Acting
Carl Weathers
Acting · Born 1948-01-14 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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.
Credits · 98
FilmUntold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
2026 · Self (archive footage)
FilmWerner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022 · Self
Film40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020 · Self - Greef Karga
The Mandalorian
2019 · Greef Karga
FilmToy Story 4
2019 · Combat Carl (voice)
FilmOmar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018 · Self
FBI
2018 · Director
Magnum P.I.
2018 · Dan Sawyer
FilmJohn G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017 · Self
Chicago Justice
2017 · Mark Jefferies
Colony
2016 · Beau
FilmFrom Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015 · Self
Chicago Med
2015 · Director
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015 · Omnitraxus Prime (voice)
FilmThink Like a Man Too
2014 · Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
Chicago P.D.
2014 · Mark Jefferies
FilmToy Story of Terror!
2013 · Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
Chicago Fire
2012 · Mark Jefferies
FilmAmerican Warships
2012 · General McKraken
FilmThe Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011 · Self
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Director
Regular Show
2010 · God of Basketball (voice)
Brothers
2009 · 'Coach' Trainor
Phoo Action
2008 · Chief Benjamin Benson
FilmThe Comebacks
2007 · Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Psych
2006 · Boone
FilmThe Sasquatch Gang
2006 · Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
FilmTribute To Burgess Meredith
2006 · Self (voice)
FilmAlien Siege
2005 · General Skyler
Micro-Minis
Micro-Minis
2004 · Director
FilmBalto III: Wings of Change
2004 · Kirby (voice)
Arrested Development
2003 · Carl Weathers
FilmEight Crazy Nights
2002 · GNC Guy (voice)
FilmIron and Beyond
2002 · Self - Co-star: Predator
For the People
For the People
2002 · Director
The Shield
2002 · Joe Clark
FilmIf It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
2000 · Self
FilmLittle Nicky
2000 · Chubbs (uncredited)
Sheena
2000 · Director
Strong Medicine
2000 · Director
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · SA Mark Jefferies
FilmAssault on Death Mountain
1999 · Roy Brown
FilmAssault on Devil's Island
1997 · Roy Brown
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
1997 · Director
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
FilmHappy Gilmore
1996 · Chubbs
FilmIn the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995 · Hampton Forbes
FilmOP Center
1995 · Gen. Mike Rodgers
OP Center
1995 · Gen. Mike Rodgers
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
FilmIn the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995 · Hampton Forbes
FilmIn the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994 · Hampton Forbes
FilmIn the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994 · Hampton Forbes
ER
1994 · Louie Taylor
FilmIn the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994 · Chief Hampton Forbes
FilmHurricane Smith
1992 · Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
Silk Stalkings
1991 · Director
Street Justice
1991 · Adam Beaudreaux
Law & Order
1990 · Director
FilmHappy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
1990 · Self
FilmDangerous Passion
1990 · Kyle Western
FilmRocky Special: Burning Youth
1990 · Apollo Creed (archive footage)
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · Hampton Forbes
FilmAction Jackson
1988 · Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Tour of Duty
1987 · Col. Carl Brewster
FilmPredator
1987 · Al Dillon
Fortune Dane
1986 · Fortune Dane
FilmThe Defiant Ones
1986 · Cullen Monroe
FilmRocky IV
1985 · Apollo Creed
FilmBraker
1985 · Lieutenant Harry Braker
FilmRocky III
1982 · Apollo Creed
FilmDeath Hunt
1981 · George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
FilmRocky II
1979 · Apollo Creed
FilmForce 10 from Navarone
1978 · Weaver
FilmThe Bermuda Depths
1978 · Eric
FilmClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Military Policeman
FilmSemi-Tough
1977 · Dreamer Tatum
FilmThe Hostage Heart
1977 · Bateman Hooks
FilmRocky
1976 · Apollo Creed
Delvecchio
1976 · Sgt. Bell
FilmFriday Foster
1975 · Yarbro
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Mitzi Graham
Switch
1975 · Lt. Gifford
FilmThe Four Deuces
1975 · Taxi cab driver
FilmBucktown
1975 · Hambone
Bronk
1975
S.W.A.T.
1975
Good Times
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Stolar
FilmMagnum Force
1973 · Demonstrator
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Jack Hopper
Kung Fu
1972 · Bad Sam
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Officer Hague
Cannon
1971
McCloud
1970 · Delaney
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self