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.
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Filmography
Acting (43)
Movies (19)
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026as Self
The Gettysburg Address
2025as Self
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
2024as Himself
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2024as Self
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022as Self
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020as Self
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019as Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
America's Library
2018as Self
Not Black Enough
2017as Self
Birth of a Movement
2017as Self
13th
2016as Self
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014as Self
Looking for Lincoln
2009as Self - Host
A Place of Our Own
2004as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003as Self
Leaving Cleaver
1999as Self
Color Adjustment
1992as Self
Television (24)
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
2026as Self - Host
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
2025as Self - Host
Gospel
2024as Self
Making Black America
2022
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
2021as Self - Host
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
Watchmen
2019as Skip Gates
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019as Self
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019as Self - Host
Africa's Great Civilizations
2017as Self - Presenter
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
2016as Self - Presenter
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014as Self
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2013as Self
Finding Your Roots
2012as Self - Host
America: The Story of Us
2010as Self
Faces of America
2010
The Colbert Report
2005
America Beyond the Color Line
2004as Self - Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self - Guest
Wonders of the African World
1999as Host
The View
1997as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
Great Railway Journeys
1980as Self - Presenter
Crew (23)
Movies (8)
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022Executive Producer
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
2021Executive Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021Executive Producer
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019Executive Producer
Looking for Lincoln
2009Executive Producer
Looking for Lincoln
2009Writer
Let the Church Say, Amen
2003Executive Producer
Leaving Cleaver
1999Writer
Television (15)
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
2026Executive Producer
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
2025Executive Producer
Gospel
2024Executive Producer
Gospel
2024Writer
Making Black America
2022Executive Producer
Making Black America
2022Writer
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
2021Executive Producer
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019Executive Producer
Who Killed Malcolm X?
2019Executive Producer
Africa's Great Civilizations
2017Writer
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
2016Writer
Finding Your Roots
2012Executive Producer
Finding Your Roots
2012Writer
America Beyond the Color Line
2004Writer
Wonders of the African World
1999Writer
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