Carl Weathers is a flourishing actor and a former professional football player. He is best known for playing the actor of Apollo Creed in the Rocky series. Weathers has further starred in movies such as Predator, Little Nicky, and Happy Gilm0re.
Summary
| Full Name: | Carl Weathers |
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| Age: | 73 years 2 months |
| Birth Date: | January 14, 1948 |
| Net worth: | $6 million |
Carl Weathers: Bio, Age, Nationality, Ethnicity
Carl Weathers, a popular actor, was born on 14 January 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He likewise belongs to the Afro-American ethnicity and has an American nationality by birth. According to some sources, his father was a day laborer, but so far, there are no many details about the name of his father and his early life. In addition to that, Capricorn is his birth sign.
Twitter Weathers went to the St. Augustine High School and then joined San Francisco State University. He later graduated from there with a BA in Drama in 1966.
Career and Professional Life
Carl Weathers started his career as a professional soccer player. He used to perform a defensive position with Long Beach City College and later on switched to San Diego State University. Weathers similarly played with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He resigned from football in 1974.
Carl with Sylvester and also Michael at CREED Premiere Max Rocky Weathers started his acting career in 1975 by playing a lesser role in the film titled ‘Bucktown’ of his friend, Arthur Marks. Nevertheless, Carl became popular when he played the lead in the 1976 American sports drama movie ‘Rocky,’ directed by John G. Avildsen. Not to mention, the movie was a big hit, and it even won three Oscars.
Since then, Weathers has performed in a variety of other films, including Rocky Franchise, Rocky II, Rocky III, and the Rocky IV, which have been struck. He also starred in the film, Predator alongside Rochelle Okoye.
Relationship Status
In reality, Carl Weathers has been coupled three times in his life. He married Mary Ann Castle initially. The couple of them exchanged their wedding vows on February 17, 1973. In addition to that, the married couple additionally has two children, the sons Jason and Matthew.
Unfortunately, following ten years of being married, Carl and Mary split. Their divorce was formally concluded on 22 July 1983.
After a year of divorce, Weathers joined Rhona Unsell on February 20, 1984. Unfortunately, just like his former marriage, Weather’s second marriage did not go well, and he divorced in 2006.
After that, Carl married his wife Jennifer Peterson. They tied the knot on March 15, in 2007. Similar to his former marriage, his third marriage further proved unsuccessful, and he was divorced on 31 January 2009. For the time being, Carl is a single man.
Net Worth and Salary
Being such a reputable actor, Weathers has accumulated a hefty sum of money from his acting profession. The net worth of Weathers is around $6 million, which is adjacent to that of his fellow star, Dean Cain.
To date, he has also played more than 20 hit films such as Rocky, the Toy Story 4, Magnum Force, etc. He played more than 20 top TV series in the same way. In addition to that, Rocky’s films earned over $117,235147, Rocky II earned $85,182,160, Rocky III earned over $125,049125, and so on.
