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Carl Weathers

1948 - 2024

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Weathers has received more than 16,076,618 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Carl Weathers is the 306th most popular actor (up from 512th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from United States (up from 963rd in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Actor.

Carl Weathers is most famous for his role as Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Carl Weathers ranks 306 out of 13,578. Before him are Helmut Berger, Juliette Binoche, Kenneth Branagh, Burt Young, Salma Hayek, and Harold Lloyd. After him are Kim Novak, Mia Farrow, Leonard Nimoy, Sean Penn, Ian Holm, and Maurice Chevalier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Carl Weathers ranks 35. Before him are George Tupou V, George R. R. Martin, Kathy Bates, Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, and Patrizia Reggiani. After him are Steven Tyler, Frank Abagnale, Robert Plant, Yoshihide Suga, John Bonham, and Keke Rosberg. Among people deceased in 2024, Carl Weathers ranks 21. Before him are Alexei Navalny, Luigi Riva, Akira Toriyama, Johan Galtung, Niklaus Wirth, and Frank Farian. After him are Roger Guillemin, Kurt Hamrin, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Dries van Agt, Andreas Brehme, and Ebrahim Raisi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Weathers ranks 559 out of 20,380. Before him are Donna Summer (1948), Terry Gilliam (1940), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Kamala Harris (1964), T. S. Eliot (1888), and Oprah Winfrey (1954). After him are Gloria Gaynor (1947), Kim Novak (1933), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Quincy Jones (1933), Ronald Wayne (1934), and Mia Farrow (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Carl Weathers ranks 152. Before him are Tobin Bell (1942), Janet Leigh (1927), Ernest Borgnine (1917), Raquel Welch (1940), Burt Young (1940), and Harold Lloyd (1893). After him are Kim Novak (1933), Mia Farrow (1945), Leonard Nimoy (1931), Sean Penn (1960), Matt Damon (1970), and Jennifer Aniston (1969).

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Television and Movie Roles

Predator
Al Dillon
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Jun 12o 19877.533 / 10
Rocky
Apollo Creed
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
Nov 20o 19767.79 / 10
Rocky IV
Apollo Creed
Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Ivan Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
Nov 21o 19857.089 / 10