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Carl Weathers
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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…
Known for
- Happy Gilmore 2 — Chubbs (archive footage)2025
- Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer — Self2022
- 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic — Self (archive footage)2020
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian — Self - Greef Karga2020
- Toy Story 4 — Combat Carl (voice)2019
- The Mandalorian — Greef Karga2019
- Omar Sy, c'est ta chance — Self2018
- Magnum P.I. — Dan Sawyer2018
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs — Self2017
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni — Omnitraxus Prime (voice)2017
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-01-14 ) January 14, 1948, New Orleans , Louisiana, U.S.
- Died
- February 2, 2024 (2024-02-02) (aged 76), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Education
- San Francisco State ( BA ) San Diego State ( MA )
- Occupations
- Actor director
- Years active
- 1968–2024
- Spouses
- Mary Ann Castle ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 ) Rhona Unsell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2006 ) Jennifer Peterson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 )
- Partner
- Christine Kludjian (2014–2024)
- Position
- Linebacker
- Listed height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Listed weight
- 220 lb (100 kg)
- College
- Long Beach CC (1966–1967) San Diego State (1968–1969)
- Nfl draft
- 1970 : undrafted
- Games played
- Games played 8
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- American Football
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Family name
- Weathers
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Street Justice
- Field of work
- association football
- Sport
- Canadian football
- Position played
- linebacker
- Country for sport
- United States
- Image
- Carl Weathers (cropped 3 by 4).jpg
- Height
- 188
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1948-01-14
- Commons category
- Carl Weathers
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- name in native language
- Carl Weathers
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2024-02-02
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- notable role
- Apollo Creed
- cause of death
- coronary artery disease
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Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2 , 2024) was an American actor, director and gridiron football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise. He also starred in the 1988 film Action Jackson and portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991–1993) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development (2004, 2013), and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2017–2019). He had a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
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