Greg Louganis

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jan 29, 1960 (65 years old)

Greg Louganis

Known For

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
1h 45m
Movie 2018

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom

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

The Devil's Share
1h 42m
Movie 2018

The Devil's Share

Quebec, on the cusp of the 1960s. The province is on the brink of momentous change. Deftly selecting clips from nearly 200 films from the National Film Board of Canada archives, director Luc Bourdon reinterprets the historical record, offering us a new and distinctive perspective on the Quiet Revolution.

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
1h 30m
Movie 2017

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

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

Entourage
1h 44m
Movie 2015

Entourage

Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.

Sabre Dance
0h 15m
Movie 2015

Sabre Dance

After his concert tour in Spain, perfectionist composer Aram Khachaturian anticipates a meeting with absurdest painter Salvador Dali.

16 Days of Glory
4h 45m
Movie 1985

16 Days of Glory

The definitive photographic record of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, told "from the inside" through the lives of the participants, the words of David Perry, and the singing voice of Placido Domingo. From the opening to closing ceremonies, this unique style of storytelling shows a side of the Olympic Games not seen by television audiences.

Biography

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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