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Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis

Actor · Born 1960-01-29 · El Cajon, California, USA

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Biography

Gregory Efthimios "Greg" Louganis (/luːˈɡeɪnɪs/; born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver, LGBT activist, and author who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, on both the springboard and platform. He is the only male and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games. He has been called both "the greatest American diver" and "probably the greatest diver in history". Louganis had been a theatre major in college, and in the late 1980s and 1990s, Louganis acted in several in movies, including Touch Me in 1997. In 1993, he played the role of Darius in an Off-Broadway production of the play Jeffrey. In 1995, he starred for six weeks in the Off-Broadway production of Dan Butler's one-man-show about gay life, The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me, taking over from Butler himself. In the play, he portrayed 14 different characters. In 2008 he appeared in the film Watercolors, in the role of Coach Brown, a swimming instructor in a high school. In 2012, he appeared in the penultimate episode of the second season of IFC's comedy Portlandia, playing himself.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Entourage (2015) — Lloyd's Fiancée
  2. Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) — Zico
  3. Hell's Kitchen (2005) — Self - Restaurant Patron
  4. Portlandia (2011) — Greg Louganis
  5. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  6. The Day Today (1994) — Self (archive footage)
  7. Watercolors (2008) — Coach Brown
  8. It's My Party (1996) — Dan Zuma
  9. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997) — Narrator/Himself
  10. 16 Days of Glory (1985) — Self
  11. Dirty Laundry (1987) — Larry
  12. Back on Board: Greg Louganis (2014) — Himself
  13. Games of the XXI Olympiad (1977) — Self
  14. Touch Me (1997) — David
  15. Hollywood Squares (1998) — Self - Panelist
  16. Inside Out 3 (1992) — Max (segment "The Wet Dream")
  17. Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory (2005) — Self
  18. The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom (2018) — Self
  19. My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2009) — Self
  20. Night of 100 Stars III (1990) — Self
  21. Old Dogs & New Tricks (2011) — Dirk Evans
  22. The Devil's Share (2018) — Self (archive footage)
  23. Sabre Dance (2015) — Salvador Dali
  24. Object of Desire
  25. Power Moves (1995) — himself
  26. Halcyon (1989)