Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers
Carl Weathersis an American actor and former professional football player. He is best known for portraying Apollo Creed in the Rocky series of films. He also portrayed Jericho "Action" Jackson in Action Jackson, Dillon in Predator, Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore and Little Nicky, and a fictionalized version of himself on the comedy series Arrested Development...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 January 1948
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
I've made some films for the military that are teaching things like cultural awareness and leadership issues, that sort of stuff. And try to, in essence, look at what training they're doing and say, 'This is how you can improve the training from a humanistic point of view.'
My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
I majored in theater at San Diego State. My one eye was on football, and my other eye was on Hollywood.
I've been fortunate. I've worked in a lot of things where I had those kinds of experiences with actors who were perceived as very macho guys, everybody from Lee Marvin to Charlie Bronson to Harrison Ford to Robert Shaw.