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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

65

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-09-16 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Keyser, West Virginia, USA

Also Known As

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr.

Skip Gates

Skip Gates, Jr.

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

Acting

13th

2016

13th

as

Self

A Place of Our Own

2004

A Place of Our Own

as

Self (as Henry Louis Gates)

Looking for Lincoln

2009

Looking for Lincoln

as

Self - Host

Leaving Cleaver

1999

Leaving Cleaver

as

Self

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

2019

Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America

as

Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker

The View

The View

as

Self - Guest

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots

as

Self - Host

Gospel

Gospel

as

Self

Great Railway Journeys

Great Railway Journeys

as

Self - Presenter

Watchmen

Watchmen

as

Skip Gates

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

as

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

as

Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)

Production

Crew

Directing