Carl Weathers

Games played:	13
Fumble recoveries:	1

Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers
	Weathers at the 2017 New York Comic Con
Born	January 14, 1948; New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	February 2, 2024 (aged 76); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	San Francisco State University (BA); San Diego State University (MA);
Occupations	Actor; director;
Years active	1973–2024 (actor); 1970–1974 (football player); 1995–2023 (director);
Spouses	Mary Ann Castle (m. 1973; div. 1983); Rhona Unsell (m. 1984; div. 2006); Jennifer Peterson (m. 2007; div. 2009);
Partner	Christine Kludjian (2014–2024)
Children	2
	American football career
No. 49, 55
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College:	Long Beach CC (1966–1967); San Diego State (1968–1969);
Undrafted:	1970
Career history
	Oakland Raiders (1970–1971); BC Lions (1971–1973);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	8
Career CFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	13
Fumble recoveries:	1
	Player stats at PFR

Carl Weathers (January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director and a linebacker in the NFL and CFL. His 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. He also portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991–1993) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development (2004, 2013), and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2017–2019). He had a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

Weathers played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs before playing professionally as a linebacker. He joined the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) after going undrafted in the 1970 NFL draft. After two seasons with the Raiders, he played a year with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).