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Greg Louganis
El Cajon, California, USA
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 Oly…
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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". 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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- 2018
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2018
The Devil's Share
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Movie Zico
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2015
Entourage
Movie Lloyd's Fiancée
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2015
Sabre Dance
Movie Salvador Dali
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2014
Back on Board: Greg Louganis
Movie Himself
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2011
Old Dogs & New Tricks
TV show Dirk Evans
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2011
Portlandia
TV show Greg Louganis
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2009
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Movie Self
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2008
Watercolors
Movie Coach Brown
- 2005
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2005
Hell's Kitchen
TV show Self - Restaurant Patron
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1998
Hollywood Squares
TV show Self - Panelist
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1997
Touch Me
Movie David
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1997
Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
Movie Narrator/Himself
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1996
It's My Party
Movie Dan Zuma
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1995
Power Moves
Movie himself
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1994
The Day Today
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1992
Inside Out 3
Movie Max (segment "The Wet Dream")
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1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie Self
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1989
Halcyon
Movie
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1987
Dirty Laundry
Movie Larry
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1987
Superstars and their Moms
Movie Self
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1985
16 Days of Glory
Movie Self
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1977
Games of the XXI Olympiad
Movie Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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Object of Desire
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