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".
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311332
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Filmography (Movies)
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Character:Self
Release Date:01/03/2018
The Devil's Share
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/02/2018
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Character:Zico
Release Date:06/08/2017
Entourage
Character:Lloyd's Fiancée
Release Date:03/06/2015
Sabre Dance
Character:Salvador Dali
Release Date:03/01/2015
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/06/2014
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2009
Watercolors
Character:Coach Brown
Release Date:07/06/2008
Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory
Character:Self
Release Date:04/06/2005
Touch Me
Character:David
Release Date:05/09/1997
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
Character:Narrator/Himself
Release Date:19/03/1997
It's My Party
Character:Dan Zuma
Release Date:22/03/1996
Power Moves
Character:himself
Release Date:30/01/1995
Inside Out 3
Character:Max (segment "The Wet Dream")
Release Date:16/09/1992
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
Halcyon
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1989
Dirty Laundry
Character:Larry
Release Date:01/10/1987
16 Days of Glory
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/1985
Games of the XXI Olympiad
Character:Self
Release Date:21/04/1977
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