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Is Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Still Alive?

Biography

Age 76

Also known asHenry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. , Skip Gates, Skip Gates, Jr., Dr. Henry Louis Gates, JrGenderMaleBorn16/09/1950 (76)Born inKeyser, West Virginia, USAWikidataQ561458 ↗TMDb#1236595 ↗

Filmography28 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2026	W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseMovie	Self	76
2026	Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven HistorySeries	Self - Host	76
2025	The Gettysburg AddressMovie	Self	75
2021	The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our SongSeries	Self - Host	71
2020	America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSeries	Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates)	70
2020	John Lewis: Good TroubleMovie	Self	70
2019	Today with Jenna & SheinelleSeries	Self	69
2019	WatchmenSeries	Skip Gates	69
2019	Reconstruction: America After the Civil WarSeries	Self - Host	69
2018	America's LibraryMovie	Self	68
2017	Africa's Great CivilizationsSeries	Self - Presenter	67
2017	Birth of a MovementMovie	Self	67
2016	13thMovie	Self	66
2016	Black America Since MLK: And Still I RiseSeries	Self - Presenter	66
2015	The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries	Self	65
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeries	Self - Guest	64
2013	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Series	—	63
2012	Finding Your RootsSeries	Self - Host	62
2010	America: The Story of UsSeries	Self	60
2005	The Colbert ReportSeries	—	55
2004	America Beyond the Color LineSeries	Self - Host	54
2004	A Place of Our OwnMovie	Self (as Henry Louis Gates)	54
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series	Self - Guest	53
2003	Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertyMovie	Self	53
1997	The ViewSeries	Self	47
1992	Color AdjustmentMovie	Self	42
1989	The SimpsonsSeries	Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)	39
1980	Great Railway JourneysSeries	Self - Presenter	30