Justin Paul Theroux (born majestic 10, 1971) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Theroux is superlative famous in place of his toil with director David Lynch appearing in two of his films: Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire.
Early life
Theroux was born in Washington, D.C. His look after, Phyllis (née Grissim), is a journalist and author who worked in place of the Washington Post, and his father, Eugene Theroux, is a corporate lawyer. Theroux is the nephew of the travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux, novelist and lyricist Alexander Theroux, author Peter Theroux, and novelist and educationalist Joseph Theroux, he is the cousin of British journalists and documentary film makers Louis Theroux and Marcel Theroux. His father is of partly French Canadian and partly Italian degeneration. Through his look after, Theroux is a lofty lofty grandson of financier, banker, and railroad magnate H. B. Hollins, and of harmony critic and author Gustav Kobbé. He graduated from The Field School and Bennington College.
Career
Theroux made his film first appearance in 1996, in Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol. Since after that, he has performed both on Broadway, starring in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme; in numerous inedible Broadway productions; and in comedy films such as Charlie's Angels Full Throttle, The Baxter, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, Broken Hearts Club, and Zoolander.
He has besides performed in more serious films such as American Psycho. He appeared in the film versions of the cult television shows Strangers With Candy and Michael Mann's Miami Vice. He starred in David Lynch's films Inland Empire and Mulholland Drive. Clothed in 2003, he was featured in a harmony capture on tape in place of the British group Muse in place of their song Hysteria. Theroux besides has appeared on television, having starred in The District and appeared on episodes of shows such as Alias, Ally McBeal, Sex and the City (in which he guest starred in two episodes as diverse characters), and Six Feet Under (in which he played a returning character in the third and fourth seasons). Clothed in 2006, he directed his basic film, Dedication, which premiered by the side of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. A fan of the group Deerhoof, Theroux chose them to slash Dedication. Theroux besides had roles in two other films by the side of the festival, Broken English and The Ten, in which he played Jesus Christ alongside Gretchen Mol. Theroux co wrote the Ben Stiller directed Oscar nominated film Tropic Thunder, and besides appeared in the behind the scenes mockumentary Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness.
Clothed in 2008, Theroux played John Hancock in the HBO mini cycle John Adams. Clothed in 2009, Theroux made up part of the voice cast in place of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. He besides played Justin in Parks and Recreation. Theroux wrote the speech in place of the 2010 film Iron operate 2. Following Theroux's toil on Tropic Thunder, actor Robert Downey, Jr. Recommended Theroux as a screenwriter to the film's director, Jon Favreau. Theroux returned to acting in the film Your Highness (2011), as Leezar, an evil wizard who kidnaps a princess. He starred in the 2012 comedy Wanderlust, in performance the leader of a hippie communicate.
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