
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Acting • Born 1950-09-16
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.
Filmography
43 credits
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Movie • 2022
Self

Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Movie • 2014
Self

America's Library
Movie • 2018
Self

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Movie • 2024
Self

Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Movie • 2016

13th
Movie • 2016
Self

Birth of a Movement
Movie • 2017
Self

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Movie • 2003
Self

A Place of Our Own
Movie • 2004
Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

Color Adjustment
Movie • 1992
Self

Not Black Enough
Movie • 2017
Self

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Movie • 2019
Self

Looking for Lincoln
Movie • 2009
Self - Host

The Gettysburg Address
Movie • 2025
Self

Leaving Cleaver
Movie • 1999
Self

John Lewis: Good Trouble
Movie • 2020
Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
Movie • 2024
Himself

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Movie • 2019
Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker

The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest

The Colbert Report
TV • 2005

Faces of America
TV • 2010

Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self - Host

Wonders of the African World
TV • 1999
Host

Africa's Great Civilizations
TV • 2017
Self - Presenter

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
TV • 2016
Self - Presenter

America Beyond the Color Line
TV • 2004
Self - Host

Gospel
TV • 2024
Self

Making Black America
TV • 2022

America: The Story of Us
TV • 2010
Self

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
TV • 2019
Self - Host

Great Railway Journeys
TV • 1980
Self - Presenter

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self

Watchmen
TV • 2019
Skip Gates

The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
TV • 2021
Self - Host

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self

Great Migrations: A People on the Move
TV • 2025
Self - Host

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV • 2019
Self

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
TV • 2013
Self

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
TV • 2026
Self - Host

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
TV • 2013

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest