
Louis Theroux
Acting
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
2026Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
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2025Louis Theroux: The Settlers
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2025Together for Palestine
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2021Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
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2020Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
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2019Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
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2019Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
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2019Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
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2018Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
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2018Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
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2017Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
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2016My Scientology Movie
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2016Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2016Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
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2016Louis Theroux: Savile
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2015Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
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2014Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
Presenter
2012Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
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2011Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
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2011Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
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2011Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
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2010Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
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2010Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
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2010Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
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