Greg Louganis
An image from Dirty Laundry, one of the productions that also features Greg Louganis.
Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis

January 29, 1960 — 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 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.

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

1997

Back on Board: Greg Louganis

Back on Board: Greg Louganis

2014

Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry

1987

Games of the XXI Olympiad

Games of the XXI Olympiad

1977

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

2009

Touch Me

Touch Me

1997

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

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

2005