Carl Weathers
Acting
94
Acting Credits
11
Directed
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
Filmography
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022
as Self
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self - Greef Karga
Toy Story 4
2019
as Combat Carl (voice)
The Mandalorian
2019
as Greef Karga
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018
as Self
Magnum P.I.
2018
as Dan Sawyer
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
2017
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Chicago Justice
2017
as Mark Jefferies
Colony
2016
as Beau
From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015
as Self
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Chicago P.D.
2014
as Mark Jefferies
Toy Story of Terror!
2013
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
American Warships
2012
as General McKraken
Chicago Fire
2012
as Mark Jefferies
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011
as Self
Regular Show
2010
as God of Basketball (voice)
Brothers
2009
as 'Coach' Trainor
Phoo Action
2008
as Chief Benjamin Benson
The Comebacks
2007
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
as Self (voice)
The Opponents
2006
as Self / Apollo Creed
The Sasquatch Gang
2006
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Psych
2006
as Boone
Alien Siege
2005
as General Skyler
Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Kirby (voice)
Arrested Development
2003
as Carl Weathers
Iron and Beyond
2002
as Self - Co-star: Predator
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
as GNC Guy (voice)
The Shield
2002
as Joe Clark
Predator: Classified Action
2001
as Self
Predator: Old Painless
2001
as Self
Predator: The Life Inside
2001
as Self
Little Nicky
2000
as Chubbs (uncredited)
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
2000
as Self
Assault on Death Mountain
1999
as Roy Brown
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as SA Mark Jefferies
Assault on Devil's Island
1997
as Roy Brown
Happy Gilmore
1996
as Chubbs
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
OP Center
1995
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
as Hampton Forbes
OP Center
1995
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994
as Hampton Forbes
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994
as Chief Hampton Forbes
ER
1994
as Louie Taylor
Hurricane Smith
1992
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Street Justice
1991
as Adam Beaudreaux
Dangerous Passion
1990
as Kyle Western
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990
as Self
Action Jackson
1988
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
In the Heat of the Night
1988
as Hampton Forbes
Predator
1987
as Al Dillon
Tour of Duty
1987
as Col. Carl Brewster
The Defiant Ones
1986
as Cullen Monroe
Fortune Dane
1986
as Fortune Dane
Fortune Dane
1986
as Fortune Dane
Rocky IV
1985
as Apollo Creed
Braker
1985
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
Rocky III
1982
as Apollo Creed
Death Hunt
1981
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Rocky II
1979
as Apollo Creed
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Weaver
The Bermuda Depths
1978
as Eric
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Military Policeman
Semi-Tough
1977
as Dreamer Tatum
The Hostage Heart
1977
as Bateman Hooks
Rocky
1976
as Apollo Creed
Delvecchio
1976
as Sgt. Bell
Friday Foster
1975
as Yarbro
Bucktown
1975
as Hambone
The Four Deuces
1975
as Taxi cab driver
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Mitzi Graham
S.W.A.T.
1975
Bronk
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Switch
1975
as Lt. Gifford
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Good Times
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Stolar
Magnum Force
1973
as Demonstrator
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Jack Hopper
Kung Fu
1972
as Bad Sam
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Officer Hague
Cannon
1971
McCloud
1970
as Delaney
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self