Age, Biography, and Wiki
Louis Sebastian Theroux was born on May 20, 1970, which makes him 55 years old as of early 2025. He is the son of Paul Theroux, a prolific American author, and Anne Castle, a BBC producer. This background likely influenced his interest in storytelling and media. Theroux's career spans over three decades, with a significant impact on the documentary genre.
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| Date of Birth | 20 May 1970 |
| Age | 55 Years |
| Birth Place | Singapore |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
| Country | Singapore |
Height, Weight & Measurements
While specific details about Louis Theroux's height and weight are not widely documented, his screen presence is often described as engaging and approachable, which has contributed to his success as a documentarian.
When TV Nation ended, Theroux signed a development deal with the BBC, where he developed Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends. He has written for a number of publications, including Hip Hop Connection and The Idler.
In April 2022, Theroux went viral after a clip of him on the YouTube show Chicken Shop Datein which he performed a short rap he had originally written and performed in the Weird Weekends episode "Gangsta Rap" 22 years earlierwas autotuned by a TikTok user and turned into a reusable audio track with backing music. The trend saw users lip-syncing to the sound and performing an accompanying dance. It has led to more footage of Theroux's rapping ability being unearthed, leading the BBC to publish an article listing seven times he "proved he was a massive hip hop head". In May, Theroux released "Jiggle Jiggle", a full version of the rap which he created alongside Manchester DJ duo Duke & Jones.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Louis Theroux has been married twice. His first marriage was to Susanna Kleeman from 1994 to 2001. He then married Nancy Strang on July 13, 2012, with whom he has three children. Theroux splits his time between London and Los Angeles.
In When Louis Met the Hamiltons, the former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine were arrested during the course of filming, due to false allegations of indecent assault.
Theroux's first marriage was to Susanna Kleeman until they divorced in 2002; he later told Sathnam Sanghera of the Financial Times, "What happened was that my girlfriend was living with me in New York. She was having trouble finding work ... legally. So we got married, to make it easier for her. We never really considered ourselves married in the full sense – there were no wedding photos or anything like that. It was really a marriage of convenience."
Theroux married his long-time girlfriend, Nancy Strang, on 13 July 2012. They have three sons together. In a 2012 masterclass, he spoke of the challenges of combining family life with the need to work on projects. They lived in the Harlesden area of London until temporarily moving to Los Angeles in early 2013, allowing him more time to focus on his LA Stories series. In 2017, they relocated to Los Angeles. Theroux and his family spent COVID-19 lockdowns at their home in North-West London.
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| Husband | Susanna Kleeman (m. 1998-2001) Nancy Strang (m. 2012) |
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Net Worth and Salary
Louis Theroux's net worth is reported to range from $4 million to potentially $6 to $10 million, depending on the source. His primary income comes from his extensive work in television documentaries, including his long-standing series with the BBC, as well as his work as a journalist and author.
After this series concluded, a retrospective called Life with Louis was released. Theroux made a documentary called Louis, Martin & Michael about his quest to get an interview with Michael Jackson to which he lost out to Martin Bashir who went on to make the documentary Living With Michael Jackson. Selected episodes of When Louis Met... were included as bonus content on a Best-Of collection of Weird Weekends.
Career, Business, and Investments
Theroux began his career as a journalist in the United States, working for publications like Metro Silicon Valley and Spy. He transitioned into television with his segments on TV Nation. His breakout series included Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998–2000) and When Louis Met... (2000–2002). He has continued to produce documentaries for the BBC, exploring topics such as subcultures, crime, and justice in the U.S. and abroad.
His paternal grandmother, Anne Dittami, was an Italian-American grammar school teacher, while his paternal grandfather, Albert Eugène Theroux, was a French-Canadian salesman for the American Leather Oak company. Theroux holds dual British and American citizenship. He is the nephew of novelist Alexander Theroux and writer Peter Theroux. His older brother, Marcel, is a writer and television presenter. His cousin, Justin, is an actor and screenwriter.
Social Network
While Theroux is not heavily active on mainstream social media platforms, he maintains a presence through his professional work and occasional interviews, which often trend on platforms like Twitter and YouTube.
Forbidden America is a three-part series focusing on social media use in the United States among several groups, including the alt-right, rappers and pornographic film actors. On the Extreme and Online Louis meets the latest incarnation of the American far right: a political movement born out of the internet and increasingly making its presence felt on the political stage. Theroux interviews Nick Fuentes and Baked Alaska.
In 2018, Theroux's Twitter account was hacked by cybersecurity firm Insinia as part of their attempt to highlight a longstanding security flaw in Twitter's system.
Education
Theroux studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he developed his critical thinking and storytelling skills. This educational background has heavily influenced his approach to documentary filmmaking, allowing him to delve into complex and often taboo subjects with sensitivity and humor.
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 moved with his family to England when he was one year old; he was raised in the Catford district of south London. He went from primary school to Tower House School in East Sheen in 1979 or 1980 and then to Westminster School, a public school within the precincts of Westminster Abbey. There, he befriended comedians Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, and future Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, with whom he travelled to America. He also performed in a number of school theatre productions including Bugsy Malone as Looney Bergonzi, Ritual for Dolls as the Army Officer, and The Splendour Falls as the Minstrel. He read Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford (1988–1991), graduating with first-class honours.
In these special programmes, beginning in 2003, Theroux returned to American themes, working at feature-length and in a more natural way. In March 2006, he signed a new deal with the BBC to make 10 films over the course of three years. Subjects for the specials include criminal gangs in Lagos, Neo-Nazis in America, ultra-Zionists in Israel. He also explores child psychiatry, and the prison systems in California and Florida. A 2007 special, The Most Hated Family in America, received strong critical praise from the international media.
In October 2016, Theroux premiered a feature-length documentary, My Scientology Movie. Produced by Simon Chinn—a school friend of Theroux's—and directed by John Dower, the film covers Theroux attempting to gain access to the secretive Church of Scientology. It premiered at the London Film Festival in 2015 and was released in cinemas in the UK on 7 October 2016.
In December 2015, Theroux captained the team representing Magdalen College, Oxford on BBC Four's Christmas University Challenge. In their first-round match, the team beat the University of Exeter's team by 220 to 130 and went on to win the tournament.
