Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Acting

Born:
1950-09-16
Place of birth:
Keyser, West Virginia, USA

Biography

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.

Known For

Filmography

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

6.02026Self
Movie
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

5.32026Self - Host
TV
The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

2025Self
Movie
Great Migrations: A People on the Move

Great Migrations: A People on the Move

2025Self - Host
TV
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

2024Himself
Movie
Gospel

Gospel

10.02024Self
TV
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

2024Self
Movie
Making Black America

Making Black America

7.32022
TV
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

4.62022Self
Movie
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

4.02021Executive Producer
Movie
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

2021Self - Host
TV
Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

6.42021Executive Producer
Movie
John Lewis: Good Trouble

John Lewis: Good Trouble

4.72020Self
Movie
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

2020Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
TV
Watchmen

Watchmen

7.62019Skip Gates
TV
Who Killed Malcolm X?

Who Killed Malcolm X?

7.02019Executive Producer
TV
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

7.02019Self
Movie
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

7.02019Self - Host
TV
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

3.32019Self
TV
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

2019Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
Movie
America's Library

America's Library

2018Self
Movie
Not Black Enough

Not Black Enough

7.82017Self
Movie
Africa's Great Civilizations

Africa's Great Civilizations

7.72017Self - Presenter
TV
Birth of a Movement

Birth of a Movement

6.42017Self
Movie
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

9.32016Self - Presenter
TV
13th

13th

7.82016Self
Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.12015Self
TV
Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

6.92014Self
Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.82014Self - Guest
TV
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

10.02013
TV
Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots

6.22012Self - Host
TV
America: The Story of Us

America: The Story of Us

8.22010Self
TV
Faces of America

Faces of America

8.02010
TV
Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln

2009Self - Host
Movie
The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

7.02005
TV
A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own

9.02004Self (as Henry Louis Gates)
Movie
America Beyond the Color Line

America Beyond the Color Line

7.52004Self - Host
TV
Let the Church Say, Amen

Let the Church Say, Amen

6.42003Executive Producer
Movie
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

6.42003Self
Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.32003Self - Guest
TV
Wonders of the African World

Wonders of the African World

1999Host
TV
Leaving Cleaver

Leaving Cleaver

1999Self
Movie
The View

The View

4.31997Self
TV
Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

6.91992Self
Movie
The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8.01989Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
TV
Great Railway Journeys

Great Railway Journeys

7.01980Self - Presenter
TV