Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting43
tvGreat Migrations: A People on the Move
2025
Self - Host
tvGospel
2024
Self
tvAmerica's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
tvWatchmen
2019
Skip Gates
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
tvAfrica's Great Civilizations
2017
Self - Presenter
tvBlack America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
2016
Self - Presenter
movie13th
2016
Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self / Self - Guest
tvFinding Your Roots
2012
Self - Host
movieLooking for Lincoln
2009
Self - Host
movieA Place of Our Own
2004
Self (as Henry Louis Gates)
tvAmerica Beyond the Color Line
2004
Self - Host
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest / Self
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
tvGreat Railway Journeys
1980
Self - Presenter
Production14
tvBlack and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
2026
Executive Producer
tvGreat Migrations: A People on the Move
2025
Executive Producer
tvGospel
2024
Executive Producer
tvMaking Black America
2022
Executive Producer
movieFrederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022
Executive Producer
movieCivil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
2021
Executive Producer
tvThe Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
2021
Executive Producer
movieBlack Art: In the Absence of Light
2021
Executive Producer
tvWho Killed Malcolm X?
2019
Executive Producer
movieReconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019
Executive Producer
tvReconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019
Executive Producer
tvFinding Your Roots
2012
Executive Producer
movieLooking for Lincoln
2009
Executive Producer
movieLet the Church Say, Amen
2003
Executive Producer