV - Released: 11/12/2019

2018

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/21/2018
Magnum P.I.
Magnum P.I.
as Dan Sawyer
TV - Released: 9/24/2018

2017

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/1/2017
Chicago Justice
Chicago Justice
as Mark Jefferies
TV - Released: 3/1/2017

2016

Colony
Colony
as Beau
TV - Released: 1/14/2016

2015

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/18/2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
TV - Released: 1/18/2015

2014

Think Like a Man Too
Think Like a Man Too
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 6/20/2014
Chicago P.D.
Chicago P.D.
as Mark Jefferies
TV - Released: 1/8/2014

2013

Toy Story of Terror!
Toy Story of Terror!
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
Movie - Released: 10/16/2013

2012

American Warships
American Warships
as General McKraken
Movie - Released: 5/15/2012
Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire
as Mark Jefferies
TV - Released: 10/10/2012

2011

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/27/2011

2010

Regular Show
Regular Show
as God of Basketball voice)
TV - Released: 9/6/2010

2009

Brothers
Brothers
as 'Coach' Trainor
TV - Released: 9/25/2009

2008

Phoo Action
Phoo Action
as Chief Benjamin Benson
TV - Released: 2/12/2008

2007

The Comebacks
The Comebacks
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Movie - Released: 10/19/2007

2006

Movie
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
as Self (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
The Opponents
The Opponents
as Self / Apollo Creed
Movie - Released: 12/5/2006
The Sasquatch Gang
The Sasquatch Gang
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Movie - Released: 3/8/2006
Psych
Psych
as Boone
TV - Released: 7/7/2006

2005

Alien Siege
Alien Siege
as General Skyler
Movie - Released: 1/1/2005

2004

Balto III: Wings of Change
Balto III: Wings of Change
as Kirby (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/14/2004

2003

Arrested Development
Arrested Development
as Carl Weathers
TV - Released: 11/2/2003

2002

Iron and Beyond
Iron and Beyond
as Self - Co-star: Predator
Movie - Released: 11/15/2002
Eight Crazy Nights
Eight Crazy Nights
as GNC Guy (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/27/2002
The Shield
The Shield
as Joe Clark
TV - Released: 3/12/2002

2000

Little Nicky
Little Nicky
as Chubbs (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/10/2000

1999

Assault on Death Mountain
Assault on Death Mountain
as Roy Brown
Movie - Released: 4/4/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as SA Mark Jefferies
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1997

Assault on Devil's Island
Assault on Devil's Island
as Roy Brown
Movie - Released: 10/28/1997

1996

Happy Gilmore
Happy Gilmore
as Chubbs
Movie - Released: 2/16/1996
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story
TV - Released: 8/21/1996

1995

OP Center
OP Center
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
Movie - Released: 2/26/1995
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
as Hampton Forbes
Movie - Released: 5/16/1995
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as Hampton Forbes
Movie - Released: 2/17/1995
OP Center
OP Center
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
TV - Released: 2/26/1995

1994

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
as Hampton Forbes
Movie - Released: 10/21/1994
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
as Hampton Forbes
Movie - Released: 12/9/1994
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
as Chief Hampton Forbes
Movie - Released: 5/11/1994
ER
ER
as Louie Taylor
TV - Released: 9/19/1994

1992

Hurricane Smith
Hurricane Smith
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Movie - Released: 1/31/1992

1991

Street Justice
Street Justice
as Adam Beaudreaux
TV - Released: 9/29/1991

1990

Dangerous Passion
Dangerous Passion
as Kyle Western
Movie - Released: 2/28/1990

1988

Action Jackson
Action Jackson
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Movie - Released: 2/12/1988
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night
as Hampton Forbes
TV - Released: 3/6/1988

1987

Predator
Predator
as Al Dillon
Movie - Released: 6/12/1987
Tour of Duty
Tour of Duty
as Col. Carl Brewster
TV - Released: 9/24/1987

1986

The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones
as Cullen Monroe
Movie - Released: 1/5/1986
Fortune Dane
Fortune Dane
as Fortune Dane
Movie - Released: 2/15/1986
Fortune Dane
Fortune Dane
as Fortune Dane
TV - Released: 2/15/1986

1985

Rocky IV
Rocky IV
as Apollo Creed
Movie - Released: 11/21/1985
Braker
Braker
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
Movie - Released: 4/28/1985

1982

Rocky III
Rocky III
as Apollo Creed
Movie - Released: 5/28/1982

1981

Death Hunt
Death Hunt
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Movie - Released: 4/15/1981

1979

Rocky II
Rocky II
as Apollo Creed
Movie - Released: 6/15/1979

1978

Force 10 from Navarone
Force 10 from Navarone
as Weaver
Movie - Released: 8/16/1978
The Bermuda Depths
The Bermuda Depths
as Eric
Movie - Released: 1/27/1978

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Military Policeman
Movie - Released: 12/14/1977
Semi-Tough
Semi-Tough
as Dreamer Tatum
Movie - Released: 11/18/1977
The Hostage Heart
The Hostage Heart
as Bateman Hooks
Movie - Released: 9/9/1977

1976

Rocky
Rocky
as Apollo Creed
Movie - Released: 11/20/1976
Delvecchio
Delvecchio
as Sgt. Bell
TV - Released: 9/9/1976

1975

Friday Foster
Friday Foster
as Yarbro
Movie - Released: 12/25/1975
Bucktown
Bucktown
as Hambone
Movie - Released: 7/2/1975
The Four Deuces
The Four Deuces
as Taxi cab driver
Movie - Released: 7/3/1975
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch
as Mitzi Graham
TV - Released: 9/10/1975
S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T.
TV - Released: 2/24/1975
Bronk
Bronk
TV - Released: 4/17/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 10/11/1975
Switch
Switch
as Lt. Gifford
TV - Released: 9/9/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

Good Times
Good Times
TV - Released: 2/8/1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Stolar
TV - Released: 1/18/1974

1973

Magnum Force
Magnum Force
as Demonstrator
Movie - Released: 12/13/1973
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
as Jack Hopper
TV - Released: 1/28/1973

1972

Kung Fu
Kung Fu
as Bad Sam
TV - Released: 10/14/1972
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
as Officer Hague
TV - Released: 9/23/1972

1971

Cannon
Cannon
TV - Released: 9/14/1971

1970

McCloud
McCloud
TV - Released: 2/17/1970

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961