Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis

64 · Born: Jan 29, 1960

Personal Details

Height 5' 8"
Born Jan 29, 1960 El Cajon, California, USA
Parents
  • Frances 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.

Career

2016
Old Dogs & New Tricks
Old Dogs & New Tricks as Dirk Evans (archive footage)
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1997
Touch Me
Touch Me as David
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1990
1987
Dirty Laundry
Dirty Laundry as Larry
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2021
On Thin Ice
On Thin Ice
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2014
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
2010
30 for 30
30 for 30
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2009
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story