Biography
Carl Weathers 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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMZ exclusively sits down with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone as they discuss for the first time how their once-fierce rivalry led to tw...

Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.

Werner Herzog - Radikaler Träumer
2022
as Self
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog’s everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – inc...

The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021
as Apollo Creed (archive footage)
Fight alongside Sylvester Stallone as he creates a brand-new director's cut of Rocky IV: ROCKY VS. DRAGO. This feature-length documentary offers a per...

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Sylvester Stallone and John G. Avildsen narrate behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Rocky" to mark the film's 40th anniversary.

Toy Story 4
2019
as Combat Carl (voice)
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when ...

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018
as Self

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.

From Rocky to Creed: The Legacy Continues
2015
as Self
In this one-hour documentary event narrated by Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, the filmmakers and past cast members share Rockys Cinderella stor...

Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Mr. Davenport (uncredited)
All the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some comp...

Toy Story of Terror!
2013
as Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one ...

American Warships
2012
as General McKraken
When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011
as Self
The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others reminisce about t...

The Comebacks
2007
as Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this lif...

The Opponents
2006
as Self / Apollo Creed
Documentary about Rocky Balboa's opponents throughout the saga from the original Rocky (1976) to Rocky V (1990).

The Sasquatch Gang
2006
as Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
Young fantasy and science fiction aficionado Gavin Gore and his friends stumble onto some huge footprints in the woods. A local cop, reporter, and a r...
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
as Self (voice)
The cast of Rocky (1976) pays tribute to actor Burgess Meredith.

Alien Siege
2005
as General Skyler
A scientist fights to save his daughter when she is chosen as one of the eight million human beings who are kept hostage by an alien species in order ...

Balto III: Wings of Change
2004
as Kirby (voice)
Balto and the other sled dogs are feeling dejected because the mail that used to be delivered by dogsled is now being delivered by airplanes. But when...

Eight Crazy Nights
2002
as GNC Guy (voice)
Davey Stone, a 33-year old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far.

Iron and Beyond
2002
as Self - Co-star: Predator
This short documentary explores just how the film Pumping Iron revolutionized the fitness industry and created an international icon in Arnold Schwarz...

Little Nicky
2000
as Chubbs (uncredited)
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kin...

Assault on Death Mountain
1999
as Roy Brown
The Shadow Warriors hire on to reclaim the daughter of a woman whose ex-husband kidnapped the child after a custody battle. At the same time, they unc...

Assault on Devil's Island
1997
as Roy Brown
When one of Mike McBride's men goes rogue and takes a group of gymnasts hostage to Devil's Island in exchange for the return of drug lord Carlos Galli...

Happy Gilmore
1996
as Chubbs
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — ...

In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
1995
as Hampton Forbes
When a former cop marries a wealthy widow, his ex-girlfriend sees an opportunity for blackmail. But their plan to keep her quiet and out of their live...

OP Center
1995
as Gen. Mike Rodgers
Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variety of experts monitoring international crisis. On h...

In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
1995
as Hampton Forbes
Gillepsie's term as County Sheriff is coming to an end, and his enemies have found a local businessman, Kerry Madigan, who has high political aspirati...

In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
1994
as Hampton Forbes
All eyes are on Sparta after an internationally renowned actress arrives unexpectedly in the rural Mississippi town—and with a killer secret.

In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
1994
as Hampton Forbes
When a serial killer of women is on the loose in Sparta, all the clues lead Sheriff Gillespie and Forbes to the home of the wealthy Judge Walker.

In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
1994
as Chief Hampton Forbes
The Sparta police investigate allegations of child abuse in a religious cult run by a charismatic leader, leading to a tense, and deadly, stand-off.

Hurricane Smith
1992
as Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
An oil-field worker from Texas journeys to Australia to look for his missing sister, and his search winds up getting him involved with a violent drug-...

Dangerous Passion
1990
as Kyle Western
A security man goes to work for a sadistic gangster with an alluring wife.

Action Jackson
1988
as Sgt. Jericho 'Action' Jackson
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Predator
1987
as Al Dillon
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Fortune Dane
1986
as Fortune Dane
Carl Weathers is a former championship athlete turned police officer. He is about to face the most vicious challenge of his life in this action packed...

The Defiant Ones
1986
as Cullen Monroe
Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escape chained to each o...

Rocky IV
1985
as Apollo Creed
After Apollo Creed is killed by Ivan Drago in a match, Rocky Balboa becomes depressed and becomes determined to get revenge.

Braker
1985
as Lieutenant Harry Braker
Lieutenant Harry Braker and his new partner investigate the murder of a sleazy record executive.

Rocky III
1982
as Apollo Creed
After an intense fight with Clubber Lang and the death of his trainer Mickey, Rocky Balboa is left devastated. Former rival Apollo Creed steps in to h...

Death Hunt
1981
as George Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a ...

Rocky II
1979
as Apollo Creed
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put...

Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Weaver
World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.

The Bermuda Depths
1978
as Eric
Scientists pursuing the mysteries of the deep are threatened by a beautiful girl who seems to have returned from the dead and by a prehistoric sea cre...

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Military Policeman
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is abou...

Semi-Tough
1977
as Dreamer Tatum
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become ro...

The Hostage Heart
1977
as Bateman Hooks
When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to be revolutionaries enter the operating room and dr...

Rocky
1976
as Apollo Creed
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion...

Friday Foster
1975
as Yarbro
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in Am...

The Four Deuces
1975
as Taxi cab driver
This is a tongue-in-cheek crime melodrama that became a 'Late Late Show' fixture in the 1980s, according to the DVD sleeve, Jack Palance plays Vic Mor...

Bucktown
1975
as Hambone
Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate t...

Magnum Force
1973
as Demonstrator
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When sha...