ACTOR
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Known for The Simpsons · Watchmen · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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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- Born
- Sep 16, 1950
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Known For
TV
The SimpsonsHenry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice) · 1989
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
TV
WatchmenSkip Gates · 2019
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf · 2014
★ 5.8
★ 5.8
TV
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf · 2015
★ 6.1
★ 6.1
TV
The Colbert Report1 eps · 2005
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest · 2003
★ 5.3
★ 5.3
TV
The ViewSelf - Guest · 1997
★ 4.3
★ 4.3
TV
Finding Your RootsSelf - Host · 2012
★ 6.5
★ 6.5
Filmography
Movies
Color AdjustmentSelf
1992
Leaving CleaverSelf
1999Leaving CleaverWriter
1999
Let the Church Say, AmenExecutive Producer
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertySelf
2003
A Place of Our OwnSelf (as Henry Louis Gates)
2004
Looking for LincolnSelf - Host
2009Looking for LincolnExecutive Producer
2009Looking for LincolnWriter
2009
Nas: Time Is IllmaticSelf
2014
13thSelf
2016
Birth of a MovementSelf
2017
Not Black EnoughSelf
2017
America's LibrarySelf
2018HL
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarSelf
2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarExecutive Producer
2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarWriter
2019
John Lewis: Good TroubleSelf
2020
Black Art: In the Absence of LightExecutive Producer
2021
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)Executive Producer
2021
Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesSelf
2022Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesExecutive Producer
2022
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
2024
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of AmericaHimself
2024
The Gettysburg AddressSelf
2025
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseSelf
2026Television
Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
1980
The SimpsonsHenry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice) · 1 eps
1989
The ViewSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1997The ViewSelf · 1 eps
1997WO
Wonders of the African WorldHost · 6 eps
1999WO
Wonders of the African WorldWriter
1999
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest · 1 eps
2003
America Beyond the Color LineSelf - Host · 4 eps
2004America Beyond the Color LineWriter
2004
The Colbert Report1 eps
2005
America: The Story of UsSelf · 5 eps
2010FO
Faces of America4 eps
2010
Finding Your RootsSelf - Host · 127 eps
2012Finding Your RootsWriter
2012Finding Your RootsExecutive Producer
2012
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self · 6 eps
2013The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.6 eps
2013The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Creator
2013
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf · 1 eps
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2014
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf · 1 eps
2015
Black America Since MLK: And Still I RiseSelf - Presenter · 4 eps
2016Black America Since MLK: And Still I RiseWriter
2016
Africa's Great CivilizationsSelf - Presenter · 6 eps
2017Africa's Great CivilizationsWriter
2017
Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarSelf - Host · 4 eps
2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarExecutive Producer
2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarCreator
2019
Today with Jenna & SheinelleSelf · 1 eps
2019
WatchmenSkip Gates · 2 eps
2019
Who Killed Malcolm X?Executive Producer
2019
America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates) · 2 eps
2020
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongSelf - Host · 2 eps
2021The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongExecutive Producer
2021
Making Black America4 eps
2022Making Black AmericaExecutive Producer
2022Making Black AmericaWriter
2022
GospelSelf · 4 eps
2024GospelExecutive Producer
2024GospelWriter
2024
Great Migrations: A People on the MoveSelf - Host · 4 eps
2025Great Migrations: A People on the MoveExecutive Producer
2025
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven HistorySelf - Host · 4 eps
2026Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven HistoryExecutive Producer
2026Photos
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