Jesse Jackson
October 8, 1941 (84 years old) 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'.
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- 2021 · Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union as Self
- 2021 · Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self
- 2021 · Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Obama as Self
- 2020 · Uncle Tom as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Shut Up and Dribble as Self - Civil Rights Leader
- 2018 · Explained as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · LA 92 as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · '85: The Greatest Team in Football History as Self
- 2016 · Fantastic Lies as Himself (archive footage)
- 2014 · We Are Many as Self
- 2013 · Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
- 2011 · A Man's Story as Self
- 2009 · Joy Behar: Say Anything! as
- 2009 · Michael Jackson Memorial as Self
- 2009 · The Nine Lives of Marion Barry as Self
- 2008 · Ballou as Himself
- 2006 · Robins as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer as
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
- 2001 · Last Party 2000 as Self
- 1999 · University, Inc. as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · 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)
- 1989 · Decade as Self
- 1988 · Tanner '88 as Himself (uncredited)
- 1987 · A Different World as Himself
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self (uncredited)
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1972 · Nationtime as Self
- Future · Dear Mister President as Self
- 2023 · South to Black Power as Self
- 2022 · Loudmouth as Self
- 2022 · El otro Rey de Chicago as Self
- 2021 · Punch 9 for Harold Washington as
- 2021 · Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over as Self
- 2021 · September First, Twenty-Twenty as Himself
- 2021 · Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story as Self
- 2021 · Killing Martin Luther King Jr. as Self
- 2020 · Bernie Blackout as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story as Self
- 2019 · Stax, le label soul légendaire as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Chicago at the Crossroad as Self
- 2018 · The Road to Mass Incarceration as Self
- 2018 · Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America as Self
- 2018 · I Am MLK Jr. as Self
- 2018 · Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media as Self
- 2016 · Crashing the Party as Self
- 2012 · MLK: The Assassination Tapes as Self (archive Footage)
- 2009 · Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound as Self
- 2009 · Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel as Self
- 2009 · Anecdotes about Fidel as
- 2008 · The Day the Troubles Began as Self
- 2007 · King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self
- 2002 · Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · The Subtext of a Yale Education as Self
- 1997 · 4 Little Girls as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
- 1997 · Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory as
- 1994 · The Soul of Stax as Self
- 1993 · Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham as Self
- 1989 · Route One/USA as Self
- 1988 · Jackie Robinson: An American Journey as On Screen Narrator
- 1986 · In Remembrance of Martin as Self
- 1983 · Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy as Self
- 1982 · Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1980 · A Decade of Struggle as Self
- 1980 · A Matter of Respect as
- 1973 · Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
- 1973 · Save the Children as Self
- 1973 · Wattstax as Self
- 1971 · We Are Universal as
- 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · Operation Breadbasket as Self
- 1968 · Uptight as Self (archive footage)