Acting
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Also Known As: Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. , Skip Gates, Skip Gates, Jr.
Birth Date
September 16, 1950
(75 years old)
Place of Birth
Keyser, West Virginia, USA
Popularity
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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.
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TV Show
The Simpsons
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
1989 • 1 episode
star5.8
TV Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014 • 1 episode
star6.1
TV Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015 • 1 episode
star6.9
TV Show
The Colbert Report
2005 • 1 episode
star5.3
TV Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003 • 1 episode
star4.3
TV Show
The View
Self - Guest
1997 • 1 episode
star3.3
TV Show
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019 • 1 episode
star6.5
TV Show
Finding Your Roots
Self - Host
2012 • 126 episodes
star7.6
TV Show
Watchmen
Skip Gates
2019 • 2 episodes
star8.2
TV Show
America: The Story of Us
Self
2010 • 5 episodes
star7.0
TV Show
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
1980 • 1 episode
Movie
The Gettysburg Address
Self
2025
star7.8
Movie
13th
Self
2016
star6.9
Movie
Color Adjustment
Self
1992
star7.5
TV Show
America Beyond the Color Line
Self - Host
2004 • 4 episodes
star6.0
Movie
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Self
2026
star6.4
Movie
Birth of a Movement
Self
2017
star7.0
Movie
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Self
2014
TV Show
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
2020 • 2 episodes
star5.3
TV Show
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
Self - Host
2026 • 4 episodes