Louis Theroux
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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Movies (46)
Pollo a lo grande: Una conspiración de comida rápida
2026 · Producer
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026 · Self
Louis Theroux: Dentro de la machosfera
2026 · Self, Executive Producer, Presenter
Together for Palestine
2025 · Self
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
2025 · Self, Writer, Consulting Producer
Tell Them You Love Me
2023 · Executive Producer
KSI: In Real Life
2023 · Executive Producer
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022 · Executive Producer
Eddie Hall: The Beast vs. The Mountain
2022 · Executive Producer
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
2021 · Self, Writer
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
2020 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
2019 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
2019 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
2019 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
2018 · Himself
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
2018 · Self
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
2017 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: Savile
2016 · Self, Writer, Consulting Producer
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
2016 · Himself, Writer
My Scientology Movie
2016 · Self, Writer
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2016 · Writer
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
2015 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
2014 · Presenter, Writer
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
2012 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
2011 · Self, Writer
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
2011 · Himself - Presenter, Writer
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
2011 · Self, Writer
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
2010 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
2010 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
2010 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
2009 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
2008 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
2008 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
2008 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
2008 · Himself, Writer, Consulting Producer
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
2007 · Himself, Writer
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
2007 · Himself - Presenter, Writer, Consulting Producer
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
2007 · Self, Writer
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
2007 · Himself, Writer
Spice Trade: Emma Goes to Bollywood
2005 · Director
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
2003 · Himself, Writer, Consulting Producer
Louis, Martin & Michael
2003 · Self, Writer
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
2003 · Himself, Writer, Consulting Producer
Living with Louis
2002 · himself
When Louis Met... Jimmy
2000 · self, Writer
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends: Black Nationalism
1999 · Presenter
TV shows (33)
Saturday Night Live UK
2026 · Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Harry Hill Show
2026 · Self
Girlbands Forever
2025 · Executive Producer
Boybands Forever
2024 · Executive Producer
Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader
2024 · Consulting Producer
¿Guardarías un secreto?
2024 · Creator
Lockerbie
2023 · Producer
Louis Theroux Interviews
2022 · Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
2022 · Self, Writer, Presenter, Creator
Sex Actually with Alice Levine
2021 · Executive Producer
Gods of Snooker
2021 · Executive Producer
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
2020 · Self
Louis Theroux: Altered States
2018 · Writer, Consulting Producer, Creator
The Big Narstie Show
2018 · Self
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · Self - Guest
Louis Theroux: Dark States
2017 · Himself, Writer, Presenter, Creator
The Russell Howard Hour
2017 · Self
Peston on Sunday
2016 · Themselves - Guest
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
2015 · Himself, Writer, Producer
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Chicken Shop Date
2014 · Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage)
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
2014 · Himself, Writer
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
2013 · Self
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
2012 · Himself - Presenter
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
2011 · Louis Theroux, Writer
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
De Wereld Draait Door
2005 · Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self - Guest
Lorraine
2001 · Self
When Louis Met...
2000 · Himself, Writer, Creator
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
1998 · Writer, Presenter, Creator
TV Nation
1994 · Himself