Adonis Creed

Adonis Creed Hollywood Donnie
Rocky character
Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed in Creed II (2018)
First appearance	Creed (2015)
Created by	Ryan Coogler[1]
Portrayed by	Michael B. Jordan Alex Henderson (11-year-old) Thaddeus J. Mixon (15-year-old)
In-universe information
Full name	Adonis Johnson-Creed
Nicknames	Donnie Hollywood Donnie Baby Creed D (by Bianca)
Title	2-time World Heavyweight Champion (as of Creed III)
Occupation	Professional boxer Businessman (formerly)
Affiliation	World Boxing Council
Family	Apollo Creed (father; dead) Mary Anne Creed (adoptive mother; dead) Unnamed paternal half siblings Ms. Johnson (biological mother; dead)
Spouse	Bianca Taylor
Children	Amara Creed (daughter)
Relatives	Rocky Balboa (surrogate uncle)[2][3]

Adonis "Donnie" Creed (born Adonis Johnson) is the fictional protagonist of the Creed trilogy — Creed (2015), Creed II (2018), and Creed III (2023) — the follow-up franchise to the Rocky film series. The character is played by Michael B. Jordan in all three installments.

In the fictional setting of the films, Adonis is the illegitimate son of the late and former world champion Apollo Creed, the result of an affair between him and a woman with the surname Johnson who died sometime in the 1990s. Adonis spends the first several years of his life in foster care and juvenile hall, until he is subsequently adopted by Mary Anne Creed, Apollo's widow. He lives a life of luxury and maintains a stable white-collar job, only to abandon it to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a professional boxer. He goes to Philadelphia and convinces his late father's friend Rocky Balboa to train and mentor him.^[4]