Cast & creator
Justin Theroux
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Justin Theroux, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Justin Paul Theroux
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1975–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (105)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Rick and Morty
Miles Knightly (voice)
2013
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Parks and Recreation
Justin
2009
Sex and the City
Jared
1998Sex and the City
Vaughn Wysel
1998
Six Feet Under
Joe
2001
False Positive
Adrian Martin
2021
Spin City
Pete
1996
Iron Man 2
Screenplay
2010
Fallout
Robert House
2024
The Leftovers
Kevin Garvey
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The District
Nick Pierce
2000
Joker
Ethan Chase (uncredited)
2019
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Benji
2026
New York Undercover
Frankie Stone
1994
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Master Codebreaker
2017
Ally McBeal
Raymond Brown
1997
Poker Face
Iguana / Todd
2023
Lights Out with David Spade
Self - Interviewee
2019
American Psycho
Timothy Bryce
2000
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Rory
2024
The Mosquito Coast
Allie Fox
2021The Mosquito Coast
Executive Producer
2021
Mulholland Drive
Adam
2001
Megamind
Megaminds's Father (voice)
2010Megamind
Creative Consultant
2010Megamind
Script Consultant
2010
Tropic Thunder
UH-1 Huey Gunner (uncredited)
2008Tropic Thunder
Screenplay
2008Tropic Thunder
Executive Producer
2008Tropic Thunder
Story
2008
Running Point
Cam Gordon
2025
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Maniac
Dr. James K. Mantleray
2018
Alias
Simon Walker
2001
The Girl on the Train
Tom Watson
2016
Miami Vice
Det. Larry Zito
2006
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Garmadon (voice)
2017
Bumblebee
Dropkick (voice)
2018
White House Plumbers
G. Gordon Liddy
2023White House Plumbers
Executive Producer
2023
John Adams
John Hancock
2008
Lady and the Tramp
Tramp (voice)
2019
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Seamus O'Grady
2003
Central Park West
1995
Zoolander 2
Evil DJ
2016Zoolander 2
Writer
2016
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Drew
2018
At Home with Amy Sedaris
Colonel Cary Commander
2017
Rock of Ages
Screenplay
2012
Inland Empire
Devon Berk / Billy Side
2006
Zoolander
Evil DJ
2001
Your Highness
Leezar
2011
On the Basis of Sex
Mel Wulf
2018
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
Self
2025
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Cowboy
1997
Duplex
Coop
2003
Wanderlust
Seth
2012
Mostra, Venise
Self
2022
Mute
Duck Teddington
2018Wild Things
Steve Wynn
Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Jan Jürgen
2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Director
2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Writer
2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
Creator
2008
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
Marshall
2000
Seekers of Infinite Love
2026
I Shot Andy Warhol
Mark
1996
The Legend of Lucy Keyes
Guy Cooley
2006
Strangers with Candy
Carlo Honklin
2006
The Ten
Jesus H. Christ
2007
The Baxter
Bradley Lake
2005
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Executive Producer
2021
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Executive Producer
2019
Romy and Michele 2
Clarence
Fallout: The Ghoul Log
Robert Edwin House (voice)
2025
Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of 'Iron Man 2'
Self
2010
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Executive Producer
2019
More Things That Happened
Devon Burke
2007
Violet
The Voice
2021
Frogs for Snakes
Flav Santana
1998
Dead Broke
James
1998
Lynch 2
Self
2007
Happy End
Jack
2003
The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short
Narrator (voice)
2016
Sirens
Officer David Bontempo
1999
Below Utopia
Daniel Beckett
1997
Broken English
Nick Gable
2007
The Sleepy Time Gal
Rebecca's Boyfriend
2001
The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
Self
2004
Return to Rajapur
2006
Dedication
Director
2007Dedication
Executive Producer
2007
Camp! The Movie
Self
2019
Billion Dollar Spy
Van Spencer
Dream House
Mark Brooks
1997