Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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.
Acting
2026
2025
2024
Gospel
Self
2022
2020
2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
2019
Watchmen
Skip Gates
2019
2017
Africa's Great Civilizations
Self - Presenter
2016
13th
Self
2015
2014
2014
2012
Finding Your Roots
Self - Host
2010
2005
The Colbert Report
Unknown
2003
1997
The View
Self - Guest
1992
Color Adjustment
Self
1989
The Simpsons
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
1980
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
Production
2026
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
Executive Producer
2024
Gospel
Executive Producer
2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Executive Producer
2019
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Executive Producer
2012
Finding Your Roots
Executive Producer
Writing
Infos
Full Name
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Gender
Male
Male
Date of Birth
9/16/1950
9/16/1950
Also Known As
Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr.
Skip Gates
Skip Gates, Jr.