Karl Weathers is an American actor, producer, director, professional athlete who has been involved in American football for a long time. The role of Appolo Creed in four films "Rocky" brought him fame and fame, and the first part received several Oscars and became the highest grossing one in the late 70s. It is also worth noting his work in the paintings: "Predator", "Lucky Gilmore", "Nikki, the Devil the Younger", "Slow Development".
Before devoting himself entirely to a creative career, Weathers played American football for several years and first played for a local club, and later became a member of the Canadian national team. After graduating from a sports career, he devoted himself completely to theater and cinema. He also has three directorial works, producing and voicing the heroes of video games.
The beginning of the biography
Karl was born at the beginning of the winter of 1948 in New Orleans. He grew up in an area that was considered not too prosperous, and early began to understand that if he did not engage in his own development, then he would not be able to achieve something worthwhile in life. Weathers began to actively engage in sports. Among his hobbies were boxing, judo, wrestling, gymnastics and football. It was football that ultimately the boy gave preference to.
Even in his school years, Karl began to compete and, by the eighth grade, thanks to his sporting successes, was invited to continue his education in a private school. For his achievements in sports, Karl received a sports scholarship by the end of school, the opportunity to continue his studies at college and play one of the football teams as a defender.
After college, Weathers begins his studies at the university and continues to play for a sports club, but in the role of an attacker. Unfortunately, according to the results of the selection of players in the national club, he was not included in the number of those selected and joined the “Auckland Raiders” as a free player, who can be put up to replace the leading team. For several seasons, he manages to enter the field only a few times and ultimately the club breaks the contract with him. But Karl does not leave football and soon becomes a player in the Canadian football league of the British Columbia Lions.
In the same period, the young man begins to get involved in art, study acting and perform on the stage of the student theater. He also starred in episodic roles of low-budget films, which gave him the opportunity to begin to prove himself as an actor and get his first shooting experience.
Towards graduation, Weathers ends his football career and is fully committed to theater and cinema. From this moment, the creative biography of the future actor started.
Film career
After completing his sports career, Karl began to look for work in the cinema. Soon he was invited to take part in the filming of several paintings: "Streets of San Francisco", "Starsky and Hutch", "SWAT", where he performed episodic roles.
Two years later, Weathers is casting the film "Rocky", participation in which made the actor famous and brought worldwide fame. The main character of the picture was Rocky Balboa, whose role was played by Sylvester Stallone. The idea of the film was that a little-known boxer defies the champion and defeats him in the ring. Weathers played the role of the enemy of Rocky - Apollo Creed. The film names a huge success with viewers and film critics and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Subsequently, three more sequels of the story were filmed, where Weathers again appears on the screen, but already in the role of Rocky's friend and assistant.
After the worldwide success, Karl begins to receive invitations from directors and soon appears in the film "Serpico", then in "Close Encounters of the Third Degree", "Cool Half". But the films did not become popular and did not add new merit to Karl.
A few years later, Weathers starred in the film "Predator", in one of the central roles - George Dillon. Arnold Schwarzenegger became his partner on the set. The picture instantly became popular and gained recognition among the audience and in the world of cinema, was nominated for an Oscar.
Weatherst's career began to decline in the early 2000s. He starred in several more projects and tried himself as a producer and director. Despite his age, the actor continues his career in cinema, voicing the characters of video games and cartoons.
