Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1970-05-20 (Age: 56)
Place of Birth
Singapore
Louis Theroux
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 (39)
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
2026
Together for Palestine
2025
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
2025
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
2021
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: Take My Baby
2018
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
2018
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
2017
Louis Theroux: Savile
2016
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
2016