Editing Greg Louganis (section)

==Media career==
===Acting===
Louganis had been a theater major in college, and in the late 1980s and 1990s, he appeared in a number of movies, including ''[[Touch Me (film)|Touch Me]]'' in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Touch Me |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1112711-touch_me |access-date=September 30, 2021 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>

In 1993, he played the role of Darius in an [[Off-Broadway]] production of the play ''[[Jeffrey (play)|Jeffrey]]''.<ref>[https://www.si.com/vault/1993/09/27/129389/greg-louganis Greg Louganis]. Steve Wulf. Sports Illustrated. September 27, 1993. Retrieved February 10, 2017</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Louganis, from platform to boards |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/08/22/Greg-Louganis-from-platform-to-boards/6801809064000/ |publisher=UPI |first=Frederick M. |last=Winship |date=August 22, 1995}}</ref>

In 2008, he appeared in the film ''[[Watercolors (film)|Watercolors]],'' in the role of Coach Brown, a swimming instructor in a high school.

In 2012, he appeared in the ninth episode of the second season of [[IFC (American TV channel)|IFC]]'s comedy series ''[[Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia]]'', playing himself.

===Television===
In September 2000, Louganis appeared on ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' as a member of famous Olympic gold medalists "Dream Team."

In 2013, Louganis was Dive Master in the celebrity diving show ''[[Splash (American TV series)|Splash]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], and a diving judge on ''[[Celebrity Splash! (Australian TV series)|Celebrity Splash!]]'' on [[Seven Network|Channel 7]] in Australia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 2, 2013 |title=I Went to the Set of Splash and Greg Louganis Taught Me How to Dive. Check Out the Video and Photos! |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/i-went-to-the-set-of-splash-an |access-date=September 30, 2021 |website=Glamour |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Greg Louganis Talks About Diving Into Celebrity Splash |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-greg-louganis-celebrity-splash-1056703/ |access-date=September 30, 2021 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, he was a diving judge on the second season of the ABC show ''[[Holey Moley]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Greg Louganis, Joey Cifelli Guest Star on ABC Game Show |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/greg-louganis-joey-cifelli-guest-star-on-abc-game-show/ |access-date=July 25, 2020 |website=Swimming World News |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Books and video diary===
In 1996, Louganis recounted his story in a bestselling autobiography, ''[[Breaking the Surface]]'', co-written with [[Eric Marcus]]. In the book, Louganis detailed a relationship of domestic abuse and rape as well as teenage depression, and how he began smoking and drinking at a young age.<ref name="guardianolysrs"/> The book spent five weeks at number one on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].

In 1998, Louganis released a [[vlog|video diary]] called ''Looking to the Light'', which picked up where ''Breaking the Surface'' left off.

In 1999, Louganis co-wrote the book ''For the Life of Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Having a Dog From Adoption and Birth Through Sickness and Health'' with Betty Sicora Siino.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/For-the-Life-of-Your-Dog/Greg-Louganis/9780671024512 | title=For the Life of Your Dog. A Complete Guide to Having a Dog From Adoption and Birth Through Sickness and Health | date=October 1999 | publisher=Simon & Schuster, Inc. | isbn=978-0-671-02451-2 | access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/greg_louganis_chat.html | title=Greg Louganis - A chat with the author of 'For the Life of Your Dog' - A Complete Guide to Having a Dog in Your Life, From Adoption and Birth Through Sickness and Health | publisher=[[CNN]] | year=2001 | access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RlHnGGaisIC&q=For+the+Life+of+Your+Dog+%26+greg+louganis | title=For the Life of Your Dog: A Complete Guide to Having a Dog From Adoption and Birth Through Sickness and Health | isbn=978-0-671-02451-2 | access-date=February 11, 2017 | last1=Louganis | first1=Greg | last2=Sikora | first2=Betsy Siino | date=October 1999 | publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref>