Carl Weathers
- Birthday
- Jan 14, 1948
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Bio: A football star at San Diego State, Carl Weathers played professionally with the Oakland Raiders, acting in local stage productions during the off-season. Weathers went on to play with the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League, then retired from sports in 1974, the better to devote all his time to an acting career. After yeoman service in a handful… More Bio: A football star at San Diego State, Carl Weathers played professionally with the Oakland Raiders, acting in local stage productions during the off-season. Weathers went on to play with the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League, then retired from sports in 1974, the better to devote all his time to an acting career. After yeoman service in a handful of "blaxploitation" flicks, he rose to fame as the Muhammad Ali-inspired Apollo Creed in the first Rocky film. Apollo Creed's adversarial relationship with Rocky Balboa mellowed into warm friendship in the course of the next three Rocky installments; indeed, when Apollo was killed off by "superboxer" Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV (1985), the tragedy served as the motivation for the retired Rocky to climb into the ring yet once more. Weathers' post-Rocky projects have included the title role in Action Jackson (1988), the Sidney Poitier part in the 1985 TV-movie remake of The Defiant Ones, and the TV series Fortune Dane, Street Justice and Tour of Duty. In the early 1990s, Weathers replaced Howard Rollins Jr. in a group of In the Heat of the Night 2-hour TV specials. He developed a knack for comedy later in his career, appearing in Happy Gilmore, Little Nicky, and making a particularly memorable cameo in the sitcom Arrested Development as a stew-obsessed acting coach. In addition to his show business work, Carl Weathers has been active with the Big Brothers Association and the U.S. Olympic Committee. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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American Warships (2012)
- Actor
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The Comebacks (2007)
- Freddie Wiseman
- 9%
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The Sasquatch Gang (The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang) (2006)
- Dr. Artemis Snodgrass
- 46%
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Alien Siege (2004)
- Actor
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Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
- GNC Guy
- 12%
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Carl Weathers Videos
Happy Gilmore
1 minutes 32 seconds
Predator
1 minutes 36 seconds
Little Nicky
3 minutes 31 seconds
Action Jackson
2 minutes 44 seconds
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
1 minutes 8 seconds
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