Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
1950-09-16 (1950)Keyser, West Virginia, USAActing
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
TV • 1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
The View
TV • 1997
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV • 2019
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Watchmen
TV • 2019
America: The Story of Us
TV • 2010
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
TV • 2020
Great Railway Journeys
TV • 1980
America Beyond the Color Line
TV • 2004
13th
MOVIE • 2016
The Gettysburg Address
MOVIE • 2025
Gospel
TV • 2024
Color Adjustment
MOVIE • 1992
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
TV • 2026