“I think everybody carries a slight sense of being different, and I know that it comes very naturally to me.”

British and American journalist, broadcaster, documentarian and author

Louis Theroux is a British and American journalist, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker and author. He is known for his television documentaries and for the distinctive interviewing style that has made him a familiar figure in British broadcasting. His work has earned him three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award. Across his career, he has built a reputation for reports that explore unusual subcultures, difficult subjects and the people at the centre of them, often with a calm, inquisitive approach.