Carl Weather

How did Carl Weathers become famous?

Carl Weathers is a famous football player and popular actor. He has great physique, he is tall, well ripped and has incredibly muscled arms – these qualities helped Carl get the roles of athletes and other strong personalities. The secrets of Carl Weather’s success are his professionalism, persistence and natural talent.

So this is his story.

Carl Weathers was strong and fast from the earliest years. The boy was full of energy and he moved all the time, running, jumping, playing. His parents noticed Carl’s great potential of an athlete and encouraged the boy to train. Carl started to play football for the school team.

He continued practicing this sport game in the University. Weathers started his professional career in 1966. He played for “Oakland Raiders”, later for “BC Lions”, but in 1974 the football star decided to finish his career in sports.

The reason was the wish of Carl Weathers to start career of an actor. He debuted as Police Officer Delaney in criminal series “McCloud”.

Now Carl is remembered by, probably, the brightest role in his resume – Apollo in “Rocky”. He played in four parts of the franchise, but was not casted in the last one because of financial issues.

The other solid screen work, which is worth to be proud of, is Dillon in “Predator”.

Now actor’s career is not so vivid, but he is still busy with the series “Colony”.