Louis Theroux

Louis Sebastian Theroux is an English broadcaster best known for his documentaries in the television series Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, his BBC2 Specials and When Louis Met. His career started off 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 TV series. Theroux is the youngest son of the American travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux . His mother, Anne Castle, was Paul's first, British, wife. His elder brother is the writer and... television presenter Marcel Theroux. He is the cousin of American actor Justin Theroux. He moved to the UK when he was four, and was brought up in London. Theroux was educated for a couple of years at Allfarthing Primary School then moved to Westminster School . Another of his contemporaries was Liberal Democrat politician, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg with whom he travelled to America.
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