Carl Weathers

American actor and football player (1948–2024)

Born

14 January 1948, New Orleans

Died

2 February 2024

Citizenship

United States

Occupation

actor, film director, film producer, American football player, film actor

Films here

5

Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director and 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.

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Sylvester Stallone
• Talia Shire
• Burt Young
• Tony Burton
• Burgess Meredith
• Frank Stallone
• LeRoy Neiman
• John G. Avildsen
• Joe Spinell
• Mr. T

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q320218 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.