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Louis Theroux

Born
May 20, 1970 · Age 56
Place of birth
Singapore
Gender
Male
Movie credits
39
TV credits
27
Directing credits
1
Also known as (1)
  • Louis Sebastian Theroux

Biography

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…