Carl Weathers Biography

A football star at San Diego State, Carl Weathers played professionally with the Oakland Raiders, acting in local stage productions during the off-season. Weathers went on to play with the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League, then retired from sports in 1974, the better to devote all his time to an acting career. After yeoman service in a handful of "blaxploitation" flicks, he rose to fame as the Muhammad Ali-inspired Apollo Creed in the first Rocky film. Apollo Creed's adversarial relationship with Rocky Balboa mellowed into warm friendship in the course of the next three Rocky installments; indeed, when Apollo was killed off by "superboxer" Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV (1985), the tragedy served as the motivation for the retired Rocky to climb into the ring yet once more. Weathers' post-Rocky projects have included the title role in Action Jackson (1988), the Sidney Poitier part in the 1985 TV-movie remake of The Defiant Ones, and the TV series Fortune Dane, Street Justice and Tour of Duty. In the early 1990s, Weathers replaced Howard Rollins Jr. in a group of In the Heat of the Night 2-hour TV specials. In addition to his show business work, Carl Weathers has been active with the Big Brothers Association and the U.S. Olympic Committee. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

• 1. Chubbs: You were great out there today.
  2. Happy Gilmore: Thank you.
  3. Chubbs: But not that great. A lot of that was luck.
  4. Happy Gilmore: Some might call it luck. I like to call it.. [thinking] well, luck, I guess. So what?
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• 1. Dillon: That's a real nasty habit you got there.
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• 1. Apollo Creed: Well, I've been with the best, and I've BEAT the best! I've retired more men than Social Security!
  From Rocky IV. Submitted by Nigel N (10 months ago)

• 1. Chubbs: Damned alligator BIT my hand off! [Shows Happy his wooden hand]
  2. Happy Gilmore: OH MY GOD!
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• 1. Apollo Creed: There is no tomorrow!
  From Rocky III. Submitted by Rajni A (12 months ago)

• 1. Apollo Creed: Man, I won! But I didn't beat him!
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• 1. Apollo Creed: Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.
  From Rocky. Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)

• 1. Apollo Creed: Stay in school and use your brain. Be a doctor, be a lawyer, carry a leather briefcase. Forget about sports as a profession. Sports make ya grunt and smell. See, be a thinker, not a stinker.
  From Rocky. Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)