Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Born: 1950-09-16 in 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.
Filmography
2026
- Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History as Self - Host
- W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause as Self
2025
- The Gettysburg Address as Self
- Great Migrations: A People on the Move as Self - Host
2024
- Gospel as Self
- Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America as Himself
2022
2021
- Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) ... (Executive Producer)
- Black Art: In the Absence of Light ... (Executive Producer)
- The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song as Self - Host
2020
- America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
- John Lewis: Good Trouble as Self
2019
- Watchmen as Skip Gates
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle as Self
- Who Killed Malcolm X? ... (Executive Producer)
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
- Reconstruction: America After the Civil War as Self - Host
- Reconstruction: America After the Civil War as Self
2018
- America's Library as Self
2017
- Africa's Great Civilizations as Self - Presenter
- Not Black Enough as Self
- Birth of a Movement as Self
2016
- 13th as Self
- Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise as Self - Presenter
- Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2015
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Nas: Time Is Illmatic as Self
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self - Host
2010
2009
- Looking for Lincoln as Self - Host
2005
2004
- America Beyond the Color Line as Self - Host
- A Place of Our Own as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)
2003
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property as Self
- Let the Church Say, Amen ... (Executive Producer)
1999
- Wonders of the African World as Host
- Leaving Cleaver as Self
1997
- The View as Self - Guest
1992
- Color Adjustment as Self
1989
- The Simpsons as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
1980
- Great Railway Journeys as Self - Presenter