Donald Gibb
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-08-04 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Donald Gibb
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Donald Gibb (born August 4, 1954), sometimes credited as Don Gibb, is an American actor with an imposing 6 ft-4in frame, best known for portraying the hulking, dimwitted fraternity brother "Ogre" in several installments of the Revenge of the Nerds film series.
Raised in California, Gibb attended the University of New Mexico on a basketball scholarship, where he joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He then transferred to University of San Diego to play football. Gibb played briefly for the San Diego Chargers before turning to acting, beginning with small, uncredited roles in Stripes and Conan the Barbarian.
Gibb is best known for his "Ogre" character portrayed first in Revenge of the Nerds and later in Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise and Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love. Chugging beer from a trophy, throwing nerds off fraternity buildings and competing in belching contests, Gibb gleefully played up his former days as a college football jock.
Gibb's other famous recurring role was in a string of martial arts pictures. As American kumite entrant named Ray Jackson, he starred alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport, and alone in the 1996 Bloodsport sequel. Gibb has appeared in more than 25 movies including Jocks and Amazon Women on the Moon. Gibb also had a starring role in the HBO sitcom, 1st & Ten, from 1984–1991, as Leslie "Dr. Death" Krunchner, a linebacker. Then he played small roles in Quantum Leap, MacGyver, Night Court, Renegade and Step by Step. Subsequently, he also played a small role in the PC game Zork: Grand Inquisitor as the man in the third portal with Lucy and can be seen in a bit role in the film Hancock, starring Will Smith.
Gibb is the spokesman and co-owner for Chicago brewery, Trader Todd's, through which Gibb is marketing Ogre beer, which is named after his iconic character in Revenge of the Nerds.
He can be seen portraying a pillager in the Capital One (credit card) "Pillagers" commercial series. In the commercials, he can be spotted as the pillager who smashes the musician's violin at a dinner table, or being told by a make-up artist that "you are definitely an Autumn," or as the pillager who breaks the lobsters open with a war mace.
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Known For
Acting
(2008)
Hancock
as Convict
(2006)
8 of Diamonds
as Big Mike
(1998)
U.S. Marshals
as Mike Conroy
(1997)
High Voltage
as Bartender
(1996)
Bloodsport II
as Ray 'Tiny' Jackson
(1996)
American Tigers
as Dan Storm
(1995)
Savate
as Cody Johnson
(1995)
Broken Bars
as Jake
(1994)
(1994)
Magic Kid II
as Luther
(1993)
Breakfast of Aliens
as Darrell
(1992)
Missing Pieces
as Hurrudnik
(1988)
Bloodsport
as Ray Jackson
(1987)
(1987)
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Graceless Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
(1987)
U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
as Varela Leader
(1987)
They Still Call Me Bruce
as The Executioner
(1986)
Jocks
as Ripper
(1985)
Transylvania 6-5000
as Wolfman
(1985)
Lost in America
as Ex-Convict
(1985)
Streets of Justice
as Road Rodent
(1984)
Revenge of the Nerds
as Fred "The Ogre" Palowakski
(1984)
Meatballs: Part II
as Mad Dog
(1983)
(1982)
Conan the Barbarian
as Osric's Guard (uncredited)