Biography
Louis Sebastian Theroux (/ˈluːi θəˈruː/; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American documentary filmmaker, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.
After graduating from Oxford University, Theroux moved to the US and worked as a journalist for Metro Silicon Valley and Spy. He moved into television as the presenter of offbeat segments on Michael Moore's TV Nation series and later began to host his own documentaries, including Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met..., and several BBC Two specials.
Filmography
all 64
self 53
Movies 38
TV Shows 26
Producer 5
Writer 3
Creator 1
Creator
Can I Tell You a Secret? (2024)
TV
Self
Doctor Who: Unleashed (2023)
TV
Executive Producer
Tell Them You Love Me (2023)
Movie
Executive Producer
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count (2022)
Movie
Self - Interviewer / Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux Interviews (2022)
TV
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America (2022)
TV
Executive Producer
Sex Actually with Alice Levine (2021)
TV
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic (2021)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge (2020)
TV
Himself / Writer
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex (2020)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019)
Movie
Self
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge (2019)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (2019)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (2019)
TV
Self / Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Altered States (2018)
TV
Self
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me (2018)
Movie
Self
The Big Narstie Show (2018)
TV
Self
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (2018)
TV
Self - Host
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Dark States (2017)
TV
Self
The Russell Howard Hour (2017)
TV
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Savile (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain (2016)
Movie
Themselves - Guest
Peston on Sunday (2016)
TV
Self / Writer
My Scientology Movie (2016)
Movie
Writer
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion (2016)
Movie
Self
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (2015)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity (2015)
TV
6
Self
Hot Ones (2015)
TV
6
Presenter / Writer
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life (2014)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux's LA Stories (2014)
TV
5.5
Producer
Jumbo: The Plane That Changed the World (2014)
Movie
Producer
747: The Jumbo Revolution (2014)
Movie
Self
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery (2013)
TV
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars (2012)
Movie
2
Himself - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love (2012)
TV
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail (2011)
TV
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2010)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos (2010)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010)
Movie
Self
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles (2009)
Movie
Writer
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg (2008)
Movie
Self
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia (2008)
Movie
Self
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday (2008)
Movie
Self
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars (2008)
Movie
Self
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife (2007)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007)
Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Self
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas (2007)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux (2007)
Movie
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
De Wereld Draait Door (2005)
TV
Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)
Movie
Self
Louis, Martin & Michael (2003)
Movie
Self
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel (2003)
Movie
Self
Living with Louis (2002)
Movie
Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
TV
Himself / Creator / Writer
When Louis Met... (2000)
TV
Self - Presenter / Self - Host
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998)
TV
5.33
Self
TV Nation: Volume One (1997)
Movie
Self - Correspondent
TV Nation (1994)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.6
Based on 91.2 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1994
2008
2014
2010
2024
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1970-05-20 (53 years old)
Birth PlaceSingapore, Singapore
Religionatheism
FatherPaul Theroux
SiblingsMarcel Theroux
RelativesJustin Theroux, Alexander Theroux, Peter Theroux
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, United States of America
ResidencesCatford, United Kingdom
Also Known AsLouis Sebastian Theroux
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