Carl Weathers Net Worth

Carl Weathers's Quotes

• My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
• I've made some films for the military that are teaching things like cultural awareness and leadership issues, that sort of stuff. And try to, in essence, look at what training they're doing and say, 'This is how you can improve the training from a humanistic point of view.'
• I've been fortunate. I've worked in a lot of things where I had those kinds of experiences with actors who were perceived as very macho guys, everybody from Lee Marvin to Charlie Bronson to Harrison Ford to Robert Shaw.
• I really try to take care of myself. I really put forth the effort to make a regimen just a part of my life. When I can't, for instance if I'm in a location someplace and I can't work out because of the schedule of the picture or whatever it is, as much as I normally do when I'm home, I still do something.
• When I start to get that few pounds, which I try to monitor, then I just pull back. So it's really just being conscious.

Interesting Facts about Carl Weathers

1. Played college football at San Diego State University. One of his teammates was Fred Dryer. Coincidentally Fred Dryer starred in Hunter (1984) which was originally going to also be the title of Predator (1987), which starred Carl.
2. One of the original actors that auditioned for the part of Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
3. Before his career as an actor, he was a professional football player.
4. During his professional football career, he played for the Oakland Raiders and a Canadian Football League squad.
5. Played for the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League from 1971 to 1973. Played linebacker in 18 games and wore #55.
6. His most famous character, the flashy boxer Apollo Creed from the Rocky films, was loosely based on Muhammad Ali.
7. College football coach at San Diego State was College Football Hall-of-Fame coach Don Coryell ("Air").
8. Graduated from San Diego State with a degree in theater arts.
9. Took drama classes with Donna Pescow.
10. Currently assisting the US Military with simulated Iraqi villages at Fort Irwin, California. He has directed and narrated at least one training video: "IFAK First Aid." IFAK stands for "individual first aid kit". [April 2006]
11. Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2016 in the category Film & Television.
12. Has two sons Jason and Matthew.