Louis Theroux

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-05-20 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Singapore

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

2002

Production

2023

Tell Them You Love Me

as Executive Producer

2022

David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count

as Executive Producer

2008

Louis Theroux: Behind Bars

as Consulting Producer

2024

Boybands Forever

as Executive Producer

2025

Louis Theroux: The Settlers

as Consulting Producer

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