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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RevenueActing
Primarily2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Rory
2021 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes Executive Producer
2021 Violet as The Voice
2021 False Positive as Adrian Martin
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" Executive Producer
2019 Lady and the Tramp as Tramp (voice)
2019 Joker as Ethan Chase (uncredited)
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" Executive Producer
2019 Camp! The Movie as Self
2018 On the Basis of Sex as Mel Wulf
2018 Bumblebee as Dropkick (voice)
2018 The Spy Who Dumped Me as Drew
2018 Mute as Duck Teddington
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Master Codebreaker
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie as Garmadon (voice)
2016 The Girl on the Train as Tom Watson
2016 The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short as Narrator (voice)
2016 Zoolander 2 as Evil DJ Writer
2012 Rock of Ages Screenplay
2012 Wanderlust as Seth
2011 Your Highness as Leezar
2010 Megamind as Megaminds's Father (voice) Creative Consultant
2010 Iron Man 2 Screenplay
2008 Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness as Jan Jürgen Director, Writer, Creator
2008 Tropic Thunder as UH-1 Huey Gunner (uncredited) Screenplay, Executive Producer, Story
2007 Broken English as Nick Gable
2007 Dedication Director, Executive Producer
2007 More Things That Happened as Devon Burke
2007 Lynch 2 as Self
2007 The Ten as Jesus H. Christ
2006 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
2005 The Baxter as Bradley Lake
2004 The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’ as Self
2003 Happy End as Jack
2003 Duplex as Coop
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Seamus O'Grady
2001 Zoolander as Evil DJ
2001 Mulholland Drive as Adam
2001 The Sleepy Time Gal as Rebecca's Boyfriend
2000 American Psycho as Timothy Bryce
2000 The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy as Marshall
1999 Sirens as Officer David Bontempo
1999 Mulholland Dr. as Adam
1998 Frogs for Snakes as Flav Santana
1998 Dead Broke as James
1997 Below Utopia as Daniel Beckett
1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion as Cowboy
1997 Dream House as Mark Brooks
1996 I Shot Andy Warhol as Mark