Carl Weathers Memorial Cover

arl Weathers (January 14, 1948 - February 1, 2024) was an actor whose roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rockyfilms (1976-1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), and Combat Carl in the Toy Storyfranchise. He also portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991-1993) and 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 also co-starred in the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore, as Chubbs, a golf legend teaching Happy how to play golf. Before becoming an actor, Weathers signed with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 1970.