Carl Weathers Net Worth and Salary:Carl Weathers is an American actor, director, producer, and retired football player who has a net worth of $8 million. Weathers played football for the Oakland Raiders and BC Lions in the early 1970s, and after retiring in 1974, decided to pursue a career in acting. Carl has over 75 acting credits to his name and his notable roles include Apollo Creed in the ‘Rocky’ films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in ‘Predator’ (1987), Jericho ‘Action’ Jackson in ‘Action Jackson “. ” (1988) and Chubbs Peterson in “Happy Gilmore” (1996). Weathers also played a fictionalized version of himself in four episodes of the critically acclaimed Arrested Development (2004; 2013) and began playing Greef Karga in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian in 2019. Carl directed the episode of several television shows, including “Silk Stalkings” (1993–1997), “Hawaii Five-0” (2019) and “Chicago Med” (2021), and worked as a producer on the TV movie “The Defiant Ones” ( 1986), TV series “Fortune”. Dane” (1986) and the miniseries “Always Night” (2013). He also wrote and produced the 2018 short film A Burger and a Bullet.
First Life: Carl Weathers was born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Carl’s father worked as a day laborer. Weathers received an athletic scholarship to a private school, St. Augustine High School when he was in the eighth grade and participated in football, soccer, wrestling, boxing, judo and gymnastics. The family later moved to Southern California, where Carl attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. In 1966, he enrolled at Long Beach City College, then transferred to San Diego State University. In 1974, Carl earned a bachelor’s degree in theater.
Football career:In college, Weathers was a defensive end on the football team. Although he was on the football team at Long Beach City College, he was unable to play in 1966 because he tripped over a curb near the running track and injured his ankle. After transferring to San Diego State University, he was a letterman for the school’s Aztecs football team in 1968 and 1969 and helped them win the Pasadena Bowl in 1969. Carl was ranked 18th in the final UPI poll and in 1970 he signed as a free agent with the Oakland Raiders. He was a linebacker for the team, playing in seven games in 1970 and one game in 1971. He helped the Raiders win the 1970 AFC West Division title, but the team released him in 1971 and he signed with the Canadian Football League. BC Lions. Carl remained with the Lions from 1971 to 1973, playing in 18 games,
Acting career: During his time as a football player, Weathers had an uncredited role in the 1973 film Magnum Force, and in 1975, appeared in the films Friday Foster and Bucktown and guest starred on Good Times. The Six Million Dollar Man’ and ‘Kung Fu’. The following year, he starred in ‘Starsky & Hutch’ and ‘Barnaby Jones’, appeared in ‘The Four Deuces’ and played the role of Apollo Creed in ‘Rocky’, which grossed $225 million at the box office . . Carl reprized the role in 1979’s “Rocky II,” 1982’s “Rocky III,” and 1985’s “Rocky IV.” After the success of “Rocky,” Weathers played a parliamentary officer in “Suitable Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977) and appeared in the film “
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Carl starred in “Action Jackson” in 1988, and from 1989 to 1990, he had a recurring role as Col. Brewster in the CBS military drama “Tour of Duty.” He played Adam Beaudreaux in the crime drama Street Justice (1991–1993) and Police Chief Hampton Forbes in the police procedural In the Heat of the Night (1993–1995). He starred in 1992’s Hurricane Smith, then appeared in three films with Adam Sandler: 1996’s Happy Gilmore, 2000’s Little Nicky, and the 2002 animated film Eight Crazy Nights. Weathers appeared in the television films Shadow Warriors: Assault on Devil’s Island (1997) and Shadow Warriors 2: Hunt for the Death Merchant (1999), and guest starred on The Shield in 2003 and 2007. 2004, starred in three episodes of Fox’s Arrested Development and returned for one more episode in 2013 after the series was revived by Netflix. Carl appeared in ‘The Sasquatch Gang’ (2006) and ‘The Comebacks’ (2007), then guest starred on ‘ER’ (2008) and ‘Psych’ (2010).
Weathers voiced Combat Carl in the 2013 TV special “Toy Story of Terror!” and the 2019 film “Toy Story 4,” which brought in $1.073 billion at the box office. He appeared in the films Sheriff Tom Vs. The Zombies” (2013) and “Think Like a Man Too” (2014), and played Bolton “Beau” Miller on USA Network’s “Colony” in 2016 and State’s Attorney Mark Jefferies. on NBC’s “Chicago Justice” in 2017. Carl voiced Omnitraxus Prime and other characters on “Star vs. Forces of Evil” from 2017 to 2019 and guest starred on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Magnum PI.” ” in 2018. Weathers landed the role of Greef Karga in “The Mandalorian” in 2019 and directed the 2020 episode “Chapter 12: The Siege.”
Personal life: Carl married Mary Ann Castle on February 17, 1973, and they had sons Matthew and Jason before divorcing in 1983. He married Rhona Unsell on February 20, 1984, and after their divorce in 2006, Weathers was. married to Jennifer Peterson since March. 2007 to early 2009.
Awards and nominations: In 1988, Weathers earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture for “Action Jackson.” In 2014, he won a Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a TV/Direct-to-DVD Special or Short Film for “Toy Story of Terror!”, and Carl and his cast mates received . a nomination for Best Vocal Ensemble. in a TV/Direct to DVD special title or short film. In 2016, Weathers was inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame.
