Carl Weathers

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Carl Weathers
Born	January 14, 1948 New Orleans, Louisiana
Notable roles	Apollo Creed in the Rocky series, Major George Dillon in Predator, Sgt./Lt. Jericho "Action" Jackson in Action Jackson, Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore

Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an actor, formerly a professional American and Canadian league football player.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 As a football player 1.2 As a dramatic actor 1.3 As a comedic actor 2 Trivia 3 Filmography 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] As a football player

Weathers graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School and then went to San Diego State University. At San Diego State University, Carl was a member of the football team. This led to a brief career as a linebacker with the Oakland Raiders, where he played 7 games in 1970 and one game in 1971. He joined the Canadian Football League (British Columbia Lions) in 1971 and played until 1973, 18 games in total. He retired in 1974 to become an actor.

[edit] As a dramatic actor

Weathers had his first parts in two Arthur Marks directed 1970s blaxploitation films: Bucktown and Friday Foster, both in 1975. Weathers also appeared in an episode on the 70's Sitcom "Good Times".

In 1976, he starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in Rocky as Apollo Creed, a role he would reprise in the next three Rocky films in 1979, 1982, and 1985. He also starred in a number of action films, both theatrically and on television, including: Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Predator (1987), Action Jackson (1988), and Hurricane Smith (1992), he also had the role of Chubbs in Happy Gilmore. And he is briefly seen as an Army MP in just one of the three released versions of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

During the final season of In the Heat of the Night, his character of Hampton Forbes replaced Bill Gillespie at the chief of the Sparta, Mississippi police. He continued that role in the television movies based on the series. His noted other TV role was on the cop show Street Justice where he played Sgt. Adam Beaudreaux. He also played as MACV-SOG Lt. Col. Brewster in the CBS series Tour of Duty.

[edit] As a comedic actor

In 2004, Weathers received a significant career revival as a comedic actor. Since he had worked primarily as a dramatic actor in action films throughout the first half of his career, he began appearing in many works that were quite different from his past. Beginning in 2004 with appearances in several episodes of the cult hit comedy series Arrested Development as a cheapskate caricature of himself, Weathers began appearing in largely comedic roles. This series of guest spots led to him getting roles in the comedies The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang and The Comebacks. The Comebacks will be his first major role in a film since 1992's Hurricane Smith.

[edit] Trivia

• Outside of acting he is a member of both Big Brothers and the United States Olympic Committee.
• He is currently a principal of Red Tight Media, a film and video production company that specializes in tactical training films made for the United States armed forces.
• He provided the voice for Colonel Samuel Garrett in the Pandemic video game, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.
• In 2005, he was a narrator on Conquest! The Price Of Victory - Witness The Journey of the Trojans!, an 18-part television show about USC athletics.
• Appeared in Michael Jackson's "Liberian Girl" music video.
• Appeared in a McDonald's commercial around 1976.
• Appeared in an episode of Good Times as an angry husband who suspected his wife of cheating on him with JJ. Ironically, though his character was presumably supposed to be older, Carl is actually one year younger than Jimmie Walker.
• Sylvester Stallone asked Carl Weathers, Mr. T, and Dolph Lundgren for permission to use footage from their appearances in the earlier Rocky movies for Rocky Balboa. Mr. T and Dolph Lundgren gave him their graces, however Carl Weathers wanted an actual part in the movie, even though his character died in Rocky 4 stated by Stallone on Jimmy Kimmel Live Dec. 21, 2006. Stallone refused and Weathers decided not to allow Stallone to use his image for Rocky flashbacks from the previous movies. They instead decided to use new footage of a fighter who looks similar to Weathers.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	The Comebacks	Freddie Wiseman/Narrator
2006	The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang	Dr. Artimus Snodgrass
2006-	Spawn: The Animation	Captain Edwards	TV series, voice only
2005	Alien Siege	General Skyler
2004 - 2005	Arrested Development	Himself	TV series
2002	Eight Crazy Nights	GNC Guy	voice only
2000	Little Nicky	Chubbs Peterson
1996	Happy Gilmore	Chubbs Peterson
1993-1994	In the Heat of the Night	Chief Hampton Forbes	TV series
1992	Hurricane Smith	Billy 'Hurricane' Smith
1991-1993	Street Justice	Sgt. Adam Beaudreaux	TV series
1989-1990	Tour Of Duty	Col. Brewster	TV series
1988	Action Jackson	Sgt./Lt. Jericho "Action" Jackson
1987	Predator	Major George Dillon
1986	Fortune Dane	Fortune Dane	TV series
1985	Rocky IV	Apollo Creed
1982	Rocky III	Apollo Creed
1981	Death Hunt	Sundog/George Washington Lincoln Brown
1979	Rocky II	Apollo Creed
1978	Force 10 from Navarone	Sgt. Weaver
1977	Semi-Tough	Dreamer Tatum
1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	MP
1976	Rocky	Apollo Creed
1976	The Four Deuces	Taxi Cab Driver
1975	Bucktown	Hambone
1975	Friday Foster	Yarbro

[edit] External links

• Carl Weathers at the Internet Movie Database
• Conquest! The Price Of Victory - Witness The Journey of the Trojans! DVD information

Persondata
NAME	Weathers, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor; Former American Football Player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH