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Carl Weathers

American actor and football player (1948-2024) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 76

Carl Weathers 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.

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2024Died2 February 20242019The MandalorianSeries, DirectorToy Story 4Film, 2019Combat Carl (voice)2017John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsFilm2015Chicago MedSeries, Director2013Toy Story of Terror!Film, Combat Carl / Combat Carl Jr. (Voice)2012Chicago FireSeries, Mark Jefferies2011The Rocky Saga: Going the DistanceFilm2006PsychSeries, Boone2005Alien SiegeFilm, General Skyler2002The ShieldSeries, Joe Clark2000Little NickyFilm, Chubbs (uncredited)1997Assault on Devil's IslandFilm, Roy Brown1994ERSeries, Louie Taylor1992Hurricane SmithFilm, Billy 'Hurricane' Smith1990Law & OrderSeries, Director1987PredatorFilm, Al Dillon1985Rocky IVFilm, Apollo Creed1979Rocky IIFilm, Apollo Creed1977Close Encounters of the Third KindFilm, Military Policeman1974The Six Million Dollar ManSeries, Stolar1973Magnum ForceFilm, Demonstrator1971CannonSeries1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1948Born14 January 1948

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  • Rocky 1976
  • Predator 1987
  • 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic 2020
  • Toy Story 4 2019
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

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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, 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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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1948 to 2024 · aged 76

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Wil WheatonAlso in The Defiant Ones (1986)Teri GarrAlso in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)Kathy NajimyAlso in Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)Don RicklesAlso in Toy Story of Terror! (2013)Suzanne SomersAlso in Magnum Force (1973)

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