Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers (born 14 January 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died 1 February 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American actor and former professional football player.

He was best known for portraying Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976-85), Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Jericho "Action" Jackson in Action Jackson (1988), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996) and Little Nicky (2000) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development (2004-13). He had a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars-spinoff series, The Mandalorian (2019-23). As a football player, Weathers played for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League and the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League.

I met Carl at Collectormania London in November 2010, at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2014 and at London Film & Comic Con in July 2016.

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