Louis Theroux
Birthday: Born in 1970-05-20 in Singapore
Deathday: Alive
Louis Sebastian Theroux (/ˈluːi θəˈruː/; born 20 May 1970) is a British-American documentary filmmaker, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award. After graduating from Oxford University, Theroux moved to the US 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 and later began to host his own documentaries, including Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met..., and several BBC Two specials.
TV Credits
Louis Theroux: Altered States
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A three part documentary exploring the unusual ways modern America deals with birth, love and death....
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
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Louis Theroux which delves into the weirder fringes of American society....
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Character: Self - Guest
Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills....
De Wereld Draait Door
Character: Self
Talk show hosted by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk containing a mixture of news, information, television bloopers and general entertainment....
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux’s LA Stories - three new films putting Los Angeles under the microscope....
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character: Self - Guest
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band....
The One Show
Character: Self - Guest
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One....
When Louis Met...
Character: Himself
A fly-on-the-wall series showing Louis Theroux spending time with guest celebrities....
TV Nation
Character: Himself
TV Nation is a satirical newsmagazine television series written, directed and hosted by Michael Moore that was co-funded and originally broadcast by NBC in the United States and BBC2 in the United Kingdom. The show blended humor and journalism into provocative reports about various issues. After moving to Fox for its second season, the show won an Emmy Award in 1995 for Outstanding Informational Series. TV Nation was created in the wake of the success Moore had with the documentary Roger & Me, ...
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
Character: Self
Louis Theroux returns to the USA for three documentary films exploring the alt right and its use of social media, rap artists and their often bloody and fatal vendettas, and the repercussions in the porn industry following the #MeToo movement....
Louis Theroux: Dark States
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux visits three American cities and examines a uniquely devastating human crisis in each - heroin addiction, sex trafficking and murder....
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
Character: Himself - Presenter
Louis Theroux looks at the extreme pressures placed on relationships by conditions such as autism and dementia, meeting both those diagnosed and the people who love and care for them....
Hot Ones
Character: Self
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat....
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
Character: Himself
Louis immerses himself in the world of Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals, meeting patients who have committed crimes - at times horrifically violent - while in the grip of severe mental illness....
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
Character: Louis Theroux
Louis takes an in-depth look at Miami's jail system, a vast holding pen for the unconvicted where most inmates are awaiting trial....
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
Character: Self
Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus Route. And Memory Bike Path. Julia and her guest will make their way from the seat of childhood memories, the family home, through the surrounding neighbourhood and all the way to the school gate, reliving formative moments, talking about life, love and achievement, about the past, present and future. What Julia discovers about her guests will explain, well, almost everything. Time-trave...
Peston on Sunday
Character: Themselves - Guest
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The Russell Howard Hour
Character: Self
Russell Howard offers his unique take on the week's news and current affairs, picking through the biggest UK and international stories, and offering a wise and worldly view on the globe's news. Along the way, he'll welcome celebrity guests and leading experts, as well as hear from fledgling global correspondents. Plus, there will be stand-up, too, as Russell showcases some of the comedy scene's finest and most exciting stars....
Louis Theroux Interviews
Character: Self - Presenter
Louis Theroux interviews some of the biggest names in UK entertainment and is granted exclusive access into their lives, both at work and at home....
The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out....
Doctor Who: Unleashed
Character: Self
Following the same format of Doctor Who: Confidential, Steffan Powell takes audiences behind the scenes of each episode of BBC's Doctor Who....
The Big Narstie Show
Character: Self
Grime legend and social media sensation Big Narstie hosts an anarchic studio show along with his co-host, and the hottest comedian in town, Mo Gilligan....
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
Character: Self
Louis Theroux reflects on 25 years of documentaries, featuring brand new conversations between him and his most memorable contributors....
Chicken Shop Date
Character: Self - Guest
The format of Chicken Shop Date involves Amelia Dimoldenberg meeting a celebrity guest at a local chicken shop for a date, where they engage in casual, awkward, and sometimes flirtatious conversation....
Lorraine
Character: Self
Lorraine is the early weekday morning, lifestyle and entertainment show for ITV, presented by Lorraine Kelly and Kate Garraway. ITV Breakfast produces Lorraine, which airs every weekday from 08:30 until 09:25, following Daybreak. The programme replaced Kelly's previous show, GMTV with Lorraine....
The Last Leg
Character: Self
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days....
Movie Credits
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
Character: Himself - Presenter
Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The Phelps have rabid anti-homosexual beliefs, and often campaign at the funerals of American soldiers. They believe that every tragedy in the world is God's punishment for homosexuality....
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
Character: Himself
Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles. Most have already served lengthy prison sentences, but have been deemed unsafe for release. Instead, they have been sent here for an indefinite time. Spending time with those undergoing treatment, Louis wrestles with whether he can ever allow himself to believe men whose whole history is defined by deception and deceit....
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
Character: Himself
Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope, even though the drugs, and sometimes the diagnoses, remain controversial. Louis travels to one of America's leading children's psychiatric treatment centres, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to get to know the diagnosed children and hoping to understand what drives parents to put their kids on drugs....
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
Character: Himself
Join Louis Theroux as he investigates the affect crystal meth addiction is having on the local community of Fresno in California's Central Valley....
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
Character: Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive areas of the West Bank, especially those with a spiritual significance dating back to the Bible. Throughout his journey, Louis gets close to the people most involved with driving the extreme end of the Jewish settler movement - finding them warm, friendly, humorous...
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
Character: Self
Documentary fans are in for a treat as renowned documentarian Louis Theroux dived into the BBC Archives and selected his favourite documentaries. Each of them had an impact on Louis. They cover a range of styles - some vérité-driven, others told more through interview - but in all of them you see life at its most raw, its most strange and therefore its most human. In Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me Louis explains why he chose the documentaries and how they have inspired his work....
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
Character: Himself
For two weeks, Theroux visits the San Quentin State Prison....
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
Character: Himself
Louis goes to South Africa where American tourists pay to hunt wild animals in privately owned reserves....
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
Character: Himself
Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks....
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
Character: Himself
In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the internet. Louis revisits some of the original programme's contributors as well as meeting the latest crop of porn performers dreaming of porn stardom....
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife is a TV documentary written and presented by Louis Theroux about the people and doctors involved in plastic surgery operations. Filmed mostly in the USA, in the programme, Louis himself ends up getting liposuction....
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as following him to skinhead rallies and on a visit to Mexico....
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
Character: Self
The programme follows Theroux as he travels to the United States to meet people who own animals normally found in Africa and Asia, including big cats and dangerous primates. In the programme, Theroux visits GW Exotic Animal Foundation in Oklahoma....
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
Character: Himself - Presenter
Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try to antagonise communities with offensive slogans and anti-gay placards. But four years on from Louis's last visit, there are signs of disarray in the Phelps clan. A series of defections of family members has shaken up the church....
Living with Louis
Character: himself
The people profiled by Louis Theroux in the documentary series "When Louis Met..." reflect on their time with Louis and he gives his thoughts on them....
Louis, Martin & Michael
Character: Self
Louis Theroux sets out on a personal quest to meet the ultimate pop idol - Michael Jackson - and examine the often bizarre world that surrounded him and those that worshipped at his altar. The journey began in the summer of 2002 with a simple phone call to Uri Geller - a personal friend of Jackson's - to fix a meeting for Louis. What happened next resulted in a fantastical trek into a weird world of characters who orbited around the 'King of Pop'. Majestic Magnificent, Michael's personal magicia...
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of pioneering medical professionals help children who say they were born in the wrong body transition from boy to girl or girl to boy at ever younger ages....
My Scientology Movie
Character: Self
Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience in dealing with eccentric, unpalatable and unexpected human behavior, the beguilingly unassuming Theroux won't take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church's headquarters is turned down. Inspired by the Church's use of filming techniques, and aided by ex-members of the organization, Theroux uses actors to replay some incidents people claim they experienced as members in an attempt to better understand the way i...
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
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Louis spends time at King's College Hospital in London where he immerses himself in the lives of patients in the grips of alcohol addiction and the medical staff trying to make them better....
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
Character: Himself
Louis heads to Las Vegas, to reveal the world behind the myths of casino culture. Among the people he meets are two of the casino's 'high-rollers' and an employee who looks after them as well as a retired doctor who says she has gambled away $4million in seven years....
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
Character: Himself
Louis visits one of America’s most crime-ridden cities in this installment of Law and Disorder....
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
Character: Himself
Following on from his recent look at alcoholism, the UK’s premier documentarian returns with another sensitive film, this time on living with a brain injury. Earl’s personality and interests have radically altered since he was involved in a car crash, while Dan – who sustained his injury in the late 90s – is desperate to live independently again. Elsewhere, Amanda is struggling to readjust to family life, and Natalie’s carers share her especially affecting story....
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux travels to Johannesburg, where the residents find themselves increasingly besieged by crime as he looks at the issue of law and disorder....
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux is in Lagos, following the local gangs and a paramilitary task force....
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
Character: Himself
Louis heads to California, the US adoption capital, where the majority of newborn adoptions are carried out privately, creating a multimillion dollar industry. Agencies, facilitators and lawyers can earn thousands of dollars per baby....
Louis Theroux: Savile
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Sixteen years after his documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Theroux seeks to understand how he was tricked by a man who became his friend....
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux narrates a compilation of clips from his documentaries....
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
Character: Himself
Anorexia, the pathological fear of eating and gaining weight, is now the most deadly mental illness in the UK, affecting around one in every 250 women. In this film, Louis Theroux embeds himself in two of London's biggest adult eating-disorder treatment facilities: St Ann's Hospital and Vincent Square Clinic. As he spends more time with patients both on and off the wards, he witnesses the dangerous power that anorexia holds over them, and finds himself drawn into a complex relationship between t...
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault....
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
Character: Himself
Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units which treat mothers experiencing serious mental illness whilst allowing them to live alongside their babies....
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
Character: Himself
Louis returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader....
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
Character: Himself
Meet women in UK, legally providing sexual services, either to make a living or to supplement their income, potentially earning hundreds of pounds per hour....
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
Character: Self
This special sees Louis travel to America to investigate the story of a man who has become one of the most controversial and captivating icons of recent times: the gun-toting, self-described 'gay hillbilly' and 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic....
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
Character: Presenter
Louis is at Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in L.A to learn about the American way of death....