Louis Theroux
Acting • Born 1970-05-20
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
61 credits
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
Movie • 2007
Himself - Presenter
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
Movie • 2009
Himself
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
Movie • 2010
Himself
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
Movie • 2010
Himself
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
Movie • 2011
Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
Movie • 2018
Self
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
Movie • 2008
Himself
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
Movie • 2008
Himself
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
Movie • 2003
Himself
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
Movie • 2012
Himself
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
Movie • 2007
Himself
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
Movie • 2003
Himself
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
Movie • 2011
Self
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
Movie • 2011
Himself - Presenter
Living with Louis
Movie • 2002
himself
Louis, Martin & Michael
Movie • 2003
Self
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
Movie • 2015
Himself
My Scientology Movie
Movie • 2016
Self
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
Movie • 2016
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
Movie • 2007
Self
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
Movie • 2008
Himself
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
Movie • 2016
Himself
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
Movie • 2008
Himself
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
Movie • 2010
Himself
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
Movie • 2018
Himself
Louis Theroux: Savile
Movie • 2016
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
Movie • 2007
Himself
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
Movie • 2017
Himself
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
Movie • 2019
Himself
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
Movie • 2019
Himself
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
Movie • 2019
Himself
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
Movie • 2020
Himself
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
Movie • 2021
Self
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
Movie • 2014
Presenter
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
Movie • 2025
Self
Together for Palestine
Movie • 2025
Self
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
Movie • 2026
Self
Louis Theroux: Altered States
TV • 2018
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
TV • 1998
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
De Wereld Draait Door
TV • 2005
Self
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
TV • 2014
Himself
When Louis Met...
TV • 2000
Himself
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Guest
TV Nation
TV • 1994
Himself
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
TV • 2022
Self
Louis Theroux: Dark States
TV • 2017
Himself
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
TV • 2012
Himself - Presenter
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
TV • 2015
Himself
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
TV • 2011
Louis Theroux
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
TV • 2013
Self
Peston on Sunday
TV • 2016
Themselves - Guest
The Russell Howard Hour
TV • 2017
Self
Louis Theroux Interviews
TV • 2022
Self - Presenter
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Big Narstie Show
TV • 2018
Self
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
TV • 2020
Self
Chicken Shop Date
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Lorraine
TV • 2001
Self
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self