Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Known for acting · Born 16 September 1950 · 76 · Keyser, West Virginia, USA
62 credits
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
13th
2016
Finding Your Roots
2012
Watchmen
2019
Africa's Great Civilizations
2017
The Simpsons
1989
Wonders of the African World
Wonders of the African World
1999
Birth of a Movement
2017
Making Black America
2022
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
2016
America Beyond the Color Line
2004
Not Black Enough
2017
Gospel
2024
Acting (42)
2026W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseSelfFilm
2026Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven HistorySelf - Host · 4 episodesSeries
2025The Gettysburg AddressSelfFilm
2025Great Migrations: A People on the MoveSelf - Host · 4 episodesSeries
2024GospelSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2024Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.SelfFilm
2024Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of AmericaHimselfFilm
2022Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesSelfFilm
2022Making Black America · 4 episodesSeries
2021The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongSelf - Host · 2 episodesSeries
2020John Lewis: Good TroubleSelfFilm
2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates) · 2 episodesSeries
2019WatchmenSkip Gates · 2 episodesSeries
2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarSelf - Host · 4 episodesSeries
2019Today with Jenna & SheinelleSelfSeries
2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarSelfFilm
2019Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Professor, Author and FilmmakerFilm
2018America's LibrarySelfFilm
2017Africa's Great CivilizationsSelf - Presenter · 6 episodesSeries
2017Birth of a MovementSelfFilm
2017Not Black EnoughSelfFilm
201613thSelfFilm
2016Black America Since MLK: And Still I RiseSelf - Presenter · 4 episodesSeries
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelfSeries
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf, Self - GuestSeries
2014Nas: Time Is IllmaticSelfFilm
2013The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self · 6 episodesSeries
2012Finding Your RootsSelf - Host · 127 episodesSeries
2010America: The Story of UsSelf · 5 episodesSeries
2010Faces of America · 4 episodesSeries
2009Looking for LincolnSelf - HostFilm
2005The Colbert ReportSeries
2004America Beyond the Color LineSelf - Host · 4 episodesSeries
2004A Place of Our OwnSelf (as Henry Louis Gates)Film
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - GuestSeries
2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertySelfFilm
1999Leaving CleaverSelfFilm
1999Wonders of the African WorldHost · 6 episodesSeries
1997The ViewSelf - GuestSeries
1992Color AdjustmentSelfFilm
1989The SimpsonsHenry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)Series
1980Great Railway JourneysSelf - PresenterSeries
Creator (1)
2013The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.CreatorSeries
Production (13)
2026Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven HistoryExecutive ProducerSeries
2025Great Migrations: A People on the MoveExecutive ProducerSeries
2024GospelExecutive Producer, WriterSeries
2022Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesExecutive ProducerFilm
2022Making Black AmericaExecutive Producer, WriterSeries
2021Black Art: In the Absence of LightExecutive ProducerFilm
2021Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)Executive ProducerFilm
2021The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongExecutive ProducerSeries
2019Who Killed Malcolm X?Executive ProducerSeries
2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarExecutive Producer, CreatorSeries
2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarExecutive Producer, WriterFilm
2009Looking for LincolnExecutive Producer, WriterFilm
2003Let the Church Say, AmenExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (6)
2017Africa's Great CivilizationsWriterSeries
2016Black America Since MLK: And Still I RiseWriterSeries
2012Finding Your RootsWriter, Executive ProducerSeries
2004America Beyond the Color LineWriterSeries
1999Leaving CleaverWriterFilm
1999Wonders of the African WorldWriterSeries