- During his professional football career, he played for the NFL Oakland Raiders (1970-1971) and the CFL B.C. Lions (1971-1973).
- Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2016 in the category Film & Television.
- His most famous character, the flashy boxer Apollo Creed from the Rocky films, was loosely based on Muhammad Ali.
- Before his career as an actor, he was a professional football player.
- One of the original actors that auditioned for the part of Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
- 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)
- Graduated from San Diego State with a degree in theater arts.
- Played for the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League from 1971 to 1973. Played linebacker in 18 games and wore #55.
- College football coach at San Diego State was College Football Hall-of-Fame coach Don Coryell ("Air").
- 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.
- He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Rocky (1976) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
- Took drama classes with Donna Pescow.
- Has two sons Jason and Matthew.
- Played LB for the Oakland Raiders 1970-71.
- In the MAD Magazine spoof of Rocky, Carl's character was called Appalling Greed.
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