Carl Weathers Movies Bio Wiki Age Spouse Predator and Net Worth
Carl Weathers is an American actor and former professional football player. He is known for his roles as boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films. Carl played Al Dillon in Predator, Action Jackson in Action Jackson, and Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore.
He also portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs. the Forces of Evil. He has a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–).
Carl was born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana,United States. He is74 years old.
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of6 ft 1½ in(Approx. 1.87 m).
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to his parents. Carl’s father was a day laborer. He holds an American nationality and belongs to the black ethnicity.
Carl has been married and divorced three times. He was first married toMary Ann Castlefrom February 1973 – July 1983. The two had two sons Jason and Matthew. Carl later marriedRhona Unsellin 1984 and divorced. His third wife isJennifer Peterson. The two were married from March 2007 -January 2009.
As an eighth-grade student, Carl earned an athletic scholarship to St. Augustine High School, a private school. He was an all-around athlete, involved in boxing, football, gymnastics, judo, soccer, and wrestling. Carl graduated in 1966. He played college football at San Diego State University.
In 1987, he portrayed Colonel Al Dillon in Predator. As a member of the cast of Predator, Carl worked with future California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and future Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. Many years later he appeared in a spoof segment on Saturday Night Live, announcing that he was running for political office and urging viewers to vote for him on the basis that “he was the black guy in Predator”.
After he went undrafted, Carl signed with the Oakland Raiders as a free agent in 1970. Now playing as a linebacker, he played in seven games for the Raiders in 1970, helping them win the AFC West Division title, on their way to the first-ever AFC Championship Game. Weathers only played in one game in 1971, before the Raiders released him.
In 2019, he appeared as Greef Karga in several episodes of the first season of the Star Wars series, The Mandalorian. He returned for the second season and also directed the episode “Chapter 12: The Siege”.His performance earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor.
Carl 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.
While auditioning for the role of Apollo Creed alongside Sylvester Stallone in Rocky, Carl criticized Stallone’s acting, which led to him getting the role. He reprised the role of Apollo Creed in the next three Rocky films: Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), and Rocky IV (1985).
For the sixth film in the Rocky series, Rocky Balboa (2006), Stallone asked Carl, Mr. T, and Dolph Lundgren for permission to use footage from their appearances in the earlier Rocky films. Mr. T and Lundgren agreed, but Carl wanted an actual part in the movie, even though his character had died in Rocky IV. Carl and Stallone patched up their differences and Weathers agreed to allow footage of him from previous films to be used throughout Creed.
He appeared in Michael Jackson’s “Liberian Girl” music video and co-starred in the Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore, as Chubbs, a golf legend teaching Happy how to play golf. He reprised the role nearly four years later in the Sandler comedy Little Nicky.
Carl received a career revival as a comedic actor beginning with appearances in three episodes of the comedy series Arrested Development. He played a cheapskate caricature of himself, who serves as Tobias Fünke’s acting coach. He has then cast in the comedies The Sasquatch Gang and The Comebacks. Carl had a guest role in two episodes of The Shield as the former training officer of the main character Vic Mackey.
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Carl’s estimated net worth is$8 million.
Yes. He is currently74 years oldand healthy. In 2021, he played Apollo Creed in Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago – The Ultimate Director’s Cut.
