Louis Theroux
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.
64 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 64
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Hot Ones
2015
The Last Leg
2013
De Wereld Draait Door
2005
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
Chicken Shop Date
2014
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
2013
The Big Narstie Show
2018
Lorraine
2001
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
2026
Saturday Night Live UK
2026
TV Nation
1994
Louis Theroux Interviews
2022
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
When Louis Met...
2000
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
1998
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
2012
Louis Theroux: Dark States
2017
My Scientology Movie
2016
Louis Theroux: Altered States
2018
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
2011
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
2010
Peston on Sunday
2016
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
2022
Together for Palestine
2025
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
2025
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
2011
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
2007
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
2014
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
2020
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
2010
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
2017
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
2011
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
2003
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
2008
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
2011
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
2008
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
2019
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
2021
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
2009
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
2019
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
2015
Louis Theroux: Savile
2016
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
2012
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2016
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
2019
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
2008
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
2015
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
2007
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
2007
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
2007
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
2020
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
2008
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
2003
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
2018
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
2016
Louis, Martin & Michael
2003
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
2018
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
2014
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
2010
When Louis Met... Jimmy
2000
Living with Louis
2002
