Louis Theroux
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Louis Theroux is a British-American documentary filmmaker and journalist known for his immersive, investigative films and television series exploring unusual subcultures and controversial subjects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Louis Theroux canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6296602 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Theroux Context triple: [Justin Theroux, relative, Louis Theroux]
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A.
Ross Kemp
Ross Kemp is a British actor and documentary filmmaker best known for his role as Grant Mitchell in the soap opera "EastEnders" and for his hard-hitting investigative series "Ross Kemp on Gangs."
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B.
Adam Hart-Davis
Adam Hart-Davis is a British scientist, author, photographer, and television presenter best known for popular science and history programs such as "Local Heroes" and "What the Romans Did for Us."
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C.
Giles Paxman
Giles Paxman is a British former diplomat who served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Mexico and later to Spain.
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D.
Alec Clunes
Alec Clunes was a British actor and theatre manager known for his work on stage and in mid-20th-century British cinema.
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E.
Christopher Benchley
Christopher Benchley is the son of "Jaws" author Peter Benchley and a member of the Benchley family associated with American literature and ocean conservation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Theroux Target entity description: Louis Theroux is a British-American documentary filmmaker and journalist known for his immersive, investigative films and television series exploring unusual subcultures and controversial subjects.
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A.
Ross Kemp
Ross Kemp is a British actor and documentary filmmaker best known for his role as Grant Mitchell in the soap opera "EastEnders" and for his hard-hitting investigative series "Ross Kemp on Gangs."
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B.
Adam Hart-Davis
Adam Hart-Davis is a British scientist, author, photographer, and television presenter best known for popular science and history programs such as "Local Heroes" and "What the Romans Did for Us."
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C.
Giles Paxman
Giles Paxman is a British former diplomat who served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Mexico and later to Spain.
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D.
Alec Clunes
Alec Clunes was a British actor and theatre manager known for his work on stage and in mid-20th-century British cinema.
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E.
Christopher Benchley
Christopher Benchley is the son of "Jaws" author Peter Benchley and a member of the Benchley family associated with American literature and ocean conservation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary filmmaker
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | BAFTA TV Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970-05-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Magdalen College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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Westminster School ⓘ |
| employer | BBC ⓘ |
| familyName | Theroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Paul Theroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
broadcast journalism
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documentary television ⓘ |
| fullName | Louis Sebastian Theroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary film
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investigative journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Albert Theroux
NERFINISHED
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Frederick Theroux NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Theroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.louistheroux.com/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Anne Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploring fringe and controversial subcultures
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immersive interviewing style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gotta Get Theroux This
NERFINISHED
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Louis Theroux Interviews... NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Theroux: Dark States NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America NERFINISHED ⓘ My Scientology Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ Theroux the Keyhole NERFINISHED ⓘ When Louis Met... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
documentary filmmaker
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journalist ⓘ television presenter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Pan Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Justin Theroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| sibling | Marcel Theroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Nancy Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedFor | TV Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Louis Theroux Description of subject: Louis Theroux is a British-American documentary filmmaker and journalist known for his immersive, investigative films and television series exploring unusual subcultures and controversial subjects.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.