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Greg Louganis

1960-01-29 (64 years old) in 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.

Movies

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The Devil's Share
80 %|Feb 16, 2018
Documentary
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Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
47 %|Aug 6, 2017
Science Fiction, Action, Comedy, TV Movie, Horror
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Entourage
62 %|Jun 3, 2015
Comedy, Drama
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Sabre Dance
0 %|Jan 3, 2015
Comedy
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Back on Board: Greg Louganis
74 %|Jun 25, 2014
Documentary
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My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
85 %|Oct 17, 2009
Documentary
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Watercolors
58 %|Jun 7, 2008
Drama, Romance
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Touch Me
35 %|Sep 5, 1997
Romance, Drama
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It's My Party
63 %|Mar 22, 1996
Drama
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Night of 100 Stars III
40 %|May 21, 1990
Comedy, Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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Object of Desire
0 %|Invalid Date
Thriller
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Inside Out 3
25 %|Sep 16, 1992
Drama, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
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Dirty Laundry
37 %|Oct 1, 1987
Comedy, Action
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16 Days of Glory
72 %|Oct 23, 1985
Documentary
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Games of the XXI Olympiad
48 %|Apr 21, 1977
Documentary

Series

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Old Dogs & New Tricks
10 %|Jul 30, 2011
Comedy
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Old Dogs & New Tricks
10 %|Jul 30, 2011
Comedy
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Portlandia
69.08 %|Jan 21, 2011
Comedy
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Hell's Kitchen
68 %|May 30, 2005
Reality