Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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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Filmography

2025

The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/19/2025
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 1/28/2025

2024

Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/9/2024
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
as Himself
Movie - Released: 12/10/2024
Gospel
Gospel
as Self
TV - Released: 2/12/2024

2022

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/23/2022
Making Black America
Making Black America
TV - Released: 10/4/2022

2021

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 2/16/2021

2020

Frontline: America's Great Divide
Frontline: America's Great Divide
as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
Movie - Released: 1/13/2020
John Lewis: Good Trouble
John Lewis: Good Trouble
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/3/2020

2019

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/9/2019
Movie
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
Movie - Released: 3/5/2019
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 4/9/2019
Watchmen
Watchmen
as Skip Gates
TV - Released: 10/20/2019
TV
Today with Hoda & Jenna
as Self
TV - Released: 4/8/2019

2018

America's Library
America's Library
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/31/2018

2017

Birth of a Movement
Birth of a Movement
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/6/2017
Not Black Enough
Not Black Enough
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/28/2017
Africa's Great Civilizations
Africa's Great Civilizations
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 2/27/2017

2016

Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Movie - Released: 10/1/2016
13th
13th
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/7/2016
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 11/15/2016

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/4/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014

2012

Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 3/24/2012

2010

TV
Faces of America
TV - Released: 2/10/2010
America: The Story of Us
America: The Story of Us
as Self
TV - Released: 4/25/2010

2009

Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 2/11/2009

2005

The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
TV - Released: 10/17/2005

2004

A Place of Our Own
A Place of Our Own
as Self (as Henry Louis Gates)
Movie - Released: 2/11/2004
America Beyond the Color Line
America Beyond the Color Line
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 2/3/2004

2003

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/16/2003

1999

Leaving Cleaver
Leaving Cleaver
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999
TV
Wonders of the African World
as Host
TV - Released: 10/25/1999

1997

The View
The View
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1992

Color Adjustment
Color Adjustment
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/29/1992

1989

The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1980

Great Railway Journeys
Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 10/23/1980