Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Historian • Writer • Educator
Birth Date: September 16, 1950
Age: 72 years old
Birth Place: Keyser, West Virginia
Credits
The 87th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Host
TV Show
2022
Making Black America: Through the GrapevineStream
Executive Producer
TV Show
2022
Making Black America: Through the GrapevineStream
Host
TV Show
2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesStream
Executive Producer
TV Show
2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesStream
Self
TV Show
2022
Common Ground With Jane Whitney
Guest
TV Show
2021
Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings
Guest
TV Show
2021
Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings
Host
TV Show
2021
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongStream
Host
TV Show
2021
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Executive Producer
TV Show
2021
Civil WarStream
Executive Producer
Movie
2021
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2020
Host
TV Show
2020
History With David Rubenstein
Guest
TV Show
2020
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Host
TV Show
2019
Today With Hoda & Jenna
Guest
TV Show
2019
Railroad Ties
Actor
Movie
2019
Detroit: Comeback City
Self
TV Show
2018
Africa's Great Civilizations
Executive Producer
TV Show
2017
Africa's Great Civilizations
Host
TV Show
2017
Africa's Great Civilizations
Producer
TV Show
2017
Africa's Great Civilizations
Writer
TV Show
2017
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Executive Producer
TV Show
2016
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Host
TV Show
2016
The Daily Show With Trevor NoahStream
Guest
TV Show
2015
The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream
Guest
TV Show
2015
Late Night With Seth MeyersStream
Guest
TV Show
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream
Guest
TV Show
2014
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Executive Producer
TV Show
2013
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Host
TV Show
2013
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
Writer
TV Show
2013
The Real
Guest
TV Show
2013
Mankind Decoded
Self
TV Show
2013
Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell
Guest
TV Show
2012
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Stream
Executive Producer
TV Show
2012
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Stream
Host
TV Show
2012
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Stream
Writer
TV Show
2012
CBS This Morning
Guest
TV Show
2012
Black in Latin America
Executive Producer
TV Show
2011
Black in Latin America
Host
TV Show
2011
Black in Latin America
Writer
TV Show
2011
Overheard With Evan Smith
Guest
TV Show
2010
A Conversation With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Guest
TV Show
2010
Faces of America With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Host
TV Show
2010
Sanjay Gupta, MD
Guest
TV Show
2009
Looking for Lincoln
Host
TV Show
2009
African American Lives 2
Host
TV Show
2008
La Plaza -- Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One
Guest
TV Show
2008
Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One
Guest
TV Show
2007
African American Lives
Host
TV Show
2006
The Colbert Report
Guest
TV Show
2005
A Place of Our Own
Actor
TV Show
2004
America Beyond the Color Line With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Host
TV Show
2004
Tavis Smiley
Guest
TV Show
2004
A Place of Our Own
Self
Movie
2004
The View
Guest
TV Show
1997
Great Railway Journeys
Host
TV Show
1994
Charlie Rose
Guest
TV Show
1991
The SimpsonsStream
Guest Voice
Himself
TV Show
1989
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News about
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Exclusive
Julia Roberts Reacts to Her Family’s Connection to Slavery in ‘Finding Your Roots’ Sneak Peek (VIDEO)
Exclusive
‘Finding Your Roots’: Kathryn Hahn Uncovers a Family Secret in First Look (VIDEO)
Review
Roush Review: ‘The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song’ Is a Joyful Noise
PBS’s ‘The Black Church’ From Henry Louis Gates Jr., Celebrates Stories of Worship & Faith
