Remembering Carl Weathers: His Career In Photos From ‘Rocky’ To ‘Happy Gilmore’ To ‘The Mandalorian’
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Carl Weathers, who turned charisma, talent, hard work and athleticism into a 50-year acting career, died Tuesday at 76.
Weathers studied theater in college, where he also played football. He parlayed the latter into a brief NFL career with the (then) Oakland Raiders in 1970. He began working as an extra in blaxploitation films at the time. That led to roles on TV and eventually film, where he had his breakthrough as Apollo Creed in the Rocky films.
Weathers worked steadily in film and on TV throughout the next four-plus decades, and hit another career high point with his work on The Mandalorian, for which he earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in 2021.
Scroll through the photos below for a sense of Weathers’ long and varied career.
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Thalmus Rasulala (2nd from right), Carl Weathers (right)
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Pam Grier & Carl Weathers
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Carl Weathers & Sylvester Stallone
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Franco Nero, Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw, Edward Fox & Carl Weathers
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Andrew Stevens, Lee Marvin & Carl Weathers
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Carl Weathers & Sylvester Stallone
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Mr. T, Carl Weathers & Sylvester Stallone
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Carl Weathers
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Carl Weathers
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Robert Urich & Carl Weathers
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Carl Weathers & Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Stan Foster, Carl Weathers & Miguel Nunez Jr.
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Vanity & Carl Weathers
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Carl Weathers
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Carl Weathers
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Carl Weathers & Adam Sandler
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Tony Hale & Carl Weathers
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Carl Weathers & David Koechner
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Carl Weathers & Josh Holloway
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Carl Weathers