# Harry Potter = Louis Theroux's love child?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-louis-therouxs-love-child/91473>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 4, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-louis-therouxs-love-child/91473 "2001-11-04T21:35:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-louis-therouxs-love-child/91473/1 "2001-11-04T21:35:34Z")

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Is it just me, or is Harry Potter (or at least the kid that plays him) a dead ringer for Louis Theroux (he of the Weird Weekends)? It’s a pretty spooky resemblance, I think.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-louis-therouxs-love-child/91473/2 "2001-11-05T05:09:36Z")

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Er, I think it’s just you. 😃

Although you’re not the first person to have this happen to him. Others are evidently also afflicted (scroll down).

[http://www.idler.co.uk/html/louis/louislookalikes.htm](http://www.idler.co.uk/html/louis/louislookalikes.htm)