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Louis Theroux

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1970-05-20 (53 years old)

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)

Self

Louis Theroux

Biography

Filmography

all 64

self 53

Movies 38

TV Shows 26

Producer 5

Writer 3

Creator 1

Can I Tell You a Secret? (2024)

Doctor Who: Unleashed (2023)

Tell Them You Love Me (2023)

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count (2022)

Louis Theroux Interviews (2022)

Louis Theroux's Forbidden America (2022)

Sex Actually with Alice Levine (2021)

Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic (2021)

Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge (2020)

Louis Theroux: Selling Sex (2020)

Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019)

Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge (2019)

Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (2019)

Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (2019)

Louis Theroux: Altered States (2018)

Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me (2018)

The Big Narstie Show (2018)

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (2018)

Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (2017)

Louis Theroux: Dark States (2017)

The Russell Howard Hour (2017)

Louis Theroux: Savile (2016)

Louis Theroux: A Different Brain (2016)

Peston on Sunday (2016)

My Scientology Movie (2016)

Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion (2016)

Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (2015)

Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity (2015)

Hot Ones (2015)

Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life (2014)

Louis Theroux's LA Stories (2014)

Jumbo: The Plane That Changed the World (2014)

747: The Jumbo Revolution (2014)

Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery (2013)

Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars (2012)

Louis Theroux: Extreme Love (2012)

Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets (2011)

Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011)

Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail (2011)

Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)

Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth (2010)

Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos (2010)

Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids (2010)

Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles (2009)

Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg (2008)

Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia (2008)

Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday (2008)

Louis Theroux: Behind Bars (2008)

Louis Theroux: Under the Knife (2007)

Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007)

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas (2007)

The Weird World Of Louis Theroux (2007)

The One Show (2006)

De Wereld Draait Door (2005)

Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)

Louis, Martin & Michael (2003)

Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel (2003)

Living with Louis (2002)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)

When Louis Met... (2000)

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998)

TV Nation: Volume One (1997)

TV Nation (1994)

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Information

Known ForActing

GenderMale

Birthday1970-05-20 (53 years old)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1970-05-20 (53 years old)

Birth Place
Singapore, Singapore

Religion
atheism

Father
Paul Theroux

Siblings
Marcel Theroux

Relatives
Justin Theroux, Alexander Theroux, Peter Theroux

Citizenships
United Kingdom, United States of America

Residences
Catford, United Kingdom

Also Known As
Louis Sebastian Theroux