Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1950-09-16 (74 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

Actor

Producer

2024
Gospel

as Executive Producer

2022
2022
Making Black America

as Executive Producer

2021
2021
2019
Who Killed Malcolm X?

as Executive Producer

2012
Finding Your Roots

as Executive Producer

2009
Looking for Lincoln

as Executive Producer

2003
Let the Church Say, Amen

as Executive Producer