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My Take
Theroux fascinates me because he refuses to be one thing. Most actors who write, or writers who act, end up diluted on both fronts — he somehow sharpens. His work with David Lynch showed a performer comfortable inside ambiguity, willing to be a vessel rather than a star, and that same selflessness shows up in his screenwriting, where the joke always serves the material. I also admire how he ages on screen: leaner, stranger, more interesting. He is the rare multi-hyphenate whose side pursuits feel like extensions of one restless intelligence rather than career hedging. Whenever his name appears in the credits, I expect something slightly off-center, and he almost always delivers.
Overview
Justin Paul Theroux ( thə-ROH; born August 10, 1971) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his partnership with David Lynch on the surrealist art films Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Justin Theroux
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャスティン・セロー
- Reading
- じゃすてぃん・せろー
- Born
- August 10, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / film producer / film director / screenwriter / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Bennington College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Wanderlust | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.