Louis Theroux
Writer, Producer, Actor
May 20, 1970 (56 years)
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".
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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.
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| 2026 | Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Girlbands Forever · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Louis Theroux: The Settlers · as Consulting Producer |
| 2024 | Boybands Forever · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader · as Consulting Producer |
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| 2023 | Tell Them You Love Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | KSI: In Real Life · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Eddie Hall: The Beast vs. The Mountain · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | The Bambers: Murder at the Farm · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Sex Actually with Alice Levine · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Gods of Snooker · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Louis Theroux: Selling Sex · as Consulting Producer |
| 2018 | Louis Theroux: Altered States · as Consulting Producer |
| 2016 | Louis Theroux: Savile · as Consulting Producer |
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| 2014 | Louis Theroux's LA Stories · as Consulting Producer |
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| 2008 | Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday · as Consulting Producer |
| 2008 | Louis Theroux: Behind Bars · as Consulting Producer |
| 2007 | The Most Hated Family in America · as Consulting Producer |
| 2007 | Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas · as Consulting Producer |
| 2007 | The Weird World of Louis Theroux · as Consulting Producer |
| 2003 | Louis and the Nazis · as Consulting Producer |
| 2003 | Louis, Martin & Michael · as Consulting Producer |
| 2003 | Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel · as Consulting Producer |
| 2002 | When Louis Met... Max Clifford · as Consulting Producer |
| 2002 | When Louis Met... Keith Harris & Orville in Panto · as Consulting Producer |
| 2002 | When Louis Met... Chris Eubank · as Consulting Producer |
| 2002 | When Louis Met... Ann Widdecombe · as Consulting Producer |
| 2001 | When Louis Met... The Hamiltons · as Consulting Producer |
| 2001 | When Louis Met Paul and Debbie · as Consulting Producer |
| 2000 | When Louis Met... Jimmy · as Consulting Producer |
| 1998 | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends · as Consulting Producer |
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| 2014 | Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life · as Presenter |
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