Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Louis Theroux
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
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Movies: 41Series: 30Crew credits: 51
TMDB ID: 219396
IMDb ID: nm0857621
Known for: Acting
Born: May 20, 1970
Age: 55
Place of birth: Singapore
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1994 - 2026
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 6.97
Wikidata: Q979131
Also known as
Louis Sebastian Theroux
Other jobs
Writer (40)Executive Producer (8)Consulting Producer (1)Creator (1)Director (1)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Louis Theroux.
In 4 weeks
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
as Self
2026 Movie
5.5
Together for Palestine
as Self
2025 Movie
8.6
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
as Self
2025 Movie
6.4
Tell Them You Love Me
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
10.0
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Eddie Hall: The Beast vs. The Mountain
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
6.4
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
as Self
2021 Movie
5.9
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
as Himself
2020 Movie
7.7
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
as Himself
2019 Movie
6.6
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
as Himself
2019 Movie
6.9
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
7.4
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
as Himself
2017 Movie
6.9
Louis Theroux: Savile
2016 Movie
6.9
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
as Himself
2016 Movie
6.6
My Scientology Movie
as Self
2016 Movie
7.4
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2016 Movie
6.3
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
as Himself
2015 Movie
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
as Presenter
2014 Movie
6.3
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
as Himself
2012 Movie
7.3
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
as Self
2011 Movie
7.2
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
as Himself - Presenter
2011 Movie
6.7
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
as Louis Theroux
2011 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Louis Theroux.
4.0
Girlbands Forever
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2025 Series
Boybands Forever
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2024 Series
7.5
Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader
Consulting Producer • 4 eps
2024 Series
4.2
Can I Tell You a Secret?
Creator
2024 Series
7.5
Louis Theroux Interviews
as Self - Presenter • 12 eps
2022 Series
6.5
Louis Theroux's Forbidden America
as Self • 3 eps
2022 Series
6.0
Sex Actually with Alice Levine
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Gods of Snooker
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.2
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
as Self • 4 eps
2020 Series
7.4
Louis Theroux: Altered States
3 eps
2018 Series
4.3
The Big Narstie Show
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.4
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.3
Louis Theroux: Dark States
as Himself • 3 eps
2017 Series
8.0
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
4.0
Peston on Sunday
as Themselves - Guest • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.4
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
as Himself • 2 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.0
Chicken Shop Date
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.7
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
as Himself • 3 eps
2014 Series
7.0
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
5.7
The Last Leg
as Self • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.0
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
as Himself - Presenter • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.4
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega-Jail
as Louis Theroux • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series