Everything about Carl Weathers totally explained
Carl Weathers (born
January 14,
1948) is an American actor, as well as former professional football player in the
United States and
Canada. He is best known for his role as
Apollo Creed in the
Rocky series of films.
Biography
Personal life
Weathers was born in
New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from
St. Augustine High School and then went to
San Diego State University. Outside of acting, he's a member of both
Big Brothers and the
United States Olympic Committee. In April 2007, he married Jennifer Peterson, a documentary filmmaker.
Football career
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
British Columbia Lions of the
Canadian Football League in 1971 and played until 1973, 18 games in total. He retired in
1974 to become an actor.
Acting career
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 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.
In 1976, he starred alongside
Sylvester Stallone in
Rocky as
Apollo Creed, a role he'd reprise in the next three
Rocky films in
1979,
1982, and
1985. For the most recent film in the
Rocky series,
Rocky Balboa,
Sylvester Stallone asked Weathers,
Mr. T, and
Dolph Lundgren for permission to use footage from their appearances in the earlier Rocky movies. Mr. T and Dolph Lundgren gave him their graces, however Weathers wanted an actual part in the movie, even though his character died in
Rocky IV. 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.
In 1978 Carl portrayed misogynist Vince Sullivan in the TV movie,
Not This Time. Weathers 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), and is briefly seen as an Army MP in one of the three released versions of
Close Encounters of the Third Kind. As a member of the cast of
Predator, Weathers 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 other guy in Predator".
He also appeared in
Michael Jackson's "
Liberian Girl" music video. He also had the role of Chubbs in
Happy Gilmore.
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 Colonel Brewster in the
CBS series
Tour of Duty.
In 2004, Weathers received a career revival as a comedic actor. Beginning with appearances in 3 episodes of the
comedy series
Arrested Development as a cheapskate
caricature of himself. He was then cast in the comedies
The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang and
The Comebacks, which was his first major role in a film since 1992's
Hurricane Smith.
Weathers had a guest role in two episodes (to date) of
The Shield as the former training officer of main character
Vic Mackey.
Weathers provided the voice for Colonel Samuel Garret in the
Pandemic Studios video game, . 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.
Weathers is 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 is currently acting as "Brian "Gebo" Fitzgerald" in advertising for
Old Spice's sponsorship of
NASCAR driver
Tony Stewart.
Filmography
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