Jesse Jackson
October 8, 1941 (82 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".
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Loudmouth as Self
- 2022 · El otro Rey de Chicago as Jesse Jackson
- 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 · 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 Himself
- 2020 · Uncle Tom 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 · I Am MLK Jr. as Self
- 2018 · Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America 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
- 2008 · Ballou as Himself
- 2007 · King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Himself
- 2006 · Robins as 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
- 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
- 1993 · Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham as Himself
- 1989 · Decade as Self
- 1989 · Route One/USA as Self
- 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
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 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)
- 1968 · Uptight as Self
- Future · Operation Breadbasket as Self