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Louis Theroux

  • Podcaster
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Louis Theroux at an event for Attack the Block (2011)
Award-winning filmmaker Louis Theroux will sit down with a host of stars for interviews.
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Louis Theroux was born on 20 May 1970 in Singapore. He is a podcaster and producer, known for My Scientology Movie (2015), When Louis Met... Jimmy (2000) and Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998). He has been married to Nancy Strang since 7 July 2012. They have three children. He was previously married to Susanna Miriam Kleeman.
BornMay 20, 1970
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BornMay 20, 1970
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Louis Theroux in My Scientology Movie (2015)
    My Scientology Movie
    6.6
    • Producer
    • 2015
    When Louis Met... Jimmy (2000)
    When Louis Met... Jimmy
    7.4
    TV Special
    • Producer
    • 2000
    Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998)
    Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Louis Theroux in Louis and the Nazis (2003)
    Louis and the Nazis
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • Producer
    • 2003

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    Producer

    • Boybands Forever (2024)
      Boybands Forever
      7.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader (2024)
      Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader
      7.9
      TV Series
      • consultant producer
      • 2024
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux Interviews... (2022)
      Louis Theroux Interviews...
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Consultant Producer
      • 2023
    • Lockerbie (2023)
      Lockerbie
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • chief creative officer
      • 2023
    • Tell Them You Love Me (2023)
      Tell Them You Love Me
      6.9
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • KSI in KSI: In Real Life (2023)
      KSI: In Real Life
      7.0
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood (2022)
      Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood
      8.0
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count (2022)
      David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Eddie Hall: The Beast vs. The Mountain (2022)
      Eddie Hall: The Beast vs. The Mountain
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux: Forbidden America (2022)
      Louis Theroux: Forbidden America
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • consultant producer
      • 2022
    • Madam Storm and Alice Levine in Sex Actually with Alice Levine (2021)
      Sex Actually with Alice Levine
      6.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • The Bambers: Murder at the Farm (2021)
      The Bambers: Murder at the Farm
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Gods of Snooker (2021)
      Gods of Snooker
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic (2021)
      Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
      6.8
      • consultant producer
      • 2021
    • Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge (2020)
      Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
      7.4
      TV Series
      • consultant producer
      • Consultant Producer
      • 2020

    Writer

    • Not Necessarily the Election
      • writer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 1996
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025)
      Louis Theroux: The Settlers
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 2025
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux Interviews... (2022)
      Louis Theroux Interviews...
      7.1
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2023
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux: Forbidden America (2022)
      Louis Theroux: Forbidden America
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • written by
      • 2022
    • Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic (2021)
      Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
      6.8
      • written by
      • 2021
    • Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge (2020)
      Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2020
    • Louis Theroux in Grounded with Louis Theroux (2020)
      Grounded with Louis Theroux
      7.5
      Podcast Series
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Louis Theroux: Selling Sex (2020)
      Louis Theroux: Selling Sex
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family (2019)
      Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family
      7.4
      • written by
      • 2019
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge (2019)
      Louis Theroux: Mothers on the Edge
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (2019)
      Louis Theroux: The Night in Question
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Louis Theroux's Altered States (2018)
      Louis Theroux's Altered States
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2018
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (2017)
      Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 2017
    • Louis Theroux: Dark States (2017)
      Louis Theroux: Dark States
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • written by
      • 2017
    • Jimmy Savile and Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux: Savile (2016)
      Louis Theroux: Savile
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 2016
    • Louis Theroux in Louis Theroux: A Different Brain (2016)
      Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 2016

    Videos4

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    My Scientology Movie
    Trailer 1:51
    My Scientology Movie
    My Scientology Movie
    Trailer 1:51
    My Scientology Movie
    Louis Theroux Interviews: Season 2
    Trailer 0:37
    Louis Theroux Interviews: Season 2
    Louis Theroux Interviews
    Trailer 0:52
    Louis Theroux Interviews

    Personal details

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    • Official sites
      • Facebook Fan Page
      • Instagram
    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • May 20, 1970
      • Singapore
    • Spouses
        Nancy StrangJuly 7, 2012 - present (3 children)
    • Parents
      • Paul Theroux
    • Relatives
        Justin Theroux(Cousin)
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Print Biographies
      • 1 Interview
      • 1 Article

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Holds dual UK and US citizenship.
    • Quotes
      As a student of bizarre organizations and eccentric people, the BBC feels like my natural home.
    • Trademarks
        Makes Documentaries about controversial issues and people

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    • How old is Louis Theroux?
      55 years old
    • When was Louis Theroux born?
      May 20, 1970
    • Where was Louis Theroux born?
      Singapore
    • What is Louis Theroux's birth name?
      Louis Sebastian Theroux
    • How tall is Louis Theroux?
      6 feet 2 inches, or 1.88 meters

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