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person_profile-Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis Age: 65

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Greg Louganis

Date of Birth:

Jan 29, 1960

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

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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Greg Louganis

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Filmography of

Greg Louganis

Found 16 Movies in total

... 2018

The Devil's Share

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2017

Entourage

Lloyd's Fiancée ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2014

... 2009

Watercolors

Coach Brown ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2005

Touch Me

David ( Actor )

... 1997

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

Narrator/Himself ( Actor )

Book

... 1997

It's My Party

Dan Zuma ( Actor )

... 1996

Inside Out 3

Max (segment "The Wet Dream") ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1990

Dirty Laundry

Larry ( Actor )

... 1987

16 Days of Glory

Self ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1977