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Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-10-28 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Also Known As

William Henry Gates III
William H. Gates

Bill Gates

Biography

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being its largest individual shareholder until May 2014. He was a major entrepreneur of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Acting

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Amol Rajan Interviews as Self - Interviewed Guest

2024		What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates as Self
2024		AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special as Self

2023		Joko Winterscheidt Presents: The World's Most Dangerous Show as Self
2023		Time Bomb Y2K as Self (archive footage)
2023		Lab Leak Liars: How China and Authorities Deceived Us as Self

2022		Icahn: The Restless Billionaire as Self
2022		Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure as Self (archive footage)

2021		Power On: The Story of Xbox as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021		Monopoly: Who Owns the World? as Self (archive footage)
2021		Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates as Himself
2021		Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story as Self

2020		Toilettes sans tabou as Bill Gates
2020		Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself as Self - audience member (uncredited)
2020		Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey
2020		Coronavirus, Explained as Self
2020		One World: Together at Home as Self

2019		Retro Tech as Self - Environmentalist & Philanthropist
2019		Aces & Knaves as Self
2019		Maischberger as Self
2019		Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates as Self

2018		Axios as Self
2018		Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as Self (archive footage)
2018		Explained as Self
2018		trustWHO as Self (archive footage)
2018		My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman as Self

2017		Trump: An American Dream as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017		Becoming Warren Buffett as Himself (archive footage)

2016

Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk? as Self (archive footage)

2015		The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015		Unity as Self (archive footage)

2014		Top Spin as Self - CEO, Microsoft
2014		New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor as Self (archive footage)
2014		Silicon Valley as Bill Gates
2014		Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014		The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014		Face to Face as Himself

2012		Heist: Who Stole the American Dream? as Self (archive footage)
2012		Das Milliardenversprechen as Himself

2011

Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the World as himself

2010

Freakonomics as Himself

2008

Q&A as Self - Panellist

2007		The Big Bang Theory as Bill Gates
2007		All Things Digital: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates as Himself

2006

Buffett and Gates Go Back to School as Himself

2005		Live 8 as Self
2005		A Brief History Of The PC as Self

2003		Our Best as Self
2003		Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers as Self

2001

Leben nach Microsoft as himself

2000

Click as Self

1999

maybrit illner as Self

1998		Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet as Himself (co-founder, Microsoft)
1998		Sabine Christiansen as Self

1997

Im Dialog as self

1996		The Daily Show as Self
1996		The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires as Self - Co-Founder, Microsoft

1995

Microsoft Judgment Day: Doom as William J. Blazkowicz III (Doom Slayer)

1994

Visions of Heaven and Hell as Self

1993

Frasier as Bill Gates

1992

Microsoft: How to Succeed in Business with Workgroup Computing as Self

1987

Citizen Steve as Self - Businessman

1979

CBS News Sunday Morning as Self

1968

60 Minutes as Self

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self