Lou Pearlman

Biography

Louis Jay "Lou" Pearlman was an American music manager and convicted felon. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, including the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. In 2008, Pearlman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history; he died in federal custody.

Known For

20/20

Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event

Making the Band

Forensic Justice

Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam

Longshot

Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

Inside Monkey Zetterland

All Movies (4)

• Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Longshot2001 · as Captain Lewis
• Inside Monkey Zetterland1992 · as Warden / Observation Psychiatrist

All TV Shows (5)

• Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Forensic Justice2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Making the Band2000 · as Self
• 20/201978 · as Self (archive footage)