ogre

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Donald Gibb, the actor who played the hulking fraternity bro Ogre in “Revenge of the Nerds” and Ray “Tiny” Jackson in “Bloodsport,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Jin’s mother, Jun Kazama, was also a character in the games, and the trailer appears to show her training him when they’re attacked by another boss from the games, the monstrous Ogre.

From The Verge • Mar. 19, 2022

“The Ogre does what ogres can, / Deeds quite impossible for Man,” Auden wrote in 1968, after the Soviet tanks rolled into Prague.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

The singing was fine across the board, with especially idiomatic and characterful performances by the mezzo-soprano Karin Mushegain as the Cat and the bass Kevin Burdette as the Ogre.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2014

The Ogre listened with his eyes fixed on Nancy.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti