Louis Theroux
Acting
- Born:
- 1970-05-20
- Place of birth:
- Singapore
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Saturday Night Live UK
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
The Harry Hill Show
Together for Palestine
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
Louis Theroux Interviews
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
Louis Theroux: Altered States
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
The Big Narstie Show
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
Louis Theroux: Dark States
The Russell Howard Hour
Louis Theroux: Savile
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
Peston on Sunday
My Scientology Movie
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
Hot Ones
Chicken Shop Date
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
The Last Leg
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
The Graham Norton Show
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
De Wereld Draait Door
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
Louis, Martin & Michael
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
Living with Louis
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Lorraine
When Louis Met... Jimmy
When Louis Met...
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
TV Nation