Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
as Self
2022

Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2014

America's Library
as Self
2018

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

Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016

13th
as Self
2016

Birth of a Movement
as Self
2017

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Self
2003

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

Color Adjustment
as Self
1992

Not Black Enough
as Self
2017

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
as Self
2019

Looking for Lincoln
as Self - Host
2009

The Gettysburg Address
as Self
2025

Leaving Cleaver
as Self
1999

John Lewis: Good Trouble
as Self
2020

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
as Himself
2024
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
2019
TV Appearances

The View
as Self - Guest
1997

The Colbert Report
2005
Faces of America
2010

Finding Your Roots
as Self - Host
2012
Wonders of the African World
as Host
1999

Africa's Great Civilizations
as Self - Presenter
2017

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

America Beyond the Color Line
as Self - Host
2004

Gospel
as Self
2024

Making Black America
2022

America: The Story of Us
as Self
2010

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
as Self - Host
2019
