Donald Gibb, an American actor who appeared in cult classics like “Revenge of the Nerds” and “Bloodsport,” has died, in line with TMZ. He was 71.
Gibb’s son, Travis, confirmed to the outlet that his father died from well being problems on Tuesday in his Texas house.
Gibb was in all probability finest recognized for enjoying the hulking, simple-minded fraternity bro Ogre within the 1984 comedy “Revenge of the Nerds.” He reprised the position within the 1987 sequel “Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise,” in addition to the 1994 TV film “Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love.” In 1988, he co-starred alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in “Bloodsport” as Ray Jackson, a beefier, extra explosive American martial artist, who served as counter programming to Van Damme’s cool and calculated Frank Dux. He reprised the position for the 1996 follow-up.
Gibbs most up-to-date movie credit embrace “Hancock,” “8 of Diamonds,” “The Biggest Fan,” “The Lightning Bug” and “Grind.” On the TV facet, he had one-off roles in “The Young and the Restless,” “The X-Files,” “The A-Team,” “Seinfeld,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Magnum: P.I.” His most up-to-date credit score was a supporting position in Justin Kuhn’s boxing thriller “Hands.” He’s additionally credited with a small position within the unreleased B-horror movie “Burlesque Ghost Hunters.”
Gibb additionally lent his voice to a number of video video games, together with “Rage,” “Mafia II” and “Alter Echo.”
Born in August 1954 in New York Metropolis, Gibb bought his break showing as a henchman in Clint Eastwood’s 1980 motion comedy “Any Which Way You Can.”
