Bill Gates: movies and TV shows
Bill Gates has 78 credits in the archive: 35 films and 43 TV series, from 1948 to 2026. Highest rated: Sabine Christiansen (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2026 · busiest year: 2018 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.0 | 70 |
| 2026 | Finding Satoshi | Self | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2025 | RTL Tonight | Self (Archive footage) | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2024 | What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates | Self | TV | 5.4 | 68 |
| 2024 | AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special | Self | Film | 4.0 | 68 |
| 2023 | Joko Winterscheidt Presents: The World's Most Dangerous Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2023 | Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story | Self | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 2023 | Lab Leak Liars: How China and Authorities Deceived Us | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2022 | Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure | Self (archive footage) | TV | 8.3 | 66 |
| 2022 | Icahn: The Restless Billionaire | Self | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2021 | Power On: The Story of Xbox | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV | 8.6 | 65 |
| 2021 | Amol Rajan Interviews | Self - Interviewed Guest | TV | — | 65 |
| 2021 | Monopoly: Who Owns the World? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 2021 | Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates | Himself | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2020 | Coronavirus, Explained | Self | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Self | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 2020 | Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 64 |
| 2020 | Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey | Film | 4.5 | 64 | |
| 2020 | Toilettes sans tabou | Bill Gates | Film | 7.8 | 64 |
| 2019 | Maischberger | Self | TV | — | 63 |
| 2019 | Retro Tech | Self - Environmentalist & Philanthropist | TV | 9.0 | 63 |
| 2019 | Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates | Self | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2019 | Aces & Knaves | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2018 | You Quiz on the Block | Self | TV | 8.3 | 62 |
| 2018 | Explained | Self | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2018 | My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman | Self | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2018 | Axios | Self | TV | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2018 | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2018 | trustWHO | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2017 | Код доступа | Self | TV | — | 61 |
| 2017 | Trump: An American Dream | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2017 | Becoming Warren Buffett | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2017 | The New Fire | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2017 | Mosquito: Judgment Day For A Killer | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2016 | Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 59 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 58 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 58 |
| 2014 | Silicon Valley | Bill Gates | TV | 8.1 | 58 |
| 2014 | Duels | Self | TV | 2.0 | 58 |
| 2014 | Top Spin | Self - CEO, Microsoft | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 2012 | Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 56 |
| 2012 | Das Milliardenversprechen | Himself | Film | — | 56 |
| 2011 | Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the World | himself | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | Epic Rap Battles of History | TV | 7.3 | 54 | |
| 2010 | Freakonomics | Himself | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2009 | Roslings värld | Self - (archive footage) | Film | — | 53 |
| 2008 | Q&A | Self - Panellist | TV | 3.2 | 52 |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory | Bill Gates | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 2007 | All Things Digital: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates | Himself | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 2006 | Buffett and Gates Go Back to School | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 2005 | Live 8 | Self | Film | 7.4 | 49 |
| 2005 | A Brief History of the PC | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 2003 | Our Best | Self | TV | — | 47 |
| 2003 | Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers | Self | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2001 | Leben nach Microsoft | himself | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 2000 | Click | Self | TV | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1999 | maybrit illner | Self | TV | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1998 | Sabine Christiansen | Self | TV | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1998 | Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet | Himself (co-founder, Microsoft) | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1997 | Im Dialog | self | TV | — | 41 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1996 | Triumph of the Nerds | TV | — | 40 | |
| 1996 | The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires | Self - Co-Founder, Microsoft | Film | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1995 | Kulturzeit | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.7 | 39 |
| 1995 | Microsoft Judgment Day: Doom | William J. Blazkowicz III (Doom Slayer) | Film | — | 39 |
| 1994 | Visions of Heaven and Hell | Self | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Bill Gates | TV | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1992 | Microsoft: How to Succeed in Business with Workgroup Computing | Self | Film | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1988 | Countryfile | Self | TV | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1987 | Citizen Steve | Self - Businessman | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1980 | Newsnight | Self | TV | 6.0 | 24 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 23 |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes | Self | TV | 6.5 | 12 |
| 1948 | Bambi | Self | TV | 9.0 | 7 |