Jesse Jackson
Actor
Born October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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'.
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
South to Black Power
Self
Loudmouth
Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
El otro Rey de Chicago
Self
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Self
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self
September First, Twenty-Twenty
Himself
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Self (archive footage)
Obama
Self
Bernie Blackout
Self (archive footage)
Stax, le label soul légendaire
Self (archive footage)
Chicago at the Crossroad
Self
Shut Up and Dribble
Self - Civil Rights Leader
The Road to Mass Incarceration
Self
Explained
Self (archive footage)
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Self
I Am MLK Jr.
Self
LA 92
Self (archive footage)
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Self
Crashing the Party
Self
Fantastic Lies
Himself (archive footage)
We Are Many
Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Self (archive Footage)
A Man's Story
Self
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Self
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Self
Michael Jackson Memorial
Self
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
Self
Anecdotes about Fidel
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
Robins
Self - Guest
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
Tanner on Tanner
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Self (archive footage)
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Last Party 2000
Self
The Subtext of a Yale Education
Self
University, Inc.
Self (Archive Footage)
4 Little Girls
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
The Chris Rock Show
Self
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
The Daily Show
Self
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Self (archive footage)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Cocky Locky (voice)
Baseball
Various (voice)
The Soul of Stax
Self
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
Self
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
Self
Decade
Self
Route One/USA
Self
Tanner '88
Himself (uncredited)
A Different World
Himself
In Remembrance of Martin
Self
Not Necessarily the News
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
A Decade of Struggle
Self
A Matter of Respect
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Dinah!
Self
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Save the Children
Self
Wattstax
Self
Nationtime: Gary
Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Operation Breadbasket
Self
Uptight
Self (archive footage)
World in Action