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Birthday: Jan 29, 1960
Place of Birth: El Cajon, California, USA

Greg Louganis

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story Self 2009
Entourage Lloyd's Fiancée 2015
Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory Self 2005
Night of 100 Stars III Self 1990
Sabre Dance Salvador Dali 2015
Back on Board: Greg Louganis Himself 2014
It's My Party Dan Zuma 1996
Object of Desire 1970
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Narrator/Himself 1997
Games of the XXI Olympiad Self 1977
Inside Out 3 Max (segment "The Wet Dream") 1992
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Zico 2017
Touch Me David 1997
Dirty Laundry Larry 1987
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom Self 2018
Watercolors Coach Brown 2008
The Devil's Share Self (archive footage) 2018
16 Days of Glory Self 1985
Series Cast Year
Old Dogs & New Tricks Dirk Evans 2011
Old Dogs & New Tricks Dirk Evans (archive footage) 2011
Portlandia Greg Louganis 2011
Hell's Kitchen Self - Restaurant Patron 2005
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