<Tr> <Th> Games played (CFL): </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Player stats at NFL.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Carl Weathers (born January 14, 1948) is an American actor and former professional football player . He is best known for portraying Apollo Creed in the Rocky series of films, George Dillon in Predator, Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore and Little Nicky, and a fictionalized version of himself on the comedy series Arrested Development . As a football player, Weathers played for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League and the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League . </P> <P> Weathers was born in New Orleans, Louisiana . His father was a day laborer . As an eighth - grade student, he earned an athletic scholarship to St. Augustine High School, a private high school . During high school, he was an all - around athlete, involved in boxing, football, gymnastics, judo, soccer, and wrestling . He graduated in 1966 . </P>

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