About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1960-01-29
Place of birth:
El Cajon, California, USA
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Greg Louganis

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting

2018 The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom Actor Self 59
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2018 The Devil's Share Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2017 Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Actor Zico 54
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2015 Entourage Actor Lloyd's Fiancée 60
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2014 Back on Board: Greg Louganis Actor Himself 59
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2009 My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story Actor Self 59
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2008 Watercolors Actor Coach Brown 58
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2005 Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory Actor Self 58
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1997 Touch Me Actor David 58
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1997 Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Actor Narrator/Himself 58
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1996 It's My Party Actor Dan Zuma 59
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1995 Power Moves Actor himself N/A
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1992 Inside Out 3 Actor Max (segment "The Wet Dream") 58
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1990 Night of 100 Stars III Actor Self 58
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1987 Dirty Laundry Actor Larry 58
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1985 16 Days of Glory Actor Self 59
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1977 Games of the XXI Olympiad Actor 58
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Object of Desire Actor 59
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Writing

1997 Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Writing Book 58
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