American actor Donald Gibb has died at the age of 71.

American actor Donald Gibb died at the age of 72. This was reported on May 12 by the newspaper Variety, citing sources.

The actor's son Travis noted that his father died of health complications at his home in Texas.

Donald Gibb was born on August 4, 1954 in New York City. At the beginning of his career, he played a role in the comedy "Involuntary Volunteers" in 1981 and the film "Conan the Barbarian" in 1982. At the same time, the actor gained fame thanks to his participation in the 1984 comedy "Revenge of the Nerds." Gibb reprised his role as an Ogre student in the 1987 sequel Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, as well as in the 1994 film Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love.

The actor also played in such projects as "Hancock", "Skateboarders", "Officers of the Law", "The X-Files", "Quantum Leap", "The A-Team", "Tomorrow comes today", "Knight of the Roads", complements "Газета.Ru ".