Carl Weathers
, who played the arrogant boxer
Apollo Creed
in the first four films of the
Rocky
saga alongside Sylvester Stallone,
has died at the age of 76
, as confirmed by his manager Matt Luber.
Weathers also co-starred in
Predator
with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987 and had a memorable role in the comedy
Happy Gilmore
, with Adam Sandler.
Carl Weathers at the premiere of the third season of "The Mandalorian" in 2023. Photo: AP
He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for his work on the
Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian.
More performances
Weathers voiced Combat Carl in the famous Pixar film
Toy Story
and played a fictional version of himself in a recurring role on the series
Arrested Development.
His other credits include the television series
Street Justice, Colony, The Shield, Chicago Justice
and
Brothers
, plus the films
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Death Hunt
and
The Comebacks
.