Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Known For
Acting
Born
September 16, 1950 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Keyser, West Virginia, USA
Popular Genres
Documentary History Music
Career Span
1992 – Present

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

68 nominations
19 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Sep 16, 1950
From
Keyser, West Virginia, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1992 – Present

Known For

13th
13th
2016
as Self
Not Black Enough
Not Black Enough
2017
as Self
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Self
Frontline: America's Great Divide
Frontline: America's Great Divide
2020
as Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)
John Lewis: Good Trouble
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020
as Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014
as Self
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022
as Self
Birth of a Movement
Birth of a Movement
2017
as Self
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003
as Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker
Color Adjustment
Color Adjustment
1992
as Self
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016

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George W. Bush
George W. Bush
4 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
3 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
3 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
3 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Jelani Cobb
Jelani Cobb
2 shared projects
in "Frontline: America's Great Divide"
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Cory Booker
Cory Booker
2 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
2 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
2 shared projects
in "Frontline: America's Great Divide"
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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
2 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Malcolm X
Malcolm X
2 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
2 shared projects
in "John Lewis: Good Trouble"
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Angela Davis
Angela Davis
1 shared project
in "13th"
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13th
Frontline: America's Great Divide
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Birth of a Movement

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