
Louis Theroux
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 54 |
Date of birth | May 20,1970 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Singapore |
Residence | London |
United Kingdom | |
Los Angeles | |
California | |
United States | |
Spouse | Nancy Strang |
Susanna Kleeman | |
Children | Frederick Theroux |
Albert Theroux | |
Walter Theroux | |
Height | 188 (cm) |
Parents | Paul Theroux |
Anne Castle | |
Official site | louistheroux.com |
Siblings | Marcel Theroux |
Books | Call of the Weird |
Cousins | Justin Theroux |
Sebastian Theroux | |
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ID | 407793 |
Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials
When Louis Met. . .
The Most Hated Family in America
Louis Theroux's LA Stories
Louis and the Brothel
By Reason of Insanity
Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia
A Place for Paedophiles
Extreme Love: Autism
America's Medicated Kids
Law and Disorder in Johannesburg
Twilight of the Porn Stars
Louis Theroux: Behind Bars
Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas
Louis and the Nazis
Extreme Love: Dementia
Law and Disorder in Philadelphia
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
America's Most Hated Family in Crisis
America's Most Dangerous Pets
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife
Law and Disorder in Lagos
African Hunting Holiday
TV Nation
Louis, Martin & Michael
Louis Theroux's Altered States
Louis Theroux
Emma Goes to Bollywood
Louis Theroux: Extreme Love
My Scientology Movie
Louis Theroux Life story
Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British-American documentarian, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.
Raye on Louis Theroux Interviews: ‘Some people abuse their power' - BBC Website

...Raye to Louis Theroux: Abuse of power can be crippling 24 November 2023Raye wrote her first song when she was seven, released her first song at 15 and was 17 when she signed her first record deal...
Jimmy Savile: Steve Coogan on playing paedophile TV presenter in The Reckoning

... " Andrew Neil and Louis Theroux were among the reporters who tried to crack Savile s exterior while he was alive - but interviewing the entertainer about rumours that swirled around him was like trying to nail jelly to a wall...
Katherine Ryan: Difficult choice to work with dangerous comic

... She was being questioned about comments she had made in an interview with Louis Theroux last year, when she spoke of calling a man a " predator" during filming for a TV show...
Happy Valley: Sarah Lancashire wins big at National Television Awards

... The Graham Norton show won the a new award for TV interview, beating Piers Morgan (who received a few boos from the audience), Louis Theroux and Chris and Rose Ramsey...
Glastonbury 2023: 15 mad and memorable moments

... 7) Louis Theroux s cunning disguiseLouis Theroux was having a blast this weekend, turning up at sets by Raye, Digga D, Arctic Monkeys and Elton John...
Louis Theroux's Jiggle Jiggle was one of TikTok's top songs of 2022

...By Mark SavageBBC Music CorrespondentLouis Theroux s viral rap track Jiggle Jiggle has been named one of the most-played songs of the year on TikTok...
Scott Mills: Radio 2 DJ raising thousands in 24-hour treadmill challenge

... Along the way, he is receiving moral support from friends and colleagues including Olly Murs, Gemma Collins, Sara Cox and Louis Theroux, who had some advice on how to prepare for the coming hours...
Louis Theroux: I wrestle with amplifying extreme voices

...Louis Theroux has said he " wrestled" with the issue of whether to amplify extreme voices in his new series...
Louis Theroux: I wrestle with amplifying extreme voices
Louis Theroux has said he " wrestled" with the issue of whether to amplify extreme voices in his new series.
Forbidden America, set to air on Bbc Two , sees The Film -maker interview people on the fringes of US society.
Theroux said he was aware of the criticism often levelled at him that he gives people with controversial views a bigger platform by interviewing them.
But He Said : " This phenomenon exists in The World , and by not reporting on it, it's not going to go away. "
Theroux's new series consists of three episodes, each with a different theme. One focuses on Young Men with far-right views, and studies The Role The Internet has played in helping them take their message to a mass audience.
The Other episodes explore issues of consent in the porn industry and the impact of Trap Music , a subgenre of hip-hop with lyrics that often glorify gun violence and drug use.
Tom Lamont of whether Theroux was A Journalist who " provided a platform that normalised objectionable behaviour".
" I'm thinking of his films on the proudly homophobic Westboro congregants, " Lamont wrote, " or those in which he has given a lot of room to high-profile men who have later been revealed as criminals (Jimmy Savile , Max Clifford , Joe Exotic ) or men known to have abusive pasts. "
Theroux's interviews with members of the Westboro Baptist Church brought their inflammatory views to British viewers in his 2007 documentary The Most Hated Family In America , while his films about figures such as Savile offered a glimpse into their lifestyles before their criminality was not known to The Public (or to Theroux).
The Huffington Post's Rachel McGrath noted how, when another Theroux series was broadcast in 2019, about the air time given to some of his subjects.
In a Q& A with journalists ahead of The Launch of Forbidden America, Theroux was asked whether he worried that he was boosting voices that some viewers would prefer were silenced.
" That's a great question and it's something we've wrestled with a lot, " He Said . " The First point would be that, these voices are already amplified, right? I mean, they already have access to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of tender young ears, eyes and minds, with The Internet .
" So this phenomenon exists in The World , and by not reporting on it, it's not going to go away.
" The Other thing to say is, I believe that with The Experience I've had with telling these stories over The Years , I can bring a kind of critical, forensic, journalistic set of skills.
" I can interview and put a programme together in such a way that people will be given a sufficient interrogation to mean that most reasonable people will see it and will realise what it already means [and] The Way it represents ways of thinking which are dangerous or poisonous or harmful.
" It's not like, oh, I'm just going to put them on a platform and give them an unexamined chance to reach lots of people. "
'Explosive footage'Theroux came to prominence with the series Weird Weekends, which examined American subcultures, and has now been making documentaries for More Than two decades. He holds dual British and American Citizenship , and a lot of his subjects and material have come from the US.
The 51-year-old is back on TV after a year of not being able to travel due to Covid lockdowns. During that time, he conquered the podcasting world instead, with his BBC series Grounded hitting The Top of Apple's chart.
Later this year, Theroux will executive produce a BBC documentary about Joe Wicks that will see The Fitness star discuss his parents' battles with OCD and drug addiction.
Whether he's interviewing celebrity guests or controversial figures in public life, Theroux has an approach that makes people want to open up. Some have chalked this up to his gentle nature or seemingly naive tone of voice, which masks a sharp journalistic mind.
" A big part of The Job is building rapport, " Theroux suggested. " It doesn't always happen The Way you want, but what you find is, if you go in as a sympathetic presence, or at least listening and paying attention, people for The Most part are happy to open up and feel grateful For You Being There . "
Things don't always go according to plan, however. Theroux has often been thrown Out of interviews for asking questions the subject deems too probing and intrusive.
His latest series is no exception. One interviewee in The First episode, titled Extreme and Online, becomes so angry at Theroux's suggestion that he had given a Nazi salute (something he denied and said was meant to be more of a military salute), that he threw Theroux and The Film crew off His Property .
" Suddenly I'm being thrown Out . . it was surreal and a little bit sad in a way, " Theroux recalled. " It's happened to me over my career probably 10 or 15 times, I've been thrown Out of an interview or someone's put his hand over the camera or told me to [Get Lost ].
" As a sensitive person, it never feels that good. I don't enjoy people who are visibly upset. And at the same time, it is what it is, and you realise that it will make explosive and probably entertaining footage. "
Source of news: bbc.com