Greg Louganis

Acting

Greg Louganis

Born
(age 66)
Birthplace
El Cajon, California, USA
Credits
27 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 27

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

Crew credits 1

YearTitleJob
1997 Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Film Book
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