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Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers

American actor


Dead at 76 years
Birthday
Wednesday
He is born 76 years, 7 months and 25 days ago
Death date
Friday

He is dead since 7 months and 6 days

Cause of death: cardiac arrest

Birthplace
La Nouvelle-Orléans, United States
Nationality: american États-Unis
Birth sign: Capricorn
Chinese birth sign: Pig
Height

188 cm

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).

Source : Wikipedia