 Louganis had been a theatre major in college, and in the late 1980s and 1990s, Louganis acted in several 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.