Jesse Jackson
October 8, 1941 (83 years old) in Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is 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 was the founder 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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- 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 · Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union as Self
- 2021 · Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · September First, Twenty-Twenty as Himself
- 2021 · Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story as Self
- 2021 · Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Killing Martin Luther King Jr. as Self
- 2021 · Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Uncle Tom as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · Shut Up and Dribble as Self - Civil Rights Leader
- 2018 · The Road to Mass Incarceration as Self
- 2018 · Explained as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · '85: The Greatest Team in Football History as Self
- 2016 · Crashing the Party as Self
- 2016 · Fantastic Lies as Himself (archive footage)
- 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 · Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound as Self
- 2009 · Joy Behar: Say Anything! as
- 2009 · Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel as Self
- 2009 · Michael Jackson Memorial as Self
- 2009 · The Nine Lives of Marion Barry as Self
- 2009 · Anecdotes about Fidel as
- 2008 · Ballou as Himself
- 2007 · King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self
- 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
- 2002 · Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
- 2001 · Last Party 2000 as Self
- 1999 · The Subtext of a Yale Education as Self
- 1999 · University, Inc. as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1997 · 4 Little Girls as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1997 · Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory as
- 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)
- 1994 · The Soul of Stax as Self
- 1993 · Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham as Himself
- 1989 · Decade as Self
- 1989 · Route One/USA as Self
- 1988 · Jackie Robinson: An American Journey as On Screen Narrator
- 1988 · Tanner '88 as Himself (uncredited)
- 1987 · A Different World as Himself
- 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
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1973 · Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
- 1973 · Save the Children as Self
- 1972 · Nationtime as Self
- 1970 · King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · Operation Breadbasket as Self
- 1968 · Uptight as Self (archive footage)