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Actor Born: January 14, 1948 in New Orleans, LA 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... Full Biography
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