Editing Bill Gates (section)

=== Television ===
Gates starred as himself in a brief appearance on the ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "The Two Hundredth Episode".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gates in 'Frasier' guest spot |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/gates-in-frasier-guest-spot/ |access-date=January 26, 2024 |website=ZDNET |language=en |archive-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126065340/https://www.zdnet.com/article/gates-in-frasier-guest-spot/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also made a guest appearance as himself on the TV show ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', in an episode titled "[[The Big Bang Theory (season 11)|The Gates Excitation]]".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lerman|first1=Rachel|title=Bill Gates to guest star on geeky 'The Big Bang Theory'|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/bill-gates-to-guest-star-on-the-big-bang-theory/|access-date=February 25, 2019|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226050057/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/bill-gates-to-guest-star-on-the-big-bang-theory/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also appeared in a cameo role in 2019 on the series finale of ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.geekwire.com/2019/big-fan-bill-gates-makes-appearance-silicon-valley-series-finale-hbo-comedy-logs-off/|title = 'Big fan' Bill Gates makes appearance in 'Silicon Valley' series finale as HBO comedy logs off|date = December 9, 2019|access-date = May 8, 2020|archive-date = December 9, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191209223844/https://www.geekwire.com/2019/big-fan-bill-gates-makes-appearance-silicon-valley-series-finale-hbo-comedy-logs-off/|url-status = live}}</ref> Gates was parodied in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Das Bus]]". In 2023, Gates was the interviewee in an episode of the ''[[Amol Rajan]] Interviews'' series on [[BBC Two]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Amol Rajan Interviews: Bill Gates |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001hsl1/amol-rajan-interviews-bill-gates |website=BBC |access-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220014709/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001hsl1/amol-rajan-interviews-bill-gates |url-status=live }}</ref> and was the subject of an episode of the UK [[Channel 4]] series ''The Billionaires Who Made Our World''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Billionaires Who Made Our World: Bill Gates |url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-billionaires-who-made-our-world/on-demand/72330-002 |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220115531/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-billionaires-who-made-our-world/on-demand/72330-002 |url-status=live }}</ref>