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Louis Theroux is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Consulting Producer American born on 20 may 1970 at Singapore (Singapore)

Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux
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Birth name Louis Sebastian Theroux
Nationality USA
Birth 20 may 1970 (53 years) at Singapore (Singapore)

Louis Sebastian Theroux (/θəˈruː/ LOO-ee thə-ROO; born May 20, 1970) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his documentaries in the television series Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends and When Louis Met..., as well as his Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials. His career started in journalism and bears influences of notable writers in his family, such as his father Paul Theroux and brother Marcel Theroux. He currently works with the BBC, producing his documentaries and popular television series.

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Tom Cruise
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Filmography of Louis Theroux (20 films)

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Actor

My Scientology Movie
My Scientology Movie (2016)
, 1h39
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about religion
Actors Louis Theroux, Paz de la Huerta, Tom Cruise
Roles Self
Rating65% 3.2996253.2996253.2996253.2996253.299625
After the Church of Scientology refuses to cooperate in making a documentary, Louis Theroux teams up with former senior church official Mark Rathbun to create dramatic reconstructions of incidents within the church witnessed by Rathbun and other ex-Scientologists. They focus in particular on alleged violent behaviour by the church's leader David Miscavige at its secretive Gold Base facility in California, which Theroux visits. The church retaliates by putting Theroux and his film crew under surveillance, leading to camera-wielding confrontations with a Scientology "squirrel buster" team and with church officials outside Gold Base. Theroux raises questions about Rathbun's own former complicity in the church's "terroristic" activities, leading to tensions between the two men.
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011)
, 1h
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion
Actors Louis Theroux
Roles Himself - Presenter
Rating74% 3.743773.743773.743773.743773.74377
Theroux returned to Topeka after four years, to investigate the departure of several members of the Phelps family since his last visit. His return was prompted by an email he received from a young member of the church he had interviewed previously, who had since left and been disfellowshipped. The US Supreme Court case of Snyder v. Phelps, heard following the suing of Westboro Baptist Church for distress caused by the picketing of the funeral of a US Marine killed in Iraq, formed the background to the new film. Theroux was interested in the ambivalent attitude of church members towards his first film, and stated that "the new documentary feels quite different than the original – though still funny, a little darker and stranger".