Louis Theroux

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1970-05-20 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Singapore

Also Known As Louis Sebastian Theroux

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.

Known For

Actor

2022
Louis Theroux Interviews

as Self - Presenter

2016
Peston on Sunday

as Themselves - Guest

2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
Chicken Shop Date

as Self - Guest

2012
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love

as Himself - Presenter

2011
2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2002
2000
1994
TV Nation

as Himself

Writer

2016
2016
2000

Producer

2024
Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader

as Consulting Producer

2023
Tell Them You Love Me

as Executive Producer

2022
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

as Executive Producer

2021
Sex Actually with Alice Levine

as Executive Producer

2018
Louis Theroux: Altered States

as Consulting Producer

2008
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars

as Consulting Producer