Biography
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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
as Rory
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside ...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021
Executive Producer
The live special event features reenactments of episodes from “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes”.

Violet
2021
as The Voice
Violet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.

False Positive
2021
as Adrian Martin
After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy and Adrian finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle. But after...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
Executive Producer
Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."

Lady and the Tramp
2019
as Tramp (voice)
The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp. Lady finds herself out on the street after her owner...

Joker
2019
as Ethan Chase (uncredited)
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychop...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
Executive Producer
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."

Camp! The Movie
2019
as Self
At the Met Gala 2019, Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Kim Kardashian West, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Celine Dion, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Harry Styles, Bette...

On the Basis of Sex
2018
as Mel Wulf
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century o...

Bumblebee
2018
as Dropkick (voice)
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to ...

The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018
as Drew
A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartme...

Mute
2018
as Duck Teddington
A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
as Master Codebreaker
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resist...

The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
as Garmadon (voice)
Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehi...

The Girl on the Train
2016
as Tom Watson
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her ...

The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Master Wu gets into a conflict with Chicken.

Zoolander 2
2016
as Evil DJ
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.

Zoolander 2
2016
Writer
Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.

Rock of Ages
2012
Screenplay
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Wanderlust
2012
as Seth
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commun...

Your Highness
2011
as Leezar
A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.

Megamind
2010
as Megaminds's Father (voice)
After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act t...

Megamind
2010
Creative Consultant
After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act t...

Iron Man 2
2010
Screenplay
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the p...

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008
as Jan Jürgen
A behind-the-scenes mockumentary of Tropic Thunder.

Tropic Thunder: Rain of Madness
2008
Writer, Director, Creator
A behind-the-scenes mockumentary of Tropic Thunder.

Tropic Thunder
2008
as UH-1 Huey Gunner (uncredited)
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the fru...

Tropic Thunder
2008
Executive Producer, Story, Screenplay
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the fru...

Broken English
2007
as Nick Gable
Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she's ...

Dedication
2007
Director, Executive Producer
A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after ...

Lynch 2
2007
as Self
Follow up of the Lynch documentary on the making of Inland Empire. Released as an extra on the Inland Empire DVD.

More Things That Happened
2007
as Devon Burke
A collection of deleted scenes from David Lynch's 2006 surrealist horror Inland Empire.

The Ten
2007
as Jesus H. Christ
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

Inland Empire
2006
as Devon Berk / Billy Side
As a Hollywood actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

Return to Rajapur
2006
A doomed love affair blooms against the beautiful and exotic backdrop of the deserts of India in this romantic drama. Samantha Hartley (Kelli Garner) ...

Miami Vice
2006
as Det. Larry Zito
A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox C...

Strangers with Candy
2006
as Carlo Honklin
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her l...

The Legend of Lucy Keyes
2006
as Guy Cooley
When an urban family moves to a rural New England town with secrets, little do they know that their new house holds a history of tragic sorrow.

The Baxter
2005
as Bradley Lake
A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he c...

The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
2004
as Self
A short documentary about the making of David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive.

Happy End
2003
as Jack
Val is 23 years old and full of dreams. She travels to New York to become an actress. She is lonely in a strange country, in a strange city, with litt...

Duplex
2003
as Coop
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
as Seamus O'Grady
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Progra...

Zoolander
2001
as Evil DJ
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's...

Mulholland Drive
2001
as Adam
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two s...

The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
as Rebecca's Boyfriend
A young woman learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job and goes on a journey to find her birth mother.

American Psycho
2000
as Timothy Bryce
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his i...

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
as Marshall
A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood...

Sirens
1999
as Officer David Bontempo
Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Dennehy star in this moving, suspenseful drama about one...

Mulholland Dr.
1999
as Adam

Frogs for Snakes
1998
as Flav Santana
A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater....

Dead Broke
1998
as James
A detective investigates a murder that has taken place outside a debt collection agency in Brooklyn. A motley assortment of suspects includes the empl...

Below Utopia
1997
as Daniel Beckett
Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by...

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997
as Cowboy
Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their suc...
Dream House
1997
as Mark Brooks
Two couples accidentally rent the same house for the summer.

I Shot Andy Warhol
1996
as Mark
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a f...

Billion Dollar Spy
N/A
as Van Spencer
Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the late Cold War, Adolf Tolkachev, an ordinary man who risks everything to pass thousands of pages of top-sec...