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Greg Louganis
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Actor
From
El Cajon, California, USA
Born
1960-01-29
Overview
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

TV
Hollywood Squares

TV
Hell's Kitchen

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Portlandia

Film
Entourage
Jun 3, 2015

TV
Old Dogs & New Tricks

Film
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Aug 6, 2017

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Night of 100 Stars III
May 21, 1990

Film
Inside Out 3
Sep 16, 1992

Film
Touch Me
Sep 5, 1997

Film
It's My Party
Mar 22, 1996

Film
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
Mar 19, 1997

Film
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Mar 1, 2018

Film
Watercolors
Jun 7, 2008

Film
16 Days of Glory
Oct 23, 1985

Film
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Oct 17, 2009
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