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Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director and a former 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 .
Carl Weathers’ football career began when attending Long Beach City College in 1966, but an ankle twist temporarily put a hold on his dreams. ... (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for ...
She posed for photos dressed both as Jennifer Walters and her alter-ego, She-Hulk, before the film was cancelled. [ 10 ] Subsequently, she starred in 976-Evil II , The Double 0 Kid (1992), Chained Heat II (1993), Galaxis (1995), and Snowboard Academy (1997).
Michael B. Jordan, who has played Apollo Creed's son in the "Creed" series of movies, posted a photo of Weathers on his Instagram stories on Feb. 2, writing, "We lost a legend."
On Friday, actor Carl Weathers' family confirmed to ET that he died in his sleep the day prior. He was 76. He was 76. Weathers and Sandler famously starred in the 1996 comedy Happy Gilmore .
Carl Weathers was an unknown actor on a cattle call audition for a movie when he was introduced to the screenwriter — also a struggling nobody — and was told to do the scene with him. The ...
Actor Carl Weathers portrays himself as a thrifty, mooching Hollywood movie star whom Tobias hires to teach him his craft. Tobias meets Carl Weathers on an air porter destined for Los Angeles International Airport. Tobias once traveled to San Francisco to attend Carl Weathers' stage-fighting workshop.
LOS ANGELES — Carl Weathers, the actor best known as Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies and more recently for his role in the hit "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian," died Thursday in his ...