Louis Theroux
Biography
Louis Sebastian Theroux (/ˈlu.i θə.ˈru/ LOO-ee thə-ROO; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award. After graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford, Theroux moved to the United States 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. Theroux is known for his numerous documentaries with the BBC, beginning with Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998–2000), followed by When Louis Met... (2000–2002) and 50 BBC Two specials (2003–present). His work includes studies of unusual and taboo subcultures, crime and the justice system, and celebrities. The majority of his documentaries are set in the United States, but he has also studied cultures in South Africa, Israel, Nigeria, and the UK. The New Yorker described Theroux's work as "a piercingly humane, slyly funny guide through the funkier passages of American culture". Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis Theroux, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Graham Norton Show
Hot Ones
The Last Leg
De Wereld Draait Door
Chicken Shop Date
Chicken Shop Date
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The Russell Howard Hour
All Movies (39)
- David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth2026 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere2026 · as Self
- Together for Palestine2025 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: The Settlers2025 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic2021 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Selling Sex2020 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family2019 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge2019 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: The Night in Question2019 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Take My Baby2018 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me2018 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia2017 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Savile2016 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: A Different Brain2016 · as Himself
- My Scientology Movie2016 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion2016
- Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids2015 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life2014 · as Presenter
- Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars2012 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets2011 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis2011 · as Himself - Presenter
- Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists2011 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth2010 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos2010 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids2010 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles2009 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg2008 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia2008 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday2008 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Behind Bars2008 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Under the Knife2007 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America2007 · as Himself - Presenter
- Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas2007 · as Self
- The Weird World Of Louis Theroux2007 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis2003 · as Himself
- Louis, Martin & Michael2003 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel2003 · as Himself
- Living with Louis2002 · as himself
- When Louis Met... Jimmy2000 · as self
All TV Shows (27)
- Saturday Night Live UK2026 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- The Harry Hill Show2026 · as Self
- Louis Theroux Interviews2022 · as Self - Presenter
- Louis Theroux's Forbidden America2022 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge2020 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Altered States2018
- The Big Narstie Show2018 · as Self
- The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer2018 · as Self - Guest
- Louis Theroux: Dark States2017 · as Himself
- The Russell Howard Hour2017 · as Self
- Peston on Sunday2016 · as Themselves - Guest
- Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity2015 · as Himself
- Hot Ones2015 · as Self
- Chicken Shop Date2014 · as Self - Guest
- Chicken Shop Date2014 · as Self - Guest (archive footage)
- Louis Theroux's LA Stories2014 · as Himself
- Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery2013 · as Self
- The Last Leg2013 · as Self
- Louis Theroux: Extreme Love2012 · as Himself - Presenter
- Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail2011 · as Louis Theroux
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- De Wereld Draait Door2005 · as Self
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self - Guest
- Lorraine2001 · as Self
- When Louis Met...2000 · as Himself
- Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends1998
- TV Nation1994 · as Himself