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

Sep 16, 1950 - Keyser, West Virginia, USA

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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Cast

Media
Movie2022Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesSelf
Movie2014Nas: Time Is IllmaticSelf
Movie2018America's LibrarySelf
Movie2024Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
Movie2016Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Movie201613thSelf
Movie2017Birth of a MovementSelf
Movie2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertySelf
Movie2004A Place of Our OwnSelf (as Henry Louis Gates)
Movie1992Color AdjustmentSelf
Movie2017Not Black EnoughSelf
Movie2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarSelf
Movie2009Looking for LincolnSelf - Host
Movie2025The Gettysburg AddressSelf
Movie1999Leaving CleaverSelf
Movie2020John Lewis: Good TroubleSelf
Movie2024Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of AmericaHimself
Movie2019Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering AmericaSelf - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
TV Show1997The ViewSelf - Guest1
TV Show2005The Colbert Report1
TV Show2010Faces of America4
TV Show2012Finding Your RootsSelf - Host116
TV Show1999Wonders of the African WorldHost6
TV Show2017Africa's Great CivilizationsSelf - Presenter6
TV Show2016Black America Since MLK: And Still I RiseSelf - Presenter4
TV Show2004America Beyond the Color LineSelf - Host4
TV Show2024GospelSelf4
TV Show2022Making Black America4
TV Show2010America: The Story of UsSelf5
TV Show2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarSelf - Host4
TV Show1980Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf1
TV Show2019WatchmenSkip Gates2
TV Show1989The SimpsonsHenry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)1
TV Show2021The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongSelf - Host2
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2025Great Migrations: A People on the MoveSelf - Host4
TV Show2019Today with Hoda & JennaSelf1
TV Show2013The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self6
TV Show2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)2

Crew

Media
Movie2021Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)Executive ProducerProduction
Movie2022Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2009Looking for LincolnExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2009Looking for LincolnWriterWriting
Movie2003Let the Church Say, AmenExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarWriterWriting
Movie1999Leaving CleaverWriterWriting
Movie2021Black Art: In the Absence of LightExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2016Black America Since MLK: And Still I RiseWriterWriting
TV Show2017Africa's Great CivilizationsWriterWriting
TV Show2012Finding Your RootsWriterWriting
TV Show2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2019Who Killed Malcolm X?Executive ProducerProduction
TV Show2021The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022Making Black AmericaWriterWriting
TV Show2022Making Black AmericaExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2004America Beyond the Color LineWriterWriting
TV Show2012Finding Your RootsExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show1999Wonders of the African WorldWriterWriting
TV Show2024GospelExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2024GospelWriterWriting
TV Show2025Great Migrations: A People on the MoveExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2019Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarCreatorCreator
TV Show2013The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.CreatorCreator