Louis Theroux
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.445 |
| Birthday | 1970-05-20 |
| Place of Birth | Singapore |
| Also Known As | Louis Sebastian Theroux, |
2007
Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
7.3/72
Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The Phelps have rabid anti-homosexual beliefs, a...
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Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America
2009
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
7.2/44
Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted pa...
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Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
2010
Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
6.9/35
Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope, even th...
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Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids
2010
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
6.9/34
Join Louis Theroux as he investigates the affect crystal meth addiction is having on the local community of Fresno in California's Central Valley.
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Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
2011
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
6.6/31
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider...
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Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
2008
Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
7/23
Louis goes to South Africa where American tourists pay to hunt wild animals in privately owned reserves.
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Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
2003
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
7.1/31
Louis stays with the residents of a soon to open brothel in Nevada for a few weeks.
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Louis Theroux: Louis and the Brothel
2008
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
7.5/32
For two weeks, Theroux visits the San Quentin State Prison.
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Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
2012
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
6.4/34
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 strugg...
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Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
2016
Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
6.9/18
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...
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Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
2003
Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
7.2/40
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 pu...
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Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis
2011
Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
7.4/20
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...
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Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets
2011
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
7.3/49
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 Westbo...
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Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
2003
Louis, Martin & Michael
6.3/13
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 a...
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Louis, Martin & Michael
2007
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
6.7/26
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife is a TV documentary written and presented by Louis Theroux about the people and doctors involved in plastic surgery ope...
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Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
2015
Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
6.4/22
Louis Theroux travels to San Francisco where a group of pioneering medical professionals help children who say they were born in the wrong body transi...
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Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids
2016
My Scientology Movie
6.595/269
Following a long fascination with the religion and with much experience in dealing with eccentric, unpalatable and unexpected human behavior, the begu...
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My Scientology Movie
2016
Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
7.7/19
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 me...
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Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion
2007
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
6.9/29
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...
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Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
2008
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
7.3/24
Louis visits one of America’s most crime-ridden cities in this installment of Law and Disorder.
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Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
2008
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
7.3/22
Louis Theroux travels to Johannesburg, where the residents find themselves increasingly besieged by crime as he looks at the issue of law and disorder...
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Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
2010
Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
7.075/20
Louis Theroux is in Lagos, following the local gangs and a paramilitary task force.
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Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos
2016
Louis Theroux: Savile
6.9/32
Sixteen years after his documentary When Louis Met Jimmy, Theroux seeks to understand how he was tricked by a man who became his friend.
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Louis Theroux: Savile
2007
The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
7.6/5
Louis Theroux narrates a compilation of clips from his documentaries.
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The Weird World Of Louis Theroux
2017
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
7.6/9
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...
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Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
2019
Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
7.1/14
Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault.
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Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
2019
Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
6.7/7
Louis Theroux visits specialist psychiatric units which treat mothers experiencing serious mental illness whilst allowing them to live alongside their...
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Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
2019
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
7.8/8
Louis returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader.
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Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family
2020
Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
6.2/13
Meet women in UK, legally providing sexual services, either to make a living or to supplement their income, potentially earning hundreds of pounds per...
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Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
2021
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
6.4/12
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 rece...
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Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
2014
Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
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Louis is at Cedars Sinai Medical Centre in L.A to learn about the American way of death.
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Louis Theroux: LA Stories - Edge of Life
2002
Living with Louis
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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.
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Living with Louis
2018
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
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Documentary fans are in for a treat as renowned documentarian Louis Theroux dived into the BBC Archives and selected his favourite documentaries. Each...
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Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me
Louis Theroux: Take My Baby
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Louis heads to California, the US adoption capital, where the majority of newborn adoptions are carried out privately, creating a multimillion dollar...
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