
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Acting
Born 1950-09-16 · Keyser, West Virginia, USA
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

6.2
Finding Your Roots
2012 · TV

8.0
The Simpsons
1989 · TV

10.0
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2013 · TV

8.0
Africa's Great Civilizations
2017 · TV

8.2
America: The Story of Us
2010 · TV

10.0
Gospel
2024 · TV

9.0
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
2016 · TV

7.5
America Beyond the Color Line
2004 · TV

7.0
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019 · TV

6.0
Making Black America
2022 · TV

5.3
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
2026 · TV

Great Migrations: A People on the Move
2025 · TV

7.6
Watchmen
2019 · TV

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020 · TV

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
2021 · TV

7.0
Great Railway Journeys
1980 · TV

3.3
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019 · TV

5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV

6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV

6.9
The Colbert Report
2005 · TV

4.4
The View
1997 · TV