Acting · Singapore · Born May 20, 1970
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.
What has the BBC ever done for me?
2026
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MovieDavid Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
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TVSaturday Night Live UK
2026
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MovieLouis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
2026
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TVThe Harry Hill Show
2026
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MovieTogether for Palestine
2025
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MovieLouis Theroux: The Settlers
2025
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TVLouis Theroux Interviews
2022
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TVLouis Theroux's Forbidden America
2022
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MovieLouis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
2021
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TVLouis Theroux: Life on the Edge
2020
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MovieLouis Theroux: Selling Sex
2020
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MovieLouis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
2019
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MovieLouis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
2019
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MovieLouis Theroux: The Night in Question
2019
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MovieLouis Theroux: Take My Baby
2018
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TVLouis Theroux: Altered States
2018
MovieLouis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
2018
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TVThe Big Narstie Show
2018
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TVThe Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
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MovieLouis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
2017
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TVLouis Theroux: Dark States
2017
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TVThe Russell Howard Hour
2017
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MovieLouis Theroux: Savile
2016
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MovieLouis Theroux: A Different Brain
2016
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TVPeston on Sunday
2016
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MovieMy Scientology Movie
2016
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MovieLouis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2016
MovieLouis Theroux: Transgender Kids
2015
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TVLouis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
2015
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TVHot Ones
2015
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TVChicken Shop Date
2014
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MovieLouis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
2014
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TVLouis Theroux's LA Stories
2014
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TVJulia Zemiro's Home Delivery
2013
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TVThe Last Leg
2013
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MovieLouis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
2012
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TVLouis Theroux: Extreme Love
2012
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MovieLouis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
2011
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MovieLouis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
2011
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TVLouis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
2011
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MovieLouis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
2011
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MovieLouis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
2010
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MovieLouis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
2010
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MovieLouis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
2010
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MovieLouis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
2009
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MovieLouis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
2008
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MovieLouis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
2008
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MovieLouis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
2008
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MovieLouis Theroux: Behind Bars
2008
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MovieLouis Theroux: Under the Knife
2007
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MovieLouis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
2007
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TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
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MovieLouis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
2007
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MovieThe Weird World Of Louis Theroux
2007
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TVDe Wereld Draait Door
2005
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MovieLouis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
2003
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MovieLouis, Martin & Michael
2003
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MovieLouis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
2003
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MovieLiving with Louis
2002
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TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
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TVLorraine
2001
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MovieWhen Louis Met... Jimmy
2000
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TVWhen Louis Met...
2000
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TVLouis Theroux's Weird Weekends
1998
TVTV Nation
1994
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