Carl Weathers Carl Weathers ( born January 14 , 1948 ) , is an American actor , as well as former professional football player in the United States and Canada . He is best known for playing Apollo Creed in the " Rocky " series of films . He also played Dillon in " Predator " , Chubbs Peterson in " Happy Gilmore " and " Little Nicky " , and an exaggeratedly frugal fictionalized version of himself in the television series " Arrested Development " . Personal life . Weathers was born in New Orleans , Louisiana . He graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1966 and then went to Long Beach City College and San Diego State University . Outside of acting , he is a member of both Big Brothers and the United States Olympic Committee . In February 1973 he married Mary Ann Castle with whom he has two children . They were divorced in July 1983 . In February 1984 he married Rhona Unsell . He married Jennifer Peterson , his third wife , in 2007 . They divorced in 2009 . Football career . Weathers played football both collegiately and professionally as a linebacker . He started his college career in 1966 at Long Beach City College , where he did not play in 1966 due to an ankle injury suffered when he tripped over a curb surrounding the running track while warming up for practice with another linebacker , Paul Snow . He then transferred and played for San Diego State University , becoming a letterman in 1968 and 1969 . This led to a brief professional career with the Oakland Raiders , where he played 7 games in 1970 and one game in 1971 . He joined the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League in 1971 and played until 1973 , 18 games in total . He retired in 1974 and became an actor . In his football career , he played for hall - of - fame coaches Don Coryell ( at San Diego State ) and John Madden with the Oakland Raiders . He was chosen to narrate NFL Films ' season recap of the 2001 Raiders . Acting career . Weathers had his first parts in two blaxploitation films directed by his longtime friend Arthur Marks : " Bucktown " and " Friday Foster " ( both 1975 ) . Weathers also appeared in an episode of the 1970s sitcom " Good Times " entitled " The Nude " , portraying an angry husband who suspected his wife of cheating on him with J . J . In 1976 , he starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in " Rocky " as Apollo Creed , a role he would reprise in the next three " Rocky " films in 1979 , 1982 and 1985 . For the final film in the " Rocky " series , " Rocky Balboa " , Sylvester Stallone asked Weathers , Mr . T , and Dolph Lundgren for permission to use footage from their appearances in the earlier Rocky movies . Mr . T and Dolph Lundgren acquiesced , but Weathers wanted an actual part in the movie , even though his character died in " Rocky IV " . Stallone refused and Weathers decided not to allow Stallone to use his image for Rocky flashbacks from the previous movies . They instead used footage of a fighter who looks similar to Weathers . In 1978 , Carl portrayed misogynist Vince Sullivan in a TV movie , " Not This Time . " Weathers also starred in a number of action films for the small and big screen , including : " Force 10 from Navarone " ( 1978 ) , " Predator " ( 1987 ) , " Action Jackson " ( 1988 ) , and " Hurricane Smith " ( 1992 ) . He is briefly seen as an Army MP in one of the three released versions of " Close Encounters of the Third Kind " . As a member of the cast of " Predator " , Weathers worked with future California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and future Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura . Many years later he appeared in a spoof segment on " Saturday Night Live " , announcing that he was running for political office and urging viewers to vote for him on the basis that " he was the black guy in Predator " . He also appeared in Michael Jackson ' s " Liberian Girl " music video , and co - starred in the Adam Sandler comedy " Happy Gilmore " , as Chubbs , a golf legend teaching Happy how to play golf . He reprised the role nearly four years later in the Sandler comedy " Little Nicky " . During the final season of " In the Heat of the Night " , his character of Hampton Forbes replaced Bill Gillespie as the chief of police . He continued that role in the television movies based on the series . Another noted TV role was Sgt . Adam Beaudreaux on the cop show " Street Justice " . He also played as MACV - SOG Colonel Brewster in the CBS series " Tour of Duty " . In 2004 , Weathers received a career revival as a comedic actor beginning with appearances in 3 episodes of the comedy series " Arrested Development " as a cheapskate caricature of himself , who serves as Tobias Fünke ' s acting coach . He was then cast in the comedies " The Sasquatch Gang " and " The Comebacks " . Weathers had a guest role in two episodes of " The Shield " as the former training officer of main character Vic Mackey . Weathers provided the voice for Colonel Samuel Garrett in the Pandemic Studios video game " " . In 2005 , he was a narrator on " Conquest ! The Price Of Victory - Witness The Journey of the Trojans ! " , an 18 - part television show about USC athletics . Weathers is a principal of Red Tight Media , a film and video production company that specializes in tactical training films made for the United States armed forces . He also appeared in one episode of " ER " as the father of an injured boxer during their 2008 finale season . He is currently acting as " Brian ' Gebo ' Fitzgerald " in advertising for Old Spice ' s sponsorship of NASCAR driver Tony Stewart . He also appears in an ongoing series of web - only advertisements for Credit Union of Washington , dispensing flowers and the advice that " change is beautiful " to puzzled - looking bystanders . Weathers , sporting an unfamiliar look ( sans hair and mustache ) , portrayed the father of Michael Strahan and Daryl " Chill " Mitchell ' s characters on the short - lived 2009 Fox sitcom " Brothers " . He is currently starring in a series of commercials for Bud Light in which he introduces plays from the " Bud Light Playbook " . At the conclusion of each commercial , Weathers can be seen bursting through the Bud Light Playbook , shouting " Here we go ! " .