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Portrait of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Acting

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Career

Active from 1999 to 2024, busiest in 1999 and 2019 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score78/100
Highest rated
Poster for Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    1.1, average 3.8
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Scare
    0.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Thought-Provoking 6
  • Historical Documentary 4
  • Cultural Exploration 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Educational 4
  • Documentary Series 3
  • American History 3
  • African American History 3
  • Civil Rights 2
  • Social History 2
  • Historical Analysis 2
  • Genealogical Documentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    13
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    4 titles · average score 70
    Making Black America
    Making Black America (2022)

    TV show · Executive Producer, Writer

    Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
    Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Executive Producer

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light
    Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021)
    GoodWatch score 78

    Executive Producer

    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
    Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) (2021)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Executive Producer

    2010s

    4 titles · average score 78
    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
    Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (2019)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Writer, Executive Producer

    Watchmen
    Watchmen (2019)
    GoodWatch score 79

    TV show · as Skip Gates

    The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show · as Self

    Faces of America
    Faces of America (2010)

    TV show

    2000s

    3 titles · average score 72
    Looking for Lincoln
    Looking for Lincoln (2009)

    Executive Producer, Writer

    The Colbert Report
    The Colbert Report (2005)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show

    Let the Church Say, Amen
    Let the Church Say, Amen (2003)

    Executive Producer

    1990s

    1 title
    Leaving Cleaver
    Leaving Cleaver (1999)

    Writer

    1980s

    1 title · average score 83
    The Simpsons
    The Simpsons (1989)
    GoodWatch score 83

    TV show · as Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (voice)