Jesse Jackson
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 8, 1941 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Biography
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (October 8, 1941 — February 17, 2026) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He founded of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. In an AP-AOL "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted 'the most important black leader'.
Known For
| 2023 | South to Black PowerSelf | |
| 2022 | LoudmouthSelf | |
| 2022 | El otro Rey de ChicagoSelf | |
| 2021 | Punch 9 for Harold Washington | |
| 2021 | Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel StorySelf | |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self | |
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame StreetSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Killing Martin Luther King Jr.Self | |
| 2021 | Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me OverSelf | |
| 2021 | September First, Twenty-TwentyHimself | |
| 2021 | Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionSelf | |
| 2020 | Uncle TomSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway StorySelf | |
| 2020 | Bernie BlackoutSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | ObamaSelf | |
| 2019 | Stax, le label soul légendaireSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Chicago at the CrossroadSelf | |
| 2018 | The Road to Mass IncarcerationSelf | |
| 2018 | Rise Up: The Movement that Changed AmericaSelf | |
| 2018 | Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaSelf | |
| 2018 | I Am MLK Jr.Self | |
| 2018 | Shut Up and DribbleSelf - Civil Rights Leader | |
| 2018 | ExplainedSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | LA 92Self (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Crashing the PartySelf | |
| 2016 | '85: The Greatest Team in Football HistorySelf | |
| 2016 | Fantastic LiesHimself (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | We Are ManySelf | |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicSelf | |
| 2012 | MLK: The Assassination TapesSelf (archive Footage) | |
| 2011 | A Man's StorySelf | |
| 2009 | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and RebelSelf | |
| 2009 | The Nine Lives of Marion BarrySelf | |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson MemorialSelf | |
| 2009 | Anecdotes about Fidel | |
| 2009 | Joan Baez: How Sweet the SoundSelf | |
| 2009 | Joy Behar: Say Anything! | |
| 2008 | BallouHimself | |
| 2008 | The Day the Troubles BeganSelf | |
| 2007 | King: Man of Peace in a Time of WarSelf | |
| 2006 | RobinsSelf - Guest | |
| 2005 | The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer | |
| 2004 | Tanner on TannerSelf | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self | |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill MaherSelf | |
| 2002 | Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part HarmonySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss CinemaSelf | |
| 2001 | Last Party 2000Self | |
| 1999 | University, Inc.Self (Archive Footage) | |
| 1999 | The Subtext of a Yale EducationSelf | |
| 1997 | Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory | |
| 1997 | 4 Little GirlsSelf - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition | |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock ShowSelf | |
| 1996 | The Journey of the African-American AthleteSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildCocky Locky (voice) | |
| 1994 | The Soul of StaxSelf | |
| 1994 | BaseballVarious (voice) | |
| 1993 | Crusade: The Life of Billy GrahamSelf | |
| 1992 | America's Political Parties: Power and PrincipleSelf | |
| 1989 | Route One/USASelf | |
| 1989 | DecadeSelf | |
| 1988 | Jackie Robinson: An American JourneyOn Screen Narrator | |
| 1988 | Tanner '88Himself (uncredited) | |
| 1987 | A Different WorldHimself | |
| 1986 | In Remembrance of MartinSelf | |
| 1983 | Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a ControversySelf | |
| 1983 | Not Necessarily the NewsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset StripSelf - Audience Member (uncredited) | |
| 1980 | A Matter of Respect | |
| 1980 | A Decade of StruggleSelf | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | Dinah!Self | |
| 1973 | Save the ChildrenSelf | |
| 1973 | Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2Self/Cameo (archive footage) | |
| 1973 | WattstaxSelf | |
| 1972 | NationtimeSelf | |
| 1971 | We Are Universal | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1969 | Operation BreadbasketSelf | |
| 1968 | UptightSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1963 | World in Action | |
| - | Dear Mister PresidentSelf |