Louis Theroux

About

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...

Known for

Louis Theroux: Inside the ManosphereMovie • 2026My Scientology MovieMovie • 2016Louis Theroux: The SettlersMovie • 2025Louis Theroux's Weird WeekendsSeries • 1998Louis Theroux: Dark StatesSeries • 2017Louis Theroux: Selling SexMovie • 2020Can I Tell You a Secret?Series • 2024Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe ExoticMovie • 2021Louis Theroux: A Different BrainMovie • 2016Louis Theroux: Louis and the NazisMovie • 2003Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous PetsMovie • 2011Tell Them You Love MeMovie • 2023Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-JailSeries • 2011Louis Theroux: The Ultra ZionistsMovie • 2011Louis Theroux: SavileMovie • 2016Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn StarsMovie • 2012Louis Theroux's LA StoriesSeries • 2014Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in PhiladelphiaMovie • 2008Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las VegasMovie • 2007Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal MethMovie • 2010Louis Theroux: Louis and the BrothelMovie • 2003Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in AmericaMovie • 2007Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in CrisisMovie • 2011Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in JohannesburgMovie • 2008