Louis Theroux
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
De Wereld Draait Door
Self
2005
Series
The Last Leg
Self
2013
Series
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
2018
Series
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest (archive footage)
2014
Series
Lorraine
Self
2001
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Series
The Russell Howard Hour
Self
2017
Film
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
Self
2026
Series
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
Self
2013
Series
Saturday Night Live UK
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2026
Series
The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018
Series
The Harry Hill Show
Self
2026
Series
TV Nation
Himself
1994
Series
Louis Theroux Interviews
Self - Presenter
2022
Series
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
1998
Series
Louis Theroux: Dark States
Himself
2017
Film
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
Self
2025
Film
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
2026
Series
Louis Theroux: Altered States
2018
Series
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
Self
2022
Film
Together for Palestine
Self
2025
Film
My Scientology Movie
Self
2016
Series
When Louis Met...
Himself
2000
Series
Peston on Sunday
Themselves - Guest
2016
Series
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
Self
2020
Film
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
Himself
2017
Film
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
Himself
2012
Series
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
Himself
2014
Series
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
Himself
2015
Series
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
Himself - Presenter
2012
Series
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
Louis Theroux
2011
Film
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
Himself - Presenter
2011
Film
Louis, Martin & Michael
Self
2003
Film
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
Himself - Presenter
2007
Film
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
Himself
2003
Film
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
Himself
2010
Film
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
Self
2021
Film
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
Self
2011
Film
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
Self
2011
Film
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
Himself
2003
Film
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2016
Film
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
Self
2007
Film
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
Himself
2009
Film
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
Himself
2008
Film
Living with Louis
himself
2002
Film
Louis Theroux: Savile
Self
2016
Film
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
Himself
2010
Film
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
Himself
2019
Film
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
Himself
2020
Film
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
Himself
2016
Film
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
Himself
2018
Film
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
Himself
2008
Film
When Louis Met... Jimmy
self
2000
Film
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
Himself
2015
Film
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
Himself
2010
Film
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
Himself
2019
Film
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
Himself
2007
Film
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
Himself
2019
Film
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
Himself
2008
Film
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
Himself
2008
Film
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
Himself
2007
Film
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
Presenter
2014
Film
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
Self
2018