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Greg Louganis

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.


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Born:
Jan 29, 1960 In El Cajon, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
16
First Appeared:
In the movie Object of Desire
Latest Project:
Movie The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom 2018-03-01
Known For
Poster of The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Poster of Back on Board: Greg Louganis
Poster of Games of the XXI Olympiad
Poster of Object of Desire
Filmography
Movie Object of Desire 2025
Movie The Devil's Share Self (archive footage) 2018-02-16
Movie The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom Self 2018-03-01
Movie Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Zico 2017-08-06
Movie Entourage Lloyd's Fiancée 2015-06-03
Movie Back on Board: Greg Louganis Himself 2014-06-25
Movie My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story Self 2009-10-17
Movie Watercolors Coach Brown 2008-06-07
Movie Touch Me David 1997-09-05
Movie Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Narrator/Himself 1997-03-19
Movie It's My Party Dan Zuma 1996-03-22
Movie Inside Out 3 Max (segment "The Wet Dream") 1992-09-16
Movie Night of 100 Stars III Self 1990-05-21
Movie Dirty Laundry Larry 1987-10-01
Movie 16 Days of Glory Self 1985-10-23
Movie Games of the XXI Olympiad Self 1977-04-21