7.4Acting
Jesse Jackson
- Born
- 1941-10-08
- Died
- 2026-02-17
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
88 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Hollywood Black
2024 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
South to Black Power
2023 · Movie
Self
El otro Rey de Chicago
2022 · Movie
Self
Loudmouth
2022 · Movie
Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021 · Movie
Self
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
2021 · Movie
Self
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021 · TV Show
Self
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021 · Movie
Cast
September First, Twenty-Twenty
2021 · Movie
Himself
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021 · Movie
Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Movie
Self
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story
2020 · Movie
Self
Bernie Blackout
2020 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Obama
2020 · TV Show
Self
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
2020 · Movie
Self
Chicago at the Crossroad
2019 · Movie
Self
Stax, le label soul légendaire
2019 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Explained
2018 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018 · Movie
Self
I Am MLK Jr.
2018 · Movie
Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018 · Movie
Self
Shut Up and Dribble
2018 · TV Show
Self - Civil Rights Leader
The Road to Mass Incarceration
2018 · Movie
Self
LA 92
2017 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Velshi
2017 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016 · Movie
Self
Crashing the Party
2016 · Movie
Self
Fantastic Lies
2016 · Movie
Himself (archive footage)
We Are Many
2014 · Movie
Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Movie
Self
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012 · Movie
Self (archive Footage)
A Man's Story
2011 · Movie
Self
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009 · Movie
Cast
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009 · Movie
Self
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009 · Movie
Self
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009 · TV Show
Cast
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009 · Movie
Self
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009 · Movie
Self
Ballou
2008 · Movie
Himself
The Day the Troubles Began
2008 · Movie
Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007 · Movie
Self
Robins
2006 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005 · TV Show
Cast
Tanner on Tanner
2004 · TV Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV Show
Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Movie
Self
Democracy Now!
2001 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
Last Party 2000
2001 · Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Movie
(archive footage)
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999 · Movie
Self
University, Inc.
1999 · Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
4 Little Girls
1997 · Movie
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997 · Movie
Cast
The Chris Rock Show
1997 · TV Show
Self
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
Self
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV Show
Cocky Locky (voice)
Baseball
1994 · TV Show
Various (voice)
The Soul of Stax
1994 · Movie
Self
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993 · Movie
Self
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
1992 · Movie
Self
Decade
1989 · Movie
Self
Route One/USA
1989 · Movie
Self
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988 · Movie
On Screen Narrator
Tanner '88
1988 · TV Show
Himself (uncredited)
A Different World
1987 · TV Show
Himself
In Remembrance of Martin
1986 · Movie
Self
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983 · Movie
Self
Not Necessarily the News
1983 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982 · Movie
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
A Decade of Struggle
1980 · Movie
Self
A Matter of Respect
1980 · Movie
Cast
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Host · Self (uncredited)
Dinah!
1974 · TV Show
Self
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 · Movie
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Save the Children
1973 · Movie
Self
Wattstax
1973 · Movie
Self
Nationtime: Gary
1972 · Movie
Self
We Are Universal
1971 · Movie
Cast
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Operation Breadbasket
1969 · Movie
Self
Uptight
1968 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
World in Action
1963 · TV Show
Cast
Dear Mister President
Date unknown · Movie
Self