Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Born 1950-09-16 Keyser, West Virginia, USA 47 credits BAFTA Awards 1 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction 1 honorary doctor of Caen University 1 Carl Sandburg Literary Award 1

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award

BAFTA Awards 1 won

  • 2021 Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy Won

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction 1 won · 2 nominated

  • 2014 Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction Nominated
  • 2010 Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction Won
  • 2005 Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction Nominated

honorary doctor of Caen University 1 won

  • 2007 honorary doctor of Caen University Won

Carl Sandburg Literary Award 1 won

  • 2004 Carl Sandburg Literary Award Won

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction 1 nominated

  • 2003 Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Nominated The Bondwoman's Narrative

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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
Acting 39 credits
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
1989 · 82% · Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · 67% · Self, Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · 70% · Self
The View
The View
1997 · ★ 4.3 · Self - Guest, Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · 55% · Self - Guest
Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots
2012 · 78% · Writer, Executive Producer, Self - Host
Watchmen
Watchmen
2019 · 78% · Skip Gates
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019 · Self
America: The Story of Us
America: The Story of Us
2010 · Self
Great Railway Journeys
Great Railway Journeys
1980 · Self - Presenter
13th
13th
2016 · 80% · Self
America Beyond the Color Line
America Beyond the Color Line
2004 · Writer, Self - Host
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020 · Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Self
Gospel
Gospel
2024 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
2026 · Executive Producer, Self - Host
Africa's Great Civilizations
Africa's Great Civilizations
2017 · Writer, Self - Presenter
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
2016 · Writer, Self - Presenter
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2013 · Creator, Self
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
2025 · Executive Producer, Self - Host
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
2021 · Executive Producer, Self - Host
John Lewis: Good Trouble
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020 · 69% · Self
Color Adjustment
Color Adjustment
1992 · 75% · Self
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019 · Creator, Executive Producer, Self - Host
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019 · Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
Leaving Cleaver
Leaving Cleaver
1999 · Writer, Self
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022 · 63% · Executive Producer, Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014 · 71% · Self
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026 · Self
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003 · Self
Birth of a Movement
Birth of a Movement
2017 · Self
Not Black Enough
Not Black Enough
2017 · Self
Wonders of the African World
Wonders of the African World
1999 · Writer, Host
Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln
2009 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self - Host
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2024 · Self
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self
A Place of Our Own
A Place of Our Own
2004 · Self (as Henry Louis Gates)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America
2024 · Himself
America's Library
America's Library
2018 · Self
Producing 14 credits
Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots
2012 · 78% · Writer, Executive Producer, Self - Host
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Who Killed Malcolm X?
2019 · Executive Producer
Gospel
Gospel
2024 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
2026 · Executive Producer, Self - Host
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
Great Migrations: A People on the Move
2025 · Executive Producer, Self - Host
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
2021 · Executive Producer, Self - Host
Making Black America
Making Black America
2022 · Writer, Executive Producer
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019 · Creator, Executive Producer, Self - Host
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
2021 · 61% · Executive Producer
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022 · 63% · Executive Producer, Self
Let the Church Say, Amen
Let the Church Say, Amen
2003 · Executive Producer
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2021 · 75% · Executive Producer
Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln
2009 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self - Host
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self
Writing 12 credits
Finding Your Roots
Finding Your Roots
2012 · 78% · Writer, Executive Producer, Self - Host
America Beyond the Color Line
America Beyond the Color Line
2004 · Writer, Self - Host
Gospel
Gospel
2024 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self
Africa's Great Civilizations
Africa's Great Civilizations
2017 · Writer, Self - Presenter
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
2016 · Writer, Self - Presenter
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
2013 · Creator, Self
Making Black America
Making Black America
2022 · Writer, Executive Producer
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019 · Creator, Executive Producer, Self - Host
Leaving Cleaver
Leaving Cleaver
1999 · Writer, Self
Wonders of the African World
Wonders of the African World
1999 · Writer, Host
Looking for Lincoln
Looking for Lincoln
2009 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self - Host
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
2019 · Writer, Executive Producer, Self
Other credits 3 credits
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
2005 · ★ 6.9
Faces of America
Faces of America
2010
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016
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