Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

40

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 Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The View

    The View

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

  • Today with Hoda & Jenna

    Today with Hoda & Jenna

  • Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

    Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

  • America: The Story of Us

    America: The Story of Us

  • Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

  • America Beyond the Color Line

    America Beyond the Color Line

  • Great Railway Journeys

    Great Railway Journeys

  • America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

    America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

  • Gospel

    Gospel

  • Looking for Lincoln

    Looking for Lincoln

  • 13th

    13th

  • Making Black America

    Making Black America

  • Great Migrations: A People on the Move

    Great Migrations: A People on the Move

  • Birth of a Movement

    Birth of a Movement

  • Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

  • John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

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

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

  • Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

  • Africa's Great Civilizations

    Africa's Great Civilizations

  • Wonders of the African World

    Wonders of the African World

  • Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

    Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

  • Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

    Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

  • Faces of America

    Faces of America

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

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

  • Black America since MLK: And still I rise

    Black America since MLK: And still I rise

  • America's Library

    America's Library

  • Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

  • Not Black Enough

    Not Black Enough

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

    Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

  • A Place of Our Own

    A Place of Our Own

  • Leaving Cleaver

    Leaving Cleaver

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

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America