Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers has been married three times. He first married Mary Ann Castle in 1973. They had two children and divorced after ten years of marriage.

He later marred Rhona Usneel in 1984. However, his marriage too resulted in a divorce.

In 2007, he married Jennifer Peterson. They divorced after two years.

Carl Weathers was born on 14th January 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father worked as a day laborer.

He was active in sports from an early age. He attended St. Augustine High School on an athletic scholarship. During his high school days he was involved with various sports such as football, judo, and wrestling. He graduated in 1966. Later he got a BA in Drama from San Francisco State University.

Carl Weathers started playing professional football during his college years. He began his career as a defensive end for Long Beach City College. He eventually transferred to San Diego State University and soon became a letterman for the San Diego State Aztecs.

As he went undrafted, he signed with the Oakland Raiders as a free agent in 1970. He played seven games for the team that year, and one game, the following year.

After he was released from the team, Weathers signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He played a total of eighteen games with the team. He retired from Football in 1974.

In 1975, Carl Weathers played a minor role in his friend Arthur Marks' film 'Bucktown'. The same year, he played a main role in the film 'Friday Foster'. Like the previous film, it was directed and produced by his friend Arthur Mark.

Weathers came to popularity in 1976 after his role in the American sports drama film 'Rocky'. Directed by John G. Avildsen, the film tells the story of Rocky Balboa, a small time club fighter, who gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship. Weathers played the role of Apollo Creed, an undisputed boxing champion who fights Balboa to defend his world Championship. The film was a huge success commercially and won three Oscars.

After appearing in a few other films including 'Semi-Tough' (1977) and 'The Bermuda Depths' (1978), he reprised his role of Apollo Creed in ‘Rocky II’ in 1979. The film was a commercial success and became one of the highest grossing films of the year.

He continued playing the role of Apollo Creed in ‘Rocky III’ (1982) and 'Rocky IV' (1985). Both the films did well commercially and gained huge popularity worldwide. He next appeared in the sci-fi horror action film 'Predator' in a main role, playing Colonel Al Dillon. The film was a commercial success.

Weathers played leading roles as well as supporting roles in several films in the next two decades, some of them being 'Hurricane Smith' (1992), 'Happy Gilmore' (1996), 'Alien Siege' (2005) and 'The Comebacks' (2007). He was latest seen in the American sci-fi action film ‘American Warships’ (2012).