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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Birthday: 1950-09-16 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
2024
Gospel

as    Self

2020
John Lewis: Good Trouble

as    Self

2019
2017
Birth of a Movement

as    Self

2017
Not Black Enough

as    Self

2017
Africa's Great Civilizations

as    Self - Presenter

2016
13th

as    Self

2016
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

as    Self - Presenter

2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic

as    Self

2012
Finding Your Roots

as    Self - Host

2009
Looking for Lincoln

as    Self - Host

2004
America Beyond the Color Line

as    Self - Host

1999