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Movies
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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".
66
Years Old
20
Movies
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TV Shows
6.7
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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".
Portlandia
2011
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 29, 1960
Birthplace
El Cajon, California, USA
Watercolors
2008
Dirty Laundry
1987
It's My Party
1996
Touch Me
1997
Entourage
2015
Sabre Dance
2015
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
2017
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
1997
Power Moves
1995
Object of Desire
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Inside Out 3
1992
The Devil's Share
2018
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
2009
Halcyon
1989
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Games of the XXI Olympiad
1977
16 Days of Glory
1985
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
2014
Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory
2005