---
name: "Donald Gibb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-gibb"
fi1m_id: "donald-gibb"
imdb_id: "nm0316455"
tmdb_id: 70254
wikidata_id: "Q443040"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 August 1954"
died: "12 May 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:51:21.529255+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Donald Gibb

## Identity

Donald Gibb

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donald-gibb
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donald-gibb
- **IMDb ID:** nm0316455
- **TMDB ID:** 70254
- **Wikidata ID:** Q443040
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Gibb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443040, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316455/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70254

Actor. Born 4 August 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 12 May 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 August 1954, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 12 May 2026
- **Active:** 1984–1988
- **Also known as:** Donald Richard Gibb, Don Gibb, دونالد گیب
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Gibb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443040, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316455/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70254

## Biography

Donald Gibb was an American actor. He was born Donald Richard Gibb on 4 August 1954 in New York City and raised in California. He attended the University of New Mexico on a basketball scholarship and transferred to the University of San Diego to play football. He had a brief stint with the San Diego Chargers before beginning his acting career in the early 1980s.

Gibb is best known for playing the fraternity brother Fred 'Ogre' Palowakski in *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984) and its sequels *Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise* (1987) and *Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love* (1994). He also portrayed Ray Jackson in *Bloodsport* (1988) and the sequel *Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite* (1996). From 1984 to 1991 he played Leslie 'Dr. Death' Krunchner in the HBO series *1st & Ten*.

His other credits include guest roles in series such as *The A-Team*, *MacGyver*, *The X-Files* and *Seinfeld*, and film appearances in *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), *U.S. Marshals* (1998) and *Hancock* (2008). Gibb died on 12 May 2026 in Texas, aged 71.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Fi1m 38, as Fred "The Ogre" Palowakski — [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Fi1m 74, as Osric's Guard (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hands* (2026), as Bas
- *Secret Mountain Fort Awesome* (2011), series, as (voice)
- *Hancock* (2008), as Convict
- *8 of Diamonds* (2006), as Big Mike
- *She Spies* (2002), series, as Scarface
- *Secret Agent Man* (2000), series, as Buff Bobby Barnett
- *Durango Kids* (1999), as Mountain Man Morris (as Don Gibb)
- *U.S. Marshals* (1998), as Mike Conroy
- *High Voltage* (1997), as Bartender
- *Veronica's Closet* (1997), series, as Spaz
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, as Odessa 'Stumpy' McNeil
- *American Tigers* (1996), as Dan Storm
- *The Steve Harvey Show* (1996), series, as Tiny
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Jake's Father
- *Pacific Blue* (1996), series, as Barger
- *Bloodsport II* (1996), as Ray 'Tiny' Jackson
- *Savate* (1995), as Cody Johnson
- *Broken Bars* (1995), as Jake
- *Unhappily Ever After* (1995), series, as Spike
- *Magic Kid II* (1994), as Luther
- *Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love* (1994), as Ogre
- *Midnight Run Around* (1994), as Clyde
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, as Tony
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Kip — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Breakfast of Aliens* (1993), as Darrell
- *Hangin' with Mr. Cooper* (1992), series, as Security Guard
- *Renegade* (1992), series, as Cletus Hog Adams
- *Hearts Afire* (1992), series, as Ray
- *Stand By Your Man* (1992), series, as Scab
- *Missing Pieces* (1992), as Hurrudnik
- *Step by Step* (1991), series, as Slasher, Moose
- *Harry and the Hendersons* (1991), series, as Valentine
- *They Came from Outer Space* (1990), series, as Mr. Geek
- *Oh No, Not Them* (1989), as Granny/Mugger
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Letter 'S' in D E V I L S Body Painter — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Jeeters
- *Dear John* (1988), series, as Frenchie
- *Bloodsport* (1988), as Ray Jackson
- *Amazon Women on the Moon* (1987), as Graceless Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
- *Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise* (1987), as Ogre
- *They Still Call Me Bruce* (1987), as The Executioner
- *U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart* (1987), as Varela Leader
- *Jocks* (1986), as Ripper
- *Streets of Justice* (1985), as Road Rodent
- *Transylvania 6-5000* (1985), as Wolfman
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Herman the German
- *Lost in America* (1985), as Ex-Convict
- *Otherworld* (1985), series, as Motoface
- *1st & Ten* (1984), series, as Leslie 'Dr. Death' Crunchner
- *Meatballs: Part II* (1984), as Mad Dog
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), as Fred "The Ogre" Palowakski — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)
- *Night Court* (1984), series, as Terry Benoon (as Don Gibb)
- *Just Our Luck* (1983), series, Actor
- *Nick Danger in the Case of the Missing Yolk* (1983), as Bo
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Deke Billings
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Tiny — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Gibbs
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), as Osric's Guard (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Condley Willard, Harms

## Gallery

- ![Donald Gibb](https://film.one/media/person/3733999/gallery-5aec6755f701.jpg) Donald Gibb — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/MCCC_06_%2842287028802%29.jpg/1280px-MCCC_06_%2842287028802%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Donald Gibb](https://film.one/media/person/3733999/gallery-c748985748e4.jpg) Donald Gibb — Image via TMDB

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