He is the titular main protagonist of Creed, Creed II, and Creed III. He is the youngest biological son of former Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed and trainee of former Two-Time Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa.
Despite being the face of the Rocky franchise, Stallone chose not to appear in Creed III due to creative differences with producer Irwin Winkler as well as with Jordan, although he is still a producer on the film.
Adonis Creed, played by Michael B. Jordan, is a thirty-something boxer whose dad is famously Apollo Creed, played by Carl Weather in Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III and Rocky IV.
In the Rocky and Creed films, Apollo Creed is a heavyweight boxing champion who is a rival and later friend of Rocky Balboa.
In 1981, Apollo, now 39 years old, first appears at the first fight between James "Clubber" Lang, 23 years old, and Rocky Balboa, 34 years old, as a guest analyst, a match in which Lang defeats Rocky by KO in the second round.
Apollo chooses Rocky because he likes the sound of his nickname “the Italian Stallion,” and because he's a “snow-white underdog.” Don King used the same reasoning to explain why Muhammad Ali chose Wepner, claiming Ali was “an equal-opportunity employer,” and “it's about time a white man got a break.”
Biography. Born in Los Angeles, California, Amara inherited her mother's progressive hearing disorder and was born deaf. This diagnoses broke her parents' hearts, as Bianca lamented Amara would never appreciate her mother's love of music, and Adonis thought life was hard enough as it is.
Adonis Johnson was born on June 1, 1986 to a woman known as Miss Johnson. His biological father, Apollo Creed, died shortly after Adonis was conceived, being killed in a match on August 31st, 1985 against Ivan Drago. As a result, Apollo never met his father.
Bianca gives birth to a baby girl named Amara Creed, but it is discovered that Amara is born deaf due to Bianca's progressive degenerative hearing disorder being hereditary. Bianca sings during Adonis opening to the ring and embraces him after he win. She is last seen with Adonis and Amara at Apollo's grave.
Character information
Robert Balboa, Jr. is the son of Rocky Balboa and Adrian Pennino. He is minor character in Rocky II, Rocky III and Rocky IV, the deuteragonist in Rocky V, the tritagonist in Rocky Balboa and a cameo character in Creed II.
In Creed III, Bianca and Michael B. Jordan's character Adonis 'Donnie' Creed are now parents to a deaf daughter named Amara, played by young deaf actress Mila Davis-Kent, meaning they both had to learn more ASL.
Mary Anne Creed (1944 - 2025) was the spouse of the former Heavyweight Champion, Apollo Creed, and the mother of his son and daughter. She was originally portrayed by Lavelle Roby in the first Rocky movie. The role was then taken over by Sylvia Meals who played Mary Anne in both Rocky II and Rocky IV.
About 90 minutes and several inspirational montages into Creed, Ryan Coogler's installment in the Rocky series, we're hit with an emotional curveball: Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) has lymphoma. Up until this point, things have been looking up for our aging hero—Adonis (Michael B.
Stallone and Czack welcomed their second son, Seargeoh, in 1979. At age 3, Seargeoh was diagnosed with autism and has since lived a life mostly out of the spotlight. In 1985, Stallone and Czack established a research fund administered under the National Society for Children and Adults With Autism.
The reason behind Stallone's departure is twofold: He wasn't the biggest fan of “Creed III's” creative direction, and his clash against longtime franchise producer Irwin Winkler remains ongoing.
Rocky doesn't appear in Creed 3 because the story was too dark for Stallone: “That's a regretful situation because I know what it could have been. It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would've taken it. It's a different philosophy — Irwin Winkler's and Michael B.
Although Stallone is credited for creating the characters from Rocky it is Irwin Winkler who owns the rights to both the Rocky and Creed franchises. This has resulted in the actor feuding publicly over the direction the franchise has been taken in.
Why is Sylvester Stallone absent from 'Creed III'? The 76-year-old actor said in an interview that he did not participate in the filming of the movie because the story had been given a direction with which he did not agree.
During the match, Drago gets the upper hand, but Creed pleads with Rocky to not throw in the towel "no matter what." Because Rocky honors this request, Drago beats Apollo Creed to death in the ring, causing fatal damage with a hard-hitting flurry of punches.
Bianca's hearing loss has been present since the original Creed, but when Amara was born, the couple found out that their daughter would be fully deaf.
Rocky's doctor, Presley Jensen, reveals that Rocky is suffering from a condition called Cavum septi pellucidi, which is brain damage caused by extremely heavy blows to the head. The effects are seemingly permanent and irreversible.
Apollo : [His last words] I want you to promise me you're not gonna stop this fight, no matter what. No matter what!
Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to young thug Clubber Lang ( Mr. T ), who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's beloved trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), before their first championship bout.
Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) has just two losses: One to Rocky in their rematch in Rocky II, and the other to Drago in Rocky IV, which proved fatal.