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Justin Theroux

Born 1971-08-10
📍 Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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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Filmography 79

The Devil Wears Prada 2
as Benji Barnes
2026
Seekers of Infinite Love
2026
Fallout: The Ghoul Log
as Robert Edwin House (voice)
2025
Running Point
as Cam Gordon
2025
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
as Self
2025
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
as Rory
2024
Fallout
as Robert House
2024
White House Plumbers
as G. Gordon Liddy
2023
Poker Face
as Iguana / Todd
2023
Mostra, Venise
as Self
2022
Violet
as The Voice
2021
False Positive
as Adrian Martin
2021
The Mosquito Coast
as Allie Fox
2021
Lady and the Tramp
as Tramp (voice)
2019
Joker
as Ethan Chase (uncredited)
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
as Self - Interviewee
2019
Camp! The Movie
as Self
2019
On the Basis of Sex
as Mel Wulf
2018
Bumblebee
as Dropkick (voice)
2018
Maniac
as Dr. James K. Mantleray
2018
The Spy Who Dumped Me
as Drew
2018
Mute
as Duck Teddington
2018
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Master Codebreaker
2017
At Home with Amy Sedaris
as Colonel Cary Commander
2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie
as Garmadon (voice)
2017
The Girl on the Train
as Tom Watson
2016
The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Zoolander 2
as Evil DJ
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
The Leftovers
as Kevin Garvey
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Rick and Morty
as Miles Knightly (voice)
2013
Wanderlust
as Seth
2012
Your Highness
as Leezar
2011
Megamind
as Megaminds's Father (voice)
2010
Parks and Recreation
as Justin
2009
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
as Jan Jürgen
2008
Tropic Thunder
as UH-1 Huey Gunner (uncredited)
2008
John Adams
as John Hancock
2008
Lynch 2
as Self
2007
More Things That Happened
as Devon Burke
2007
The Ten
as Jesus H. Christ
2007
Broken English
as Nick Gable
2007
Inland Empire
as Devon Berk / Billy Side
2006
Return to Rajapur
2006
Miami Vice
as Det. Larry Zito
2006
Strangers with Candy
as Carlo Honklin
2006
The Legend of Lucy Keyes
as Guy Cooley
2006
The Baxter
as Bradley Lake
2005
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
as Self
2004
Happy End
as Jack
2003
Duplex
as Coop
2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Seamus O'Grady
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Alias
as Simon Walker
2001
Zoolander
as Evil DJ
2001
Mulholland Drive
as Adam
2001
Six Feet Under
as Joe
2001
The Sleepy Time Gal
as Rebecca's Boyfriend
2001
The District
as Nick Pierce
2000
American Psycho
as Timothy Bryce
2000
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
as Marshall
2000
Sirens
as Officer David Bontempo
1999
Frogs for Snakes
as Flav Santana
1998
Sex and the City
as Jared
1998
Sex and the City
as Vaughn Wysel
1998
Dead Broke
as James
1998
Below Utopia
as Daniel Beckett
1997
Ally McBeal
as Raymond Brown
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
as Cowboy
1997
Spin City
as Pete
1996
I Shot Andy Warhol
as Mark
1996
Central Park West
1995
New York Undercover
as Frankie Stone
1994
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Billion Dollar Spy
as Van Spencer