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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1950-09-16 (74 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 49

self 38

Movies 27

TV Shows 22

Producer 4

Narrator 1

Creator 1

Self
The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address (2025)

Movie
Self - Host
Gospel

Gospel (2024)

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

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

Movie
Self
Making Black America

Making Black America (2022)

TV
Self / Executive Producer
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)

Movie
Executive Producer
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) (2021)

Movie
Self - Host / Executive Producer
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song (2021)

TV
Executive Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)

Movie
Self
John Lewis: Good Trouble

John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)

Movie
6.45
Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
Frontline: America's Great Divide

Frontline: America's Great Divide (2020)

Movie
Skip Gates
Watchmen

Watchmen (2019)

TV
6.69
Executive Producer
Who Killed Malcolm X?

Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)

TV
Actor
Railroad Ties

Railroad Ties (2019)

Movie
Self - Host
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (2019)

TV
Self - Host
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (2019)

Movie
Self
America's Library

America's Library (2018)

Movie
Self - Harvard Professor
Detroit: Comeback City

Detroit: Comeback City (2018)

Movie
Self
Not Black Enough

Not Black Enough (2017)

Movie
Self - Historian
Ken Burns: America's Storyteller

Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)

Movie
Self - Presenter
Africa's Great Civilizations

Africa's Great Civilizations (2017)

TV
Self
Birth of a Movement

Birth of a Movement (2017)

Movie
Host - Narrator
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (2016)

TV
Self
13th

13th (2016)

Movie
8
Black America since MLK: And still I rise

Black America since MLK: And still I rise (2016)

Movie
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

TV
2
Self
The Hip-Hop Fellow

The Hip-Hop Fellow (2014)

Movie
Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014)

Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)

TV
6.58
Creator
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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

TV
Self - Harvard University
Mankind: The Story of All of Us

Mankind: The Story of All of Us (2012)

TV
10
Self - Host / Executive Producer / Writer
Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots (2012)

TV
Self
America: The Story of Us

America: The Story of Us (2010)

TV
Self - Host
Faces of America

Faces of America (2010)

TV
Self
Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln (2009)

Movie
Self
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun

Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun (2008)

Movie
The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report (2005)

TV
6.27
Self
A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own (2004)

Movie
Presenter
America Beyond the Color Line

America Beyond the Color Line (2004)

TV
Executive Producer
Let the Church Say, Amen

Let the Church Say, Amen (2003)

Movie
Self
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)

Movie
3.5
Self
Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

Ralph Ellison: An American Journey (2002)

Movie
Self - Host
Wonders of the African World

Wonders of the African World (1999)

TV
Self / Writer
Leaving Cleaver

Leaving Cleaver (1999)

Movie
Self - Guest
The View

The View (1997)

TV
5.5
Self
Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment (1992)

Movie
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
The Simpsons

The Simpsons (1989)

TV
6.75
Self - Presenter
Great Railway Journeys

Great Railway Journeys (1980)

TV
Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

Movie
Self
African American Lives

African American Lives

TV
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1950-09-16 (74 years old)

Birth Place
Keyser, United States

Citizenships
United States

Residences
West Virginia, United States of America

Also Known As
Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. , Skip Gates, Skip Gates, Jr.

Awards
Jefferson Lecture, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, National Humanities Medal, Carl Sandburg Literary Award, Heartland Prize, NAA Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction, Lillian Smith Book Award, MacArthur Fellows Program, George Polk Award, American Book Awards

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