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
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
- Black Art: In the Absence of Light ... (Executive Producer)
- Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) ... (Executive Producer)
- The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song as Self - Host
2020
- John Lewis: Good Trouble as Self
- America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
2019
- Watchmen as Skip Gates
- Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
- Who Killed Malcolm X? ... (Executive Producer)
- Reconstruction: America After the Civil War as Self
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
- Reconstruction: America After the Civil War as Self - Host
2018
- America's Library as Self
2017
- Africa's Great Civilizations as Self - Presenter
- Birth of a Movement as Self
- Not Black Enough 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
- Leaving Cleaver as Self
- Wonders of the African World as Host
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