Carl weathers

Carl Weathers is an American actor and former professional football player, best known for his roles as Apollo Creed in the Rocky film series and Dillon in the first Predator film. He has also had notable roles in Happy Gilmore, Arrested Development, and The Mandalorian.sss

Weathers was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1948. He played college football at San Diego State University, where he was a two-time All-American. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 1971 NFL Draft, but he only played one season before retiring to pursue an acting career.

Weathers's first acting role was in the 1974 blaxploitation film Friday Foster. He subsequently appeared in a number of television series, including Kung Fu, Starsky and Hutch, and Baretta.

In 1976, Weathers was cast as Apollo Creed, the main antagonist in the film Rocky. Creed was a heavyweight boxing champion who was defeated by Rocky Balboa, but the two eventually became friends and rivals. Weathers reprised the role of Creed in four sequels, Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), and Rocky V (1990).

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n 1987, Weathers starred as Dillon, the leader of a team of elite soldiers who are hunted by an alien predator, in the science fiction film Predator. The film was a critical and commercial success, and Weathers's performance was praised.

In the 1990s, Weathers continued to act in both film and television. He had roles in the films Little Nicky (2000) and The Hangover (2009), and he starred in the television series Fortune Hunter (1994-1996) and Chicago Hope (1994-2000).

In the 2000s, Weathers began to direct as well as act. He directed episodes of the television series Arrested Development, Everybody Hates Chris, and House. He also reprised his role as Apollo Creed in the video game Creed: Rise to Glory (2018).

In 2020, Weathers returned to the Star Wars universe by playing Greef Karga in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. The series is a spin-off of the Star Wars film series and follows the adventures of a Mandalorian bounty hunter named Din Djarin. Weathers's character, Greef Karga, is the leader of a guild of bounty hunters.

Weathers is a respected and accomplished actor who has had a long and successful career. He is best known for his roles in the Rocky and Predator films, but he has also appeared in a wide variety of other films and television series. In recent years, he has begun to direct as well as as.

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