Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: movies and TV shows
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has 72 credits in the archive: 28 films and 44 TV series, from 1980 to 2026. Highest rated: The Simpsons (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1980 – 2026 · busiest year: 2019 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History | Self - Host | TV | 5.3 | 75 |
| 2026 | Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History | TV | 5.3 | 75 | |
| 2026 | W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause | Self | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2025 | Great Migrations: A People on the Move | Self - Host | TV | — | 74 |
| 2025 | Great Migrations: A People on the Move | TV | — | 74 | |
| 2024 | Gospel | Self | TV | 10.0 | 73 |
| 2024 | Gospel | TV | 10.0 | 73 | |
| 2024 | Gospel | TV | 10.0 | 73 | |
| 2024 | Gospel Live! Presented By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2024 | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - The Fabric of America | Himself | Film | — | 73 |
| 2022 | Making Black America | TV | 6.0 | 71 | |
| 2022 | Making Black America | TV | 6.0 | 71 | |
| 2022 | Making Black America | TV | 6.0 | 71 | |
| 2022 | Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches | Self | Film | 4.6 | 71 |
| 2022 | Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches | Film | 4.6 | 71 | |
| 2021 | Black Art: In the Absence of Light | Film | 6.4 | 70 | |
| 2021 | The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song | Self - Host | TV | — | 70 |
| 2021 | The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song | TV | — | 70 | |
| 2021 | Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) | Film | 4.0 | 70 | |
| 2020 | America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump | Self (archive footage) (as Henry Louis Gates) | TV | — | 69 |
| 2020 | John Lewis: Good Trouble | Self | Film | 4.4 | 69 |
| 2019 | Watchmen | Skip Gates | TV | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2019 | Today with Jenna & Sheinelle | Self | TV | 3.3 | 68 |
| 2019 | Who Killed Malcolm X? | TV | 7.2 | 68 | |
| 2019 | Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America | Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker | Film | — | 68 |
| 2019 | Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | Self - Host | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2019 | Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | TV | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2019 | Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | TV | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2019 | Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2019 | Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | Film | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2019 | Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | Film | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2018 | America's Library | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2017 | Africa's Great Civilizations | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.7 | 66 |
| 2017 | Africa's Great Civilizations | TV | 7.7 | 66 | |
| 2017 | Birth of a Movement | Self | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2017 | Not Black Enough | Self | Film | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2016 | 13th | Self | Film | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2016 | Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise | Self - Presenter | TV | 9.0 | 65 |
| 2016 | Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise | TV | 9.0 | 65 | |
| 2016 | Black America since MLK: And still I rise | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 63 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 63 |
| 2014 | Nas: Time Is Illmatic | Self | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2013 | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Self | TV | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2013 | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | TV | 10.0 | 62 | |
| 2013 | The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | TV | 10.0 | 62 | |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self - Host | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | TV | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | TV | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 2010 | America: The Story of Us | Self | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2010 | Faces of America | TV | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 2009 | Looking for Lincoln | Self - Host | Film | — | 58 |
| 2009 | Looking for Lincoln | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2009 | Looking for Lincoln | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | TV | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 2004 | America Beyond the Color Line | Self - Host | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2004 | America Beyond the Color Line | TV | 7.5 | 53 | |
| 2004 | A Place of Our Own | Self (as Henry Louis Gates) | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 52 |
| 2003 | Let the Church Say, Amen | Film | 6.4 | 52 | |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Self | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1999 | Leaving Cleaver | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 1999 | Leaving Cleaver | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1999 | Wonders of the African World | Host | TV | — | 48 |
| 1999 | Wonders of the African World | TV | — | 48 | |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 46 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 46 |
| 1992 | Color Adjustment | Self | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1980 | Great Railway Journeys | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 29 |