Education
Raised in California, Gibb attended Notre Dame high school in Sherman Oaks California.
Raised in California, Gibb attended Notre Dame high school in Sherman Oaks California.
Upon graduation he went to 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. Don Gibb played basketball for the University of San Diego team on scholarship.
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.
On television, Gibb reached widespread notoriety on Home Box Office"s 1st & Ten, as Leslie "Doctor Death" Krunchner, a linebacker. After, he played the illiterate biker Scab on the 1992 Fox sitcom Stand By Your Manitoba, which co-starred Melissa Gilbert and Rosie O"Donnell, and played small roles in Quantum Leap, MacGyver, Night Court, Cheers, Renegade, The X-Files and Step by Step.
Gibb is the spokesman and co-owner for Chicago bar, Trader Todd"s, through which Gibb is marketing Ogre beer, named after his iconic character in Revenge of the Nerds.
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.