Acting credits
65
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Louis Theroux
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.4
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Movies: 45Series: 33Crew credits: 55
TMDB ID: 219396
IMDb ID: nm0857621
Known for: Acting
Born: May 20, 1970
Age: 56
Place of birth: Singapore
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1994 - 2026
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 6.89
Wikidata: Q979131
Also known as
Louis Sebastian Theroux
Other jobs
Writer (41)Executive Producer (9)Producer (2)Consulting Producer (1)Creator (1)Director (1)
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".
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Louis Theroux.
Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy
Producer
2026 Movie
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self
2026 Movie
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
as Self
2026 Movie
Together for Palestine
as Self
2025 Movie
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
as Self
2025 Movie
Tell Them You Love Me
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
KSI: In Real Life
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Eddie Hall: The Beast vs. The Mountain
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
as Self
2021 Movie
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
as Himself
2020 Movie
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
as Himself
2019 Movie
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
as Himself
2019 Movie
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
as Himself
2019 Movie
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
as Himself
2018 Movie
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
as Self
2018 Movie
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
as Himself
2017 Movie
Louis Theroux: Savile
as Self
2016 Movie
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
as Himself
2016 Movie
My Scientology Movie
as Self
2016 Movie
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2016 Movie
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
as Himself
2015 Movie
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
as Presenter
2014 Movie
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
as Himself
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Louis Theroux.
Saturday Night Live UK
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 eps
2026 Series
The Harry Hill Show
as Self • 1 eps
2026 Series
Girlbands Forever
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2025 Series
Boybands Forever
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2024 Series
Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader
Consulting Producer • 4 eps
2024 Series
Can I Tell You a Secret?
Creator
2024 Series
Lockerbie
Producer • 4 eps
2023 Series
Louis Theroux Interviews
as Self - Presenter • 12 eps
2022 Series
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
as Self • 3 eps
2022 Series
Sex Actually with Alice Levine
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2021 Series
Gods of Snooker
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2021 Series
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
as Self • 4 eps
2020 Series
Louis Theroux: Altered States
3 eps
2018 Series
The Big Narstie Show
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2018 Series
Louis Theroux: Dark States
as Himself • 3 eps
2017 Series
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
Peston on Sunday
as Themselves - Guest • 1 eps
2016 Series
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
as Himself • 2 eps
2015 Series
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Chicken Shop Date
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
as Himself • 3 eps
2014 Series
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Last Leg
as Self • 2 eps
2013 Series