Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis

Birthdate
January 29, 1960 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
El Cajon, California, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
January 29, 1960 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
El Cajon, California, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

Greg Louganis's LGBTQ+ Titles

It's My Party
It's My Party
Dan Zuma
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
Narrator/Himself
Watercolors
Watercolors
Coach Brown
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
Himself

Acting (22)

Object of Desire
2018
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom as Self
2018
The Devil's Share as Self (archive footage)
2017
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming as Zico
2015
Entourage as Lloyd's Fiancée
2015
Sabre Dance as Salvador Dali
2011
Old Dogs & New Tricks as Dirk Evans (3 episodes)
2011
Old Dogs & New Tricks as Dirk Evans (archive footage) (1 episode)
2011
Portlandia as Greg Louganis (1 episode)
2009
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story as Self
2008
Watercolors as Coach Brown
2005
Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory
2005
Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron (1 episode)
1997
Touch Me as David
1996
It's My Party as Dan Zuma
1992
Inside Out 3 as Max (segment "The Wet Dream")
1990
Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1987
Dirty Laundry as Larry
1985
16 Days of Glory as Self
1977
Games of the XXI Olympiad

Writing (1)