Justin Paul Theroux (/θəˈroʊ/; born August 10, 1971) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his work with director David Lynch in the mystery film Mulholland Drive (2001) and the horror film Inland Empire (2006). He also appeared in films such as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), American Psycho (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Strangers with Candy (2005), Miami Vice (2006), Wanderlust (2012), The Girl on the Train (2016), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), On the Basis of Sex (2018), Bumblebee (2018), Lady and the Tramp (2019), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).
Theroux was a screenwriter for films such as the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008), the superhero film Iron Man 2 (2010), and the musical comedy drama Rock of Ages (2012). He made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy film Dedication (2007).
Theroux starred as Kevin Garvey in the HBO mystery drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017), for which he received widespread praise and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. He also starred as Dr. James Mantleray in the Netflix comedy-drama miniseries Maniac (2018). From 2021 to 2023, he portrayed Allie Fox in the Apple TV+ adaptation of The Mosquito Coast, based on the novel by his uncle Paul Theroux. In 2023, he also starred in the HBO satirical political miniseries White House Plumbers.
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Gender
Male
Birthday
1971-08-10
Place of birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Miami Vice
2006
6.01
Mulholland Drive
2001
7.81
American Psycho
2000
7.40
Inland Empire
2006
7.00
Lynch 2
2007
0.00
Duplex
2003
6.09
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
5.50
Zoolander
2001
6.21
The Legend of Lucy Keyes
2006
5.20
Strangers with Candy
2006
5.58
The Baxter
2005
6.10
The Ten
2007
4.79
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008
6.82
Happy End
2003
4.90
Megamind
2010
7.00
Your Highness
2011
5.34
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
2004
6.80
Wanderlust
2012
5.50
Return to Rajapur
2006
6.80
Below Utopia
1997
5.20
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
7.01
Tropic Thunder
2008
6.69
The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
4.75
More Things That Happened
2007
6.48
Sirens
1999
8.00
Frogs for Snakes
1998
2.67
Mulholland Dr.
1999
7.80
The Girl on the Train
2016
6.44
The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short
2016
6.60
Zoolander 2
2016
4.90
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
6.51
Mute
2018
5.60
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
6.40
On the Basis of Sex
2018
7.40
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
6.78
I Shot Andy Warhol
1996
6.20
Dead Broke
1998
0.00
Broken English
2007
6.00
Lady and the Tramp
2019
7.20
Bumblebee
2018
6.72
False Positive
2021
5.60
Camp! The Movie
2019
4.60
Joker
2019
8.14
Dream House
1997
10.00
Violet
2021
6.70