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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
AKA: Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. · Skip Gates · Skip Gates, Jr. · Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr
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Born: 1950
Keyser, West Virginia, USA
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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
Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
Self - Host
2026 · US
Watchmen
Skip Gates
2019 · US
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Executive Producer
2019 · US
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Self - Host
2019 · US
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019 · US
Africa's Great Civilizations
Self - Presenter
2017 · US
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015 · US
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History | 2026 | Self - Host |
| Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History | 2026 | Executive Producer |
| Watchmen | 2019 | Skip Gates |
| Who Killed Malcolm X? | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | 2019 | Self - Host |
| Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | 2019 | Executive Producer |
| Today with Jenna & Sheinelle | 2019 | Self |
| Africa's Great Civilizations | 2017 | Self - Presenter |
| Africa's Great Civilizations | 2017 | Writer |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2015 | Self |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014 | Self - Guest |
| Finding Your Roots | 2012 | Self - Host |
| Finding Your Roots | 2012 | Executive Producer, Writer |
| America: The Story of Us | 2010 | Self |
| The Colbert Report | 2005 | Contributor |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003 | Self - Guest |
| The View | 1997 | Self |
| The Simpsons | 1989 | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice) |