
Greg Louganis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-01-29 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
El Cajon, California, USA
Greg Louganis
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.
Known For
Acting
(2018)
(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
(2014)
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
as Himself
(2009)
(2008)
Watercolors
as Coach Brown
(2005)
(1997)
Touch Me
as David
(1997)
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
as Narrator/Himself
(1996)
It's My Party
as Dan Zuma
(1995)
Power Moves
as himself
(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
as Self
Crew
(1997)