‘Rocky’, ‘Predator’ star Carl Weathers dies at 76

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Updated At : 03:55 PM Feb 04, 2024 IST

Hollywood star Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films opposite Sylvester Stallone, died on Thursday. He was 76. Weathers also starred in 1987’s Predator and had a memorable role in Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his work in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian. He was born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans. Carl voiced Combat Carl in Toy Story 4 and played a fictionalised version of himself in a recurring role on Arrested Development. His other credits include the TV series Street Justice, Colony, The Shield, Chicago Justice and Brothers, and the films Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Death Hunt and The Comebacks.

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