Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Known For

Acting

Birthday

September 16, 1950 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Keyser, West Virginia, USA

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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

    The Simpsons

    1989

  • Watchmen

    Watchmen

    2019

  • 13th

    13th

    2016

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    2014

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    2015

  • The View

    The View

    1997

  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    2014

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

    2012

  • Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

    2003

  • Color Adjustment

    Color Adjustment

    1992

  • America: The Story of Us

    America: The Story of Us

    2010

  • John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    2020

  • Birth of a Movement

    Birth of a Movement

    2017

  • Africa's Great Civilizations

    Africa's Great Civilizations

    2017

  • Not Black Enough

    Not Black Enough

    2017