Greg Louganis

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1960-01-29 (64 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

Actor

2018
The Devil's Share

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Entourage

as Lloyd's Fiancée

2015
Sabre Dance

as Salvador Dali

2011
Old Dogs & New Tricks

as Dirk Evans

2011
Old Dogs & New Tricks

as Dirk Evans (archive footage)

2011
Portlandia

as Greg Louganis

2008
Watercolors

as Coach Brown

2005
Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

1997
Touch Me

as David

1996
It's My Party

as Dan Zuma

1992
Inside Out 3

as Max (segment "The Wet Dream")

1987
Dirty Laundry

as Larry

1985