Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

1950-09-16 Keyser, West Virginia, USA Male 39 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-09-16

Place of Birth

Keyser, West Virginia, USA

Known Credits

39

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. , Skip Gates, Skip Gates, Jr.

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TV Credits

The Simpsons

1989

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice) (1 episodes)

The Colbert Report

2005

(1 episodes)

The View

1997

Self - Guest (1 episodes)

Finding Your Roots

2012

Self - Host (116 episodes)

Watchmen

2019

Skip Gates (2 episodes)

Today with Hoda & Jenna

2019

Self (1 episodes)

America: The Story of Us

2010

Self (5 episodes)

Great Railway Journeys

1980

Self - Presenter (1 episodes)

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

2020

Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates) (2 episodes)

Gospel

2024

Self (4 episodes)

America Beyond the Color Line

2004

Self - Host (4 episodes)

Great Migrations: A People on the Move

2025

Self - Host (4 episodes)

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

2019

Self - Host (4 episodes)

Africa's Great Civilizations

2017

Self - Presenter (6 episodes)

Making Black America

2022

(4 episodes)

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

2016

Self - Presenter (4 episodes)

Wonders of the African World

1999

Host (6 episodes)

Faces of America

2010

(4 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Executive Producer

2021

Let the Church Say, Amen

Executive Producer

2003

Leaving Cleaver

Writer

1999

Looking for Lincoln

Executive Producer

2009

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