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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Acting • AGE 75

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 Hutchi...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Acting

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

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

Self

2026

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

Self - Host

2026

The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

Self

2025

Great Migrations: A People on the Move

Great Migrations: A People on the Move

Self - Host

2025

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America

Himself

2024

Gospel

Gospel

Self

2024

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self

2024

Making Black America

Making Black America

2022

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Self

2022

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)

Executive Producer

2021

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

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

Self - Host

2021

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

Executive Producer

2021

John Lewis: Good Trouble

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Self

2020

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)

2020

Watchmen

Watchmen

Skip Gates

2019

Who Killed Malcolm X?

Who Killed Malcolm X?

Executive Producer

2019

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Self

2019

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

Self - Host

2019

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

Self

2019

America's Library

America's Library

Self

2018

Not Black Enough

Not Black Enough

Self

2017

Africa's Great Civilizations

Africa's Great Civilizations

Self - Presenter

2017

Birth of a Movement

Birth of a Movement

Self

2017

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Self - Presenter

2016

13th

13th

Self

2016

Black America since MLK: And still I rise

Black America since MLK: And still I rise

2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

2015

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Self

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

2014

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

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

Self

2013

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots

Self - Host

2012

America: The Story of Us

America: The Story of Us

Self

2010

Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln

Self - Host

2009

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

2005

A Place of Our Own

A Place of Our Own

Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

2004

America Beyond the Color Line

America Beyond the Color Line

Self - Host

2004

Let the Church Say, Amen

Let the Church Say, Amen

Executive Producer

2003

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Self

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Guest

2003

Leaving Cleaver

Leaving Cleaver

Self

1999

The View

The View

Self - Guest

1997

Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

Self

1992

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)

1989

Great Railway Journeys

Great Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

1980