Carl Weathers
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Born | New Orleans,Louisiana, U.S. | January 14, 1948||||
Died | February 2, 2024 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 76)||||
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Partner | Christine Klud gian (2014–2024) | ||||
Children | 2 | ||||
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||
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Undrafted: | 1970 | ||||
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Carl Weathers(January 14, 1948 – February 2, 2024) was an American actor, director and alinebackerin the NFL and CFL. His roles included boxerApollo Creedin the first fourRockyfilms(1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon inPredator(1987), Chubbs Peterson inHappy Gilmore(1996), andCombat Carlin theToy Storyfranchise.He also portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television seriesStreet Justice(1991–1993) anda fictionalized version of himselfin the comedy seriesArrested Development(2004, 2013), and voiced Omnitraxus Prime inStar vs. the Forces of Evil(2017–2019). He had a recurring role asGreef Kargain theStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorian(2019–2023), for which he was nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Weathers playedcollege footballfor theSan Diego State Aztecsbefore playing professionally as alinebacker.He joined theOakland Raidersof theNational Football League(NFL) after going undrafted in the1970 NFL draft.After two seasons with the Raiders, he played a year with theBC Lionsof theCanadian Football League(CFL).
Early life
[edit]Weathers was born on January 14, 1948,[1]inNew Orleans,Louisiana.[2]His father was aday laborer.As an eighth-grade student, he earned an athletic scholarship toSt. Augustine High School,a private school.[3]He was an all-around athlete, involved inbo xing,football,gymnastics, judo, soccer, andwrestling.He played football and graduated fromLong Beach Poly High Schoolin 1966.[4]
College football career
[edit]Weathers played football as adefensive endin college. He started his college career in 1966 atLong Beach City College,[3]where he did not play in 1966 due to an ankle injury suffered when he tripped over a curb surrounding the running track while warming up for practice with another linebacker. He then transferred and played forSan Diego State University,becoming alettermanfor theSan Diego State Aztecsin 1968 and 1969, helping the Aztecs win the 1969Pasadena Bowl,finishing with an 11–0 record, and a No. 18 ranking in the FinalUPIPoll,[5]playing for head coachDon Coryell.At San Diego State, Weathers—who considered acting his first love and had been performing in plays even back in grade school[6]—received a master intheatre arts.[7]
Professional football career
[edit]Weathers signed with theOakland Raidersof theNFLas anundraftedfree agentin 1970. Now playing as alinebacker,[3]Weathers played in seven games for the Raiders in 1970, helping them win theAFC West Division title,on their way to the first-everAFC Championship Game.Before the 1971 season, Weathers converted to the position ofstrong safety.[8]He played in one game of the 1971 NFL season before the Raiders released him in September 1971,[9]after head coachJohn Maddentold Weathers, "You're just too sensitive."[6][10]
Later that month, Weathers signed with theBC Lionsof theCFL.[11]He played for the Lions until 1973,[12]playing 13 games in total. During the off-seasons, Weathers attendedSan Francisco State Universityand earned abachelor's degreeindramain 1974.[13]
Weathers retired from football in 1974, and began pursuing an acting career.[14]In his NFL career he appeared in 8 games in two seasons, but did not record any stats. The only stat he recorded in his CFL career was a single fumble recovery. In later years, Weathers narratedNFL Films' season recap of the1999,2000and2001 seasons.[15]During the2017 NFL draft,he appeared onNFL Network's pre-draft coverage.[16]
Acting career
[edit]Weathers began working as anextrawhile still playing football.[3]He had his first significant roles in twoblaxploitationfilms directed by his longtime friend Arthur Marks:Bucktown(1975) andFriday Foster(1975).[17]Weathers also appeared in an early 1975 episode of the sitcomGood Timestitled "The Nude", portraying an angry husband who suspected his wife of cheating on him withJ.J.He also guest-starred in a 1975 episode ofKung Futitled "The Brothers Caine", and in an episode ofCannontitled "The Hero". In 1976, he appeared as a loan shark in an episode of the crime-dramaStarsky & Hutch,[18]and in theBarnaby Jonesepisode "The Bounty Hunter" as escaped convict Jack Hopper.[19]
While auditioning for the role ofApollo CreedalongsideSylvester StalloneinRocky,Weathers criticized Stallone's acting, which led to him getting the role.[20]He reprised the role of Apollo Creed in the next threeRockyfilms:Rocky II(1979),Rocky III(1982), andRocky IV(1985).[21]
Weathers briefly appears as an ArmyMPin one of the three released versions ofClose Encounters of the Third Kind(originally released in 1977). In 1978, Weathers portrayed Vince Sullivan in a TV movie,Not This Time.In the late 1970s and 1980s, Weathers starred in a number of action films for the small and big screen, includingForce 10 from Navarone(1978),Predator(1987),Action Jackson(1988), andHurricane Smith(1992).[22]Weathers hosted an episode ofSaturday Night Livein 1988 and appeared in a skit on the show in 2003.[23]
Weathers appeared inMichael Jackson's "Liberian Girl"music video and co-starred in the 1996Adam SandlercomedyHappy Gilmore,as Chubbs, a golf legend teaching Happy how to play golf. He reprised the role nearly four years later in the Sandler comedyLittle Nicky.Filming a fall stunt inHappy Gilmore,Weathers fractured two vertebrae and hisosteophytesgrew out and connected and self-fused badly. He said he was in excruciating pain for three to four years.[24]
Another notable television role was Sgt. Adam Beaudreaux on the cop showStreet Justice.Afterwards, during the final two seasons ofIn the Heat of the Night(1992–1994), his character, Hampton Forbes, replaced Bill Gillespie as the chief of police. He also playedMACV-SOGColonelBrewster in theCBSseriesTour of Duty.[25]
In 2004, Weathers received a career revival as a comedic actor beginning with appearances in three episodes of the comedy seriesArrested Developmentas a cheapskatecaricature of himself,who serves asTobias Fünke's acting coach. He was then cast in the comediesThe Sasquatch GangandThe Comebacks.Weathers had a guest role in two episodes ofThe Shieldas the former training officer of main characterVic Mackey.[26]
Weathers provided the voice for Colonel Samuel Garrett in thePandemic Studiosvideo gameMercenaries: Playground of Destruction.In 2005, he was a narrator onConquest! The Price of Victory — Witness the Journey of the Trojans!,an 18-part television show aboutUSCathletics. Weathers was 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.[27]He also appeared in one episode ofERin 2008 during its finale season.[28]
For the sixth film in theRockyseries,Rocky Balboa(2006), Stallone asked Weathers,Mr. T,andDolph Lundgrenfor permission to use footage from their appearances in the earlierRockyfilms. Mr. T and Lundgren agreed, but Weathers wanted an actual part in the movie, even though his character had died inRocky IV.[29]Stallone refused, and Weathers decided not to allow Stallone to use his image for flashbacks from the previous films. They instead used footage of a fighter who looks similar to Weathers.[30]Weathers and Stallone patched up their differences and Weathers agreed to allow footage of him from previous films to be used throughoutCreed(2015).[29]
Weathers portrayed the father ofMichael StrahanandDaryl "Chill" Mitchell's characters on the short-lived 2009 Fox sitcomBrothers.Weathers acted as Brian "Gebo" Fitzgerald in advertising forOld Spice's sponsorship ofNASCARdriverTony Stewart.He also appeared in an ongoing series of web-only advertisements for Credit Union of Washington, dispensing flowers and the advice that "change is beautiful" to puzzled-looking bystanders. He also starred in a series of commercials forBud Light,in which he introduced plays from the "Bud Light Playbook." At the conclusion of each commercial, Weathers could be seen bursting through the Bud Light Playbook and shouting "Here we go!"[31]
In 2019, Weathers appeared asGreef Kargain several episodes of the first season of theStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorian.He returned for the second season and also directed the episode "Chapter 12: The Siege".[32]He returned for season 3 and directed the episode "Chapter 20: The Foundling".[33]His performance earned him anEmmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor.[34]
Personal life and death
[edit]Weathers was married three times. He married Mary-Ann Castle in 1973; they had two sons and divorced in 1983. In 1984, Weathers married Rhona Unsell; they divorced in 2006. Weathers was married to Jennifer Peterson from 2007 until 2009.[3]Weathers was with his longtime partner Christine Klud gian from 2014, until his death in 2024.[35]
Weathers died at his home in Los Angeles on February 2, 2024, at age 76,[36][37][19][22]fromatherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.[37]Weathers' body wascremated.[38]in August 2024, he was honored for Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony.[39]
Filmography
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Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1973 | Magnum Force | Demonstrator | Uncredited[22] |
1975 | Friday Foster | Yarbro | [22] |
Bucktown | Hambone | [22] | |
1976 | The Four Deuces | Taxi Cab Driver | [40] |
Rocky | Apollo Creed | [22] | |
1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | MP Officer | [41] |
Semi-Tough | Dreamer Tatum | [42] | |
1978 | Force 10 from Navarone | Sgt. Olen Weaver | [22] |
1979 | Rocky II | Apollo Creed | [43] |
1981 | Death Hunt | George Washington Lincoln "Sundog" Brown | [44] |
1982 | Rocky III | Apollo Creed | [43] |
1985 | Rocky IV | Director's cutreleased in 2021[43] | |
1987 | Predator | Colonel Al Dillon | [22] |
1988 | Action Jackson | Sgt. / Lt. Jericho "Action" Jackson[22] | Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture[45] |
1992 | Hurricane Smith | Billy "Hurricane" Smith | [46] |
1996 | Happy Gilmore | Derick "Chubbs" Peterson | [47] |
2000 | Little Nicky | Uncredited[48] | |
2002 | Eight Crazy Nights | GNC Water Bottle | Voice[49] |
2004 | Balto III: Wings of Change | Kirby | Voice[50] |
2006 | The Sasquatch Gang | Dr. Artimus Snodgrass | [51] |
2007 | The Comebacks | Freddie Wiseman / Narrator | [52] |
2013 | Sheriff Tom Vs. The Zombies | President Weathers | Cameo[53] |
2014 | Think Like a Man Too | Mr. Davenport | Uncredited |
2019 | Toy Story 4 | Combat Carl | Voice[54] |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | Good Times | Calvin Brooks | Episode: "The Nude"[22] |
Cannon | Dan Daily Chronicle reporter | Episode: "The Hero"[18] | |
The Six Million Dollar Man | Stolar | Episode: "One of Our Running Backs Is Missing"[22] | |
Kung Fu | Bad Sam | Episode: "The Brothers Caine"[22] | |
1976 | Starsky & Hutch | Al Martin | Episode: "Nightmare"[18] |
Barnaby Jones | Jack Hopper | Episode: "The Bounty Hunter"[19] | |
1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected | Hank Dalby | Episode: "A Hand For Sonny Blue" |
Streets of San Francisco | Officer Hague | Episode: "Innocent No More"[19] | |
The Hostage Heart | Bateman Hooks | Television film | |
1978 | The Bermuda Depths | Eric[55] | |
1985 | Braker | Lt. Harry Braker[40] | |
1986 | The Defiant Ones | Cullen Monroe[56] | |
Fortune Dane | Fortune Dane | Main role, 5 episodes[40] | |
1989–90 | Tour of Duty | Col. Carl Brewster | Recurring role, 9 episodes[22] |
1990 | Dangerous Passion | Kyle Western | Television film[50] |
1991–1993 | Street Justice | Adam Beaudreaux | Main role, 44 episodes[57] |
1993–1995 | In the Heat of the Night | Police Chief Hampton Forbes | Main role, 28 episodes[58] |
1995 | OP Center | Gen. Mike Rodgers | Television film |
1997 | Assault on Devil's Island | Roy Brown[19] | |
1999 | Assault on Death Mountain | ||
2003; 2007 | The Shield | Joe Clark | Episodes: "Haunts", "Partners"[26] |
2004–2013 | Arrested Development | Carl Weathers | 4 episodes[22] |
2005 | Alien Siege | Gen. Skyler | Television film |
2008 | Phoo Action | Chief Benjamin Benson | TV pilot |
ER | Louie Taylor | Episode: "Oh, Brother" | |
2010 | Psych | Boone | Episode: "Viagra Falls" |
2011; 2013 | Regular Show | God of Basketball, Basketball King | Voices; Episodes: "Slam Dunk", "Bank Shot" |
2012 | American Warships | Gen. McKraken | Television film |
2013 | Toy Story of Terror! | Combat Carl and Jr | Voice; TV special |
2016 | Colony | Beau | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
Chicago P.D. | State's Attorney Mark Jefferies | Episodes: "Justice"; "Favor, Action, Malice or Ill-Will"[22] | |
2017 | Chicago Justice | Main role, 13 episodes[22] | |
2017–2019 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Omnitraxus Prime, Additional voices | Voice; Recurring role, 10 episodes |
2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | State's Attorney Mark Jefferies | Episode: "Zero Tolerance" |
Magnum P.I. | Dan Sawyer | Episode: "From the Head Down" | |
2019 | Pinky Malinky | The Apologizer | Voice[59] |
2019–2023 | The Mandalorian | Greef Karga | 10 episodes; Director: "Chapter 12: The Siege"and"Chapter 20: The Foundling" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series[60] |
Video games
[edit]Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2005 | Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction | Col. Samuel Garrett | |
2015 | Mortal Kombat X | Jax-'Dillon' Skin | |
2021 | The Artful Escape | Lightman |
See also
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External links
[edit]- Carl WeathersatIMDb
- Career statistics and player information fromPro Football Reference
- Carl Weathersdiscography atDiscogs
- Carl Weathers obituary
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