Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

42

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-09-16 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Keyser, West Virginia, USA

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.

Known For

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The View

    The View

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • Today with Hoda & Jenna

    Today with Hoda & Jenna

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • Looking for Lincoln

    Looking for Lincoln

  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

  • America: The Story of Us

    America: The Story of Us

  • Great Railway Journeys

    Great Railway Journeys

  • Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

  • 13th

    13th

  • Gospel

    Gospel

  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move

    Great Migrations: A People on the Move

  • America Beyond the Color Line

    America Beyond the Color Line

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

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

  • Africa's Great Civilizations

    Africa's Great Civilizations

  • America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

    America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

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

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

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

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

  • Leaving Cleaver

    Leaving Cleaver

  • Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

    Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

  • Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

    Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

  • Making Black America

    Making Black America

  • Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

  • Not Black Enough

    Not Black Enough

  • John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

  • Faces of America

    Faces of America

  • Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

  • Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

    Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

  • America's Library

    America's Library

  • Wonders of the African World

    Wonders of the African World

  • Birth of a Movement

    Birth of a Movement

  • Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

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

    Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

  • Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

  • A Place of Our Own

    A Place of Our Own

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

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America