Jesse Jackson
Born: 1941-10-08 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Died: 2026-02-17
Known For: Acting
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'.
Filmography
2024
- Hollywood Black as Self (archive footage)
2023
- South to Black Power as Self
2022
- Loudmouth as Self
- El otro Rey de Chicago as Self
2021
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self
- Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)
- Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union as Self
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)
- Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over as Self
- Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story as Self
- September First, Twenty-Twenty as Himself
- Killing Martin Luther King Jr. as Self
- Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2020
- Obama as Self
- Bernie Blackout as Self (archive footage)
- Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story as Self
2019
- Chicago at the Crossroad as Self
- Stax, le label soul légendaire as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Explained as Self (archive footage)
- Shut Up and Dribble as Self - Civil Rights Leader
- The Road to Mass Incarceration as Self
- Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media as Self
- I Am MLK Jr. as Self
- Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America as Self
2017
- LA 92 as Self (archive footage)
2016
- '85: The Greatest Team in Football History as Self
- Fantastic Lies as Himself (archive footage)
- Crashing the Party as Self
2014
- We Are Many as Self
2013
- Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
2012
- MLK: The Assassination Tapes as Self (archive Footage)
2011
- A Man's Story as Self
2009
2008
- Ballou as Himself
- The Day the Troubles Began as Self
2007
2006
- Robins as Self - Guest
2004
- Tanner on Tanner as Self
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002
- BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
- Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Last Party 2000 as Self
1999
- University, Inc. as Self (Archive Footage)
- The Subtext of a Yale Education as Self
1997
- The Chris Rock Show as Self
- 4 Little Girls as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
- Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- The Journey of the African-American Athlete as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Cocky Locky (voice)
1994
- Baseball as Various (voice)
- The Soul of Stax as Self
1993
1992
1989
- Route One/USA as Self
- Decade as Self
1988
- Tanner '88 as Himself (uncredited)
- Jackie Robinson: An American Journey as On Screen Narrator
1987
- A Different World as Himself
1986
- In Remembrance of Martin as Self
1983
- Not Necessarily the News as Self (archive footage)
- Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy as Self
1982
- Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1980
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
- Dinah! as Self
1973
- Wattstax as Self
- Save the Children as Self
- Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1972
- Nationtime as Self
1971
1970
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
1969
- Operation Breadbasket as Self
1968
- Uptight as Self (archive footage)