Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Known for
Acting
Born
September 16, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause poster

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

Movie · as Self

2026
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History poster

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

2025
The Gettysburg Address poster

The Gettysburg Address

Movie · as Self

2025
Great Migrations: A People on the Move poster

Great Migrations: A People on the Move

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

2024
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. poster

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Movie · as Self

2024
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America poster

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

Movie · as Himself

2024
Gospel poster

Gospel

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches poster

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Movie · as Self

2022
Making Black America poster

Making Black America

TV · 4 eps

2021
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song poster

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

TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

2020
John Lewis: Good Trouble poster

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Movie · as Self

2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump poster

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

TV · as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates) · 2 eps

2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War poster

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Movie · as Self

2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Movie · as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker

2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War poster

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

2019
Watchmen poster

Watchmen

TV · as Skip Gates · 2 eps

2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
America's Library poster

America's Library

Movie · as Self

2017
Birth of a Movement poster

Birth of a Movement

Movie · as Self

2017
Not Black Enough poster

Not Black Enough

Movie · as Self

2017
Africa's Great Civilizations poster

Africa's Great Civilizations

TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps

2016
13th poster

13th

Movie · as Self

2016
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise poster

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

TV · as Self - Presenter · 4 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic poster

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Movie · as Self

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. poster

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

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2012
Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots

TV · as Self - Host · 127 eps

2010
Faces of America

Faces of America

TV · 4 eps

2010
America: The Story of Us poster

America: The Story of Us

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2009
Looking for Lincoln poster

Looking for Lincoln

Movie · as Self - Host

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · 1 ep

2004
A Place of Our Own poster

A Place of Our Own

Movie · as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

2004
America Beyond the Color Line poster

America Beyond the Color Line

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property poster

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Movie · as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1999
Leaving Cleaver poster

Leaving Cleaver

Movie · as Self

1999
Wonders of the African World

Wonders of the African World

TV · as Host · 6 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Color Adjustment poster

Color Adjustment

Movie · as Self

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice) · 1 ep

1980
Great Railway Journeys poster

Great Railway Journeys

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep