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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birth DateSep 16, 1950 (76 years old)
Zodiac Sign♍Virgo
Place of BirthKeyser, West Virginia, USA
Career Span1980 – Present (47 yrs)
Known Credits43 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 1

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Also known as:Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. Skip GatesSkip Gates, Jr.Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Total Works

43

20 movies • 23 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Simpsons
8.0
The Simpsons
1989•series
as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
Watchmen
7.6
Watchmen
2019•series
as Skip Gates
13th
7.8
13th
2016•movie
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.1
as Self

Photos & Headshots7

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 43 titles featuring Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The Simpsons
8.0
1 eps
The Simpsons
1989•series

as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)

Watchmen
7.6
2 eps
Watchmen
2019•series

as Skip Gates

13th
7.8
13th
2016•movie

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.8
1 eps

as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.1
1 eps

as Self

The Colbert Report
7.0
1 eps
The Colbert Report
2005•series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.3
1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003•series

as Self - Guest

The View
4.3
1 eps
The View
1997•series

as Self - Guest

Nas: Time Is Illmatic
6.9

as Self

Who Killed Malcolm X?
7.0

Role: Executive Producer

Finding Your Roots
6.5
127 eps
Finding Your Roots
2012•series

as Self - Host

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
6.4

as Self

Color Adjustment
6.9
Color Adjustment
1992•movie

as Self

Black Art: In the Absence of Light
6.4

Role: Executive Producer

America: The Story of Us
8.2
5 eps

as Self

John Lewis: Good Trouble
4.7

as Self

Africa's Great Civilizations
7.7
6 eps

as Self - Presenter

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
4.6

as Self

Birth of a Movement
6.4

as Self

Let the Church Say, Amen
6.4

Role: Executive Producer

Not Black Enough
7.8
Not Black Enough
2017•movie

as Self

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
7.0
4 eps

as Self - Host

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
6.0

as Self

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
3.3
1 eps

as Self

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
5.3
4 eps

as Self - Host

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
9.0
4 eps

as Self - Presenter

America Beyond the Color Line
7.5
4 eps

as Self - Host

Making Black America
6.0
4 eps
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
4.0

Role: Executive Producer

A Place of Our Own
9.0
A Place of Our Own
2004•movie

as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
7.0

as Self

Gospel
10.0
4 eps
Gospel
2024•series

as Self

Great Railway Journeys
7.0
1 eps

as Self - Presenter

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
2 eps

as Self - Host

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
10.0
6 eps

as Self

America's Library
America's Library
2018•movie

as Self

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

as Self

Looking for Lincoln

as Self - Host

The Gettysburg Address

as Self

Leaving Cleaver
Leaving Cleaver
1999•movie

as Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

as Himself

Great Migrations: A People on the Move
4 eps

as Self - Host

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2 eps

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