Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

male

Born on September 16, 1950 (74 years old)

From Keyser, West Virginia, USA

Known for Acting

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.

Cast Credits

2025
- The Gettysburg Address
  as
  Self
  2025
- Great Migrations: A People on the Move
  as
  Self - Host
  2025
2024
- Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  as
  Self
  2024
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
  as
  Himself
  2024
- Gospel
  as
  Self
  2024
2022
- Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
  as
  Self
  2022
- Making Black America
  2022
2021
- The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
  as
  Self - Host
  2021
2020
- Frontline: America's Great Divide
  as
  Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
  2020
- John Lewis: Good Trouble
  as
  Self
  2020
2019
- Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
  as
  Self
  2019
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  Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
  as
  Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
  2019
- Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
  as
  Self - Host
  2019
- Watchmen
  as
  Skip Gates
  2019
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  Today with Hoda & Jenna
  as
  Self
  2019
2018
- America's Library
  as
  Self
  2018
2017
- Birth of a Movement
  as
  Self
  2017
- Not Black Enough
  as
  Self
  2017
- Africa's Great Civilizations
  as
  Self - Presenter
  2017
2016
- Black America since MLK: And still I rise
  2016
- 13th
  as
  Self
  2016
- Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
  as
  Self - Presenter
  2016
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  as
  Self
  2015
2014
- Nas: Time Is Illmatic
  as
  Self
  2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
  as
  Self
  2014
2013
- The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  as
  Self
  2013
2012
- Finding Your Roots
  as
  Self - Host
  2012
2010
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  Faces of America
  2010
- America: The Story of Us
  as
  Self
  2010
2009
- Looking for Lincoln
  as
  Self - Host
  2009
2005
- The Colbert Report
  2005
2004
- A Place of Our Own
  as
  Self (as Henry Louis Gates)
  2004
- America Beyond the Color Line
  as
  Self - Host
  2004
2003
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
  as
  Self
  2003
1999
- Leaving Cleaver
  as
  Self
  1999
- no image
  Wonders of the African World
  as
  Host
  1999
1997
- The View
  as
  Self - Guest
  1997
1992
- Color Adjustment
  as
  Self
  1992
1989
- The Simpsons
  as
  Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
  1989
1980
- Great Railway Journeys
  as
  Self - Presenter
  1980

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Biography

Cast Credits

The Gettysburg Address

Great Migrations: A People on the Move

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

Gospel

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Making Black America

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

Frontline: America's Great Divide

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Watchmen

Today with Hoda & Jenna

America's Library

Birth of a Movement

Not Black Enough

Africa's Great Civilizations

Black America since MLK: And still I rise

13th

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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

Finding Your Roots

Faces of America

America: The Story of Us

Looking for Lincoln

The Colbert Report

A Place of Our Own

America Beyond the Color Line

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Leaving Cleaver

Wonders of the African World

The View

Color Adjustment

The Simpsons

Great Railway Journeys

Crew Credits

Great Migrations: A People on the Move

Gospel

Gospel

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Making Black America

Making Black America

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

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

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

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Who Killed Malcolm X?

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Africa's Great Civilizations

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

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

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots

Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln

America Beyond the Color Line

Let the Church Say, Amen

Leaving Cleaver

Wonders of the African World