Carl Weathers
American actor and football player (1948–2024)
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- Born
- 1948-01-14
- Died
- 2024-02-02
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Acting · 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…
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- 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 — Self
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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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