Carl Weathers
American actor
Died when: 76 years 18 days (912 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948) was an American actor and former professional football player.He is known for his roles as boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–85), George Dillon in Predator (1987), Action Jackson in Action Jackson (1988), and Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996) and in Little Nicky (2000), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise.
He also portrayed Det.Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991–93) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development (2003–19), and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2017–19).
He has a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–).Weathers played college football at San Diego State University.
After going undrafted in the 1970 NFL Draft, he signed with the Oakland Raiders.He would sign with the B.C.
Lions of the Canadian Football League after being released by the Raiders.
