Greg Louganis

Born: 1960-01-29

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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Entourage

as Lloyd's Fiancée
Released: 2015-06-03

Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in...

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Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

as Zico
Released: 2017-08-06

Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a...

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Night of 100 Stars III

as Self
Released: 1990-05-21

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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It's My Party

as Dan Zuma
Released: 1996-03-22

Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes...

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Watercolors

as Coach Brown
Released: 2008-06-07

Carter, a troubled teen stays with a friend of his dads and starts flirting with her son Danny....

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Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

as Narrator/Himself
Released: 1997-03-19

Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of...

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Dirty Laundry

as Larry
Released: 1987-10-01

A young man and his girlfriend unwittingly come into possession of a bag containing one million...

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Touch Me

as David
Released: 1997-09-05

Bridgette is an aspiring actress who teaches aerobics at a local gym that's run by the...

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The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom

as Self
Released: 2018-03-01

Documentary exploring The Advocate's role at the forefront of the LGBT movement in the U.S.

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16 Days of Glory

as Self
Released: 1985-10-23

The definitive photographic record of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, told "from the inside"...

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My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

as Self
Released: 2009-10-17

Famous New Yorkers and the pooches they love are the focus of this refreshingly honest and...

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Inside Out 3

as Max (segment "The Wet Dream")
Released: 1992-09-16

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Dogs Playing Poker"; "The Branding"; "The Portal";...

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Games of the XXI Olympiad

as uncredited
Released: 1977-04-21

Edited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a...

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Sabre Dance

as Salvador Dali
Released: 2015-01-03

After his concert tour in Spain, perfectionist composer Aram Khachaturian anticipates a meeting...

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The Devil's Share

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-02-16

Quebec, on the cusp of the 1960s. The province is on the brink of momentous change. Deftly...

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Back on Board: Greg Louganis

as Himself
Released: 2014-06-25

Feature-length documentary about the greatest diver of all time. Four-time Olympic champion Greg...

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Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory

as uncredited
Released: 2005-06-04

A documentary look at the Gay Games. From the idea's inception by Dr. Tom Waddell to the...

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Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron
First aired: 2005-05-30

Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the...

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Portlandia

as Greg Louganis
First aired: 2011-01-21

Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits...

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Old Dogs & New Tricks

as Dirk Evans
First aired: 2011-07-30

Does (sex) life end for gay men as they face 50? Watch Nathan, Brad, Muscles & Ross stumble...

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Old Dogs & New Tricks

as Dirk Evans (archive footage)
First aired: 2011-07-30

Does (sex) life end for gay men as they face 50? Watch Nathan, Brad, Muscles & Ross stumble...

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