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

September 16, 1950 (75 years old) Keyser, West Virginia, USA

Also known as: Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. , Skip Gates, Skip Gates, Jr., Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr

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

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 • TV

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 • TV

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 • TV

The View

The View

1997 • TV

The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

2025 • Movie

Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln

2009 • Movie

Movie Credits (27)

Acting

2025

The Gettysburg Address

as Self

2009

Looking for Lincoln

as Self - Host

2019

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker

2016

13th

as Self

1992

Color Adjustment

as Self

1999

Leaving Cleaver

as Self

2017

Not Black Enough

as Self

2022

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

as Self

2014

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

as Self

2017

Birth of a Movement

as Self

2003

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Self

2024

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

as Self

2020

John Lewis: Good Trouble

as Self

2024

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

as Himself

2016

Black America since MLK: And still I rise

2004

A Place of Our Own

as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

2018

America's Library

as Self

2019

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

as Self

Crew

2021

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

Executive Producer

2022

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Executive Producer

2019

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Executive Producer

2009

Looking for Lincoln

Executive Producer

2009

Looking for Lincoln

Writer

2003

Let the Church Say, Amen

Executive Producer

2019

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Writer

1999

Leaving Cleaver

Writer

2021

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Executive Producer

TV Credits (40)

Acting

1989

The Simpsons

as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)

1 episodes

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

1 episodes

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

1 episodes

1997

The View

as Self - Guest

1 episodes

2005

The Colbert Report

1 episodes

2012

Finding Your Roots

as Self - Host

120 episodes

2019

Watchmen

as Skip Gates

2 episodes

2019

Today with Hoda & Jenna

as Self

1 episodes

2010

America: The Story of Us

as Self

5 episodes

1980

Great Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

1 episodes

2004

America Beyond the Color Line

as Self - Host

4 episodes

2025

Great Migrations: A People on the Move

as Self - Host

4 episodes

2013

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

as Self

6 episodes

2016

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

as Self - Presenter

4 episodes

2024

Gospel

as Self

4 episodes

2017

Africa's Great Civilizations

as Self - Presenter

6 episodes

2020

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)

2 episodes

2010

Faces of America

4 episodes

2022

Making Black America

4 episodes

1999

Wonders of the African World

as Host

6 episodes

Crew

2016

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Writer

2017

Africa's Great Civilizations

Writer

2012

Finding Your Roots

Writer

2019

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Executive Producer

2019

Who Killed Malcolm X?

Executive Producer

2021

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

Executive Producer

2022

Making Black America

Writer

2022

Making Black America

Executive Producer

2004

America Beyond the Color Line

Writer

2012

Finding Your Roots

Executive Producer

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 16, 1950 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Keyser, West Virginia, USA
Popularity
0.9

Career Stats

27
Movies
40
TV Shows