Editing Louis Theroux (section)

==Early life==
Louis Sebastian Theroux was born in [[Singapore]] on 20 May 1970;<ref>{{cite web |last=Westbrook |first=Caroline |date=21 October 2018 |title=Louis Theroux age, career, net worth and partner as the Night in Question airs |url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/21/louis-theroux-age-career-net-worth-and-partner-as-talking-to-anorexia-airs-8060599/ |website=Metro}}</ref> he is the son of English mother Anne (née Castle)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Paul |title=The Theroux family's colourful life laid bare in memoir The Year of the End |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/the-theroux-familys-colourful-life-laid-bare-in-memoir-the-year-of-the-end-40605791.html |access-date=17 August 2022 |work=independent |date=4 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and American father [[Paul Theroux]], a noted travel writer and novelist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/therouxly-madly-deeply-jennifer-aniston-engaged-to-justin-theroux-member-of-londons-premier-literary-8046109.html |title=Therouxly, madly, deeply: Jennifer Aniston engaged to Justin Theroux, member of London's premier literary family |website=London Evening Standard |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=6 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Ask">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/you-ask-the-questions-louis-theroux-616093.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814200836/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/you-ask-the-questions-louis-theroux-616093.html|archive-date=14 August 2009|title=You ask the questions: Louis Theroux|work=[[The Independent]]|date=7 November 2001|url-status=dead|access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref> His paternal grandmother, Anne Dittami, was an Italian-American grammar school teacher, while his paternal grandfather, Albert Eugène Theroux, was a French-Canadian salesman<ref name=whoswho>{{cite book|title=The International Who's Who 2004|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|pages=[https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond/page/1668 1668]|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond/page/1668|isbn=1-85743-217-7|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24534466.html?dids=24534466:24534466&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+04%2C+1989&author=Reviewed+by+Alan+Cheuse%2C+author+of%2C+among+other+books%2C+the+novel+%22The+Grandmothers%27+Club%22+and+the+memoir+%22Fall+Out+of+Heaven%22.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=A+worldly+education+Paul+Theroux+imagines+a+much-traveled+writer%27s+active+erotic+life&pqatl=google | work=Chicago Tribune | first1=Alan | last1=Cheuse | title=A worldly education Paul Theroux imagines a much-traveled writer's active erotic life | date=4 June 1989}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> for the American Leather Oak company.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=h5IYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Albert-Eugene+THEROUX%22 ''Current Biography Yearbook''], H. W. Wilson Co., 1979, p. 415.</ref> Theroux holds dual British and American citizenship.<ref name=Independent>{{cite news |first=Ciar |last=Byrne |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/louis-theroux-when-i-work-i-like-to-be-invisible-761424.html |title=Louis Theroux: 'When I work I like to be invisible' |newspaper=The Independent |date=2 December 2007 |quote="After leaving university in 1991, Theroux, who has dual British and US citizenship, decided to go to America"}}</ref> He is the nephew of novelist [[Alexander Theroux]] and writer [[Peter Theroux]]. His older brother, [[Marcel Theroux|Marcel]], is a writer and television presenter.<ref name=sons /> His cousin, [[Justin Theroux|Justin]], is an actor and screenwriter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurutz |first1=Steven |title=How Louis Theroux Became a 'Jiggle Jiggle' Sensation at Age 52 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/style/louis-theroux-jiggle-jiggle-tiktok.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DLDm8diP8JEoyNvEPKeKt4Iscz0i6cWc8EMr4gS_h_i-1eMENpRky0o5iYn5dDIzkwrcj7eFIK6K_3fOJy9y72PC7-If1jxba7slXaOWPhCqSJgml3IwtvvZdmdlC10HQKwbPHELZ_3oYt2qwnVZxqVHxXMnnxyvrsAhV1O9WCZwiNqVVlHrEEBkyA2IKU-LkCcw5NCF3ZTH0Z4WY06t9UONp_L7-oZld7O5K42eNNfzQueIS5BJQxRJzWkaFpt9POoR-NzMm1xpYmBZ2y655wlJIuc76uMll7ueo&smid=url-share |work=The New York Times |date=17 June 2022 |access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref>

Theroux moved with his family to England when he was one year old; he was raised in the [[Catford]] district of south London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/louis-theroux-s-my-london-6403321.html |publisher=Evening Standard|title=Louis Theroux's My London|date=10 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.bbcamerica.com/program.jsp?id=16134 |title=Meet Louis Theroux |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309233340/http://press.bbcamerica.com/program.jsp?id=16134 |archive-date=9 March 2011 |url-access=registration}}</ref> He went from primary school to [[Tower House School]] in [[East Sheen]] in 1979 or 1980 and then to [[Westminster School]], a [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] within the precincts of [[Westminster Abbey]]. There, he befriended comedians [[Adam Buxton]] and [[Joe Cornish]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/forget-christmas-tv-adam-joes-20th-anniversary-reunion-podcast/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/forget-christmas-tv-adam-joes-20th-anniversary-reunion-podcast/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Forget Christmas TV: Adam and Joe's 20th anniversary reunion podcast is the best present you'll get in 2016|date=25 December 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|last1=Hogan|first1=Michael|access-date=3 June 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and future [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] leader and Deputy Prime Minister [[Nick Clegg]], with whom he travelled to America.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7046587.stm|title=The Nick Clegg story |date=19 December 2007|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 April 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Theroux|first1=Louis|title=Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends: Off-Off Broadway|date=1999|publisher=BBC Two|location=New York}}</ref> He read Modern History at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] (1988–1991), graduating with [[first-class honours]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8302042/Louis-Theroux-a-timeline.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8302042/Louis-Theroux-a-timeline.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Louis Theroux: a timeline|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=4 February 2011|access-date=10 May 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>