Louis Theroux
May 20, 1970 (54 years old) in Singapore
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Doctor Who: Unleashed as Self
- 2022 · Louis Theroux Interviews as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · Louis Theroux's Forbidden America as Self
- 2021 · Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic as Self
- 2020 · Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge as Self
- 2020 · Louis Theroux: Selling Sex as Himself
- 2019 · Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family as Himself
- 2019 · Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge as Himself
- 2019 · Louis Theroux: The Night in Question as Himself
- 2018 · Louis Theroux: Take My Baby as Himself
- 2018 · Louis Theroux: Altered States as
- 2018 · Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me as Self
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2018 · The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
- 2017 · Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia as Himself
- 2017 · Louis Theroux: Dark States as Himself
- 2017 · The Russell Howard Hour as Self
- 2016 · Louis Theroux: Savile as
- 2016 · Louis Theroux: A Different Brain as Himself
- 2016 · Peston on Sunday as Themselves - Guest
- 2016 · My Scientology Movie as Self
- 2016 · Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion as
- 2015 · Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids as Himself
- 2015 · Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity as Himself
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life as Presenter
- 2014 · Louis Theroux's LA Stories as Himself
- 2013 · Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery as Self
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars as Himself
- 2012 · Louis Theroux: Extreme Love as Himself - Presenter
- 2011 · Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets as Self
- 2011 · Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis as Himself - Presenter
- 2011 · Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail as Louis Theroux
- 2011 · Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists as Louis Theroux
- 2010 · Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth as Himself
- 2010 · Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos as Himself
- 2010 · Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids as Himself
- 2009 · Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles as Himself
- 2008 · Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg as Himself
- 2008 · Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia as Himself
- 2008 · Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday as Himself
- 2008 · Louis Theroux: Behind Bars as Himself
- 2007 · Louis Theroux: Under the Knife as Himself
- 2007 · Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas as Himself
- 2007 · The Weird World Of Louis Theroux as Himself
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · De Wereld Draait Door as Self
- 2003 · Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis as Himself
- 2003 · Louis, Martin & Michael as Self
- 2003 · Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel as Himself
- 2002 · Living with Louis as himself
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Lorraine as Self
- 2000 · When Louis Met... as Himself
- 1998 · Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends as
- 1994 · TV Nation as Himself