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.
Acting (35 movies)
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
2007
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
2010
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
2009
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
2010
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
2011
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
2018
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
2008
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
2008
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
2003
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
2012
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
2007
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
2003
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
2011
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
2011
Living with Louis
2002
Louis, Martin & Michael
2003
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
2015
My Scientology Movie
2016
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2016
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
2007
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
2008
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
2016
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
2010
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
2008
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
2018
Louis Theroux: Savile
2016
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
2007
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
2017
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
2019
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
2019
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
2019
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
2020
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
2021
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
2014
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
2025