Greg Louganis
Actor
- Born
- January 29, 1960 (age 66) · El Cajon, California, USA
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.
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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
Entourage
June 3, 2015
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
August 6, 2017
Watercolors
June 7, 2008
It's My Party
March 22, 1996
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
March 19, 1997
Dirty Laundry
October 1, 1987
16 Days of Glory
October 23, 1985
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
June 25, 2014
Games of the XXI Olympiad
April 21, 1977
Touch Me
September 5, 1997
Inside Out 3
September 16, 1992
Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory
June 4, 2005
Acting21
- 2018The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom as Self
- 2018The Devil's Share as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Sharknado 5: Global Swarming as Zico
- 2015Entourage as Lloyd's Fiancée
- 2015Sabre Dance as Salvador Dali
- 2014Back on Board: Greg Louganis as Himself
- 2009My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story as Self
- 2008Watercolors as Coach Brown
- 2005Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory as Self
- 1997