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.

Cast

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Military Policeman

Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson

Freddie Wiseman/Narrator

Think Like a Man Too

Mr. Davenport (uncredited)

George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown

Gen. Mike Rodgers

Assault on Death Mountain

Force 10 from Navarone

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance

Iron and Beyond

Self - Co-star: Predator

Assault on Devil's Island

The Bermuda Depths

American Warships

General McKraken

The Hostage Heart

Hurricane Smith

Billy 'Hurricane' Smith

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

Self (archive footage)

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues

Toy Story of Terror!

Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

The Defiant Ones

Balto III: Wings of Change

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life

Chief Hampton Forbes

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me

Eight Crazy Nights

GNC Guy (voice)

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Tribute To Burgess Meredith

Dangerous Passion

Chubbs (uncredited)

Combat Carl (voice)

Self / Apollo Creed

The Sasquatch Gang

Dr. Artimus Snodgrass

Lieutenant Harry Braker

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound

The Four Deuces

Taxi cab driver

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'