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.

Known For

The Daily Show

Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Frasier

Bill Gates

The Big Bang Theory

Bill Gates

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

60 Minutes

Self

Bambi

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special	Self
2023	Lab Leak Liars: How China and Authorities Deceived Us	Self
2023	Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story	Self
2022	Icahn: The Restless Billionaire	Self
2021	Monopoly: Who Owns the World?	Self (archive footage)
2021	Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates	Himself
2020	One World: Together at Home	Self
2020	Toilettes sans tabou	Bill Gates
2020	Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself	Self - audience member (uncredited)
2020	Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey
2019	Aces & Knaves	Self
2018	trustWHO	Self (archive footage)
2017	Becoming Warren Buffett	Himself (archive footage)
2016	Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?	Self (archive footage)
2014	Top Spin	Self - CEO, Microsoft
2012	Das Milliardenversprechen	Himself
2012	Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?	Self (archive footage)
2011	Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the World	himself
2010	Freakonomics	Himself
2007	All Things Digital: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates	Himself
2006	Buffett and Gates Go Back to School	Himself
2005	A Brief History of the PC	Self
2005	Live 8	Self
2003	Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers	Self
2001	Leben nach Microsoft	himself
1996	The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires	Self - Co-Founder, Microsoft
1995	Microsoft Judgment Day: Doom	William J. Blazkowicz III (Doom Slayer)
1994	Visions of Heaven and Hell	Self
1992	Microsoft: How to Succeed in Business with Workgroup Computing	Self
1987	Citizen Steve	Self - Businessman

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates	Self
2023	Joko Winterscheidt Presents: The World's Most Dangerous Show	Self
2022	Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure	Self (archive footage)
2021	Power On: The Story of Xbox	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020	Coronavirus, Explained	Self
2019	Retro Tech	Self - Environmentalist & Philanthropist
2019	Maischberger	Self
2019	Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates	Self
2018	Axios	Self
2018	Explained	Self
2018	Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj	Self (archive footage)
2018	My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman	Self
2017	Trump: An American Dream	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2014	Face to Face	Self
2014	Silicon Valley	Bill Gates
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2008	Q&A	Self - Panellist
2007	The Big Bang Theory	Bill Gates
2003	Our Best	Self
2000	Click	Self
1999	maybrit illner	Self
1998	Sabine Christiansen	Self
1998	Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet	Himself (co-founder, Microsoft)
1997	Im Dialog	self
1996	The Daily Show	Self
1995	Kulturzeit	Self (archive footage)
1993	Frasier	Bill Gates
1988	Countryfile	Self
1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self
1968	60 Minutes	Self
1948	Bambi	Self