Donald Gibb’s net worth
Donald Gibb is an American actor. He is one of the richest celebrities in America. He has a net worth of $4 million. best known for his roles as the hulking, dimwitted, fraternity brother Ogre in several installments of the Revenge of Nerds. film series, as Kumite fighter Ray Jackson in Bloodsports, and as Leslie “Dr. Death” Krunchner on the HBO sitcom Ist & Ten.
Donald Gibb was born on 4 August 1954 in New York. Gibb attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. After graduating, Donald went to the University of New Mexico on a basketball scholarship. he joined Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was transferred to the University of San Diego and played football on scholarship. Gibb played briefly for the San Diego Chargers. He suffered an injury in an automobile accident, which led him to turn to acting.
Donald Gibb’s successful career
He began his professional on-camera career in the early 80s, appearing in small roles in such projects as Any Which Way You Can, Stripes, and Conan the Barbarian. By the mid-80s, he was playing guest-starring roles on multiple shows and began adding film credits to his resume. He is most widely recognized for his work as Fred Ogre Palowakski in the Revenge of the Nerds film franchise and as Leslie Dr. Death Crunchner on 1st and Ten. More recently, Donald Gibb is famous for appearing as a barbarian in a series of humorous commercials for the credit card company Capital One. He also co-owns a bar in Chicago called Trader Todd’s. He is the spokesman for the bar and markets a brand of beer which is, appropriately, called Ogre.
He received recognition for a small role in Lost in America. He played an ex-convict who picks up a hitchhiking main character. 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: Nerds in Love. Gibb gleefully played up his former days as a college football jock. Gibb experienced a life makeover between the first and second films in the series, objecting to a proposed scene in the second film in which the script called for the character to threaten somebody with a piece of wood. Gibb’s other famous recurring role was in a string of martial arts pictures. As an American entrant named Ray Jackson, he starred alongside Jean Claude Van Damme. 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 brief role in the film Hancock, starring with Will Smith. Gibb played the role from 1984 until 1991, making him one of the few members of the fictional California Bulls to last the entire seven-year run. After, he played the illiterate biker Scab on the 1992 sitcom Stand By Your Man.