Jesse Jackson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1941-10-08 – 2026-02-17 (aged 84)

From: 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 (84)

TV★ 3.7
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.5
South to Black Power
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Loudmouth
2022
as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
MOVIE
El otro Rey de Chicago
2022
as Self
MOVIE
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
as Self
TV★ 5.3
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
September First, Twenty-Twenty
2021
as Himself
MOVIE
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
as Self (archive footage)
TV
Obama
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bernie Blackout
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
2020
as Self
MOVIE
Stax, le label soul légendaire
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Chicago at the Crossroad
2019
as Self
TV★ 1.0
Shut Up and Dribble
2018
as Self - Civil Rights Leader
MOVIE
The Road to Mass Incarceration
2018
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Explained
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.8
I Am MLK Jr.
2018
as Self
MOVIE
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
LA 92
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.2
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
MOVIE
Crashing the Party
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Fantastic Lies
2016
as Himself (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
We Are Many
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012
as Self (archive Footage)
MOVIE★ 6.9
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009
as Self
TV
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
MOVIE★ 6.0
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009
as Self
MOVIE
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
MOVIE
The Day the Troubles Began
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ballou
2008
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.5
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
as Self
TV★ 7.8
Robins
2006
as Self - Guest
TV★ 3.8
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
TV★ 10.0
Tanner on Tanner
2004
as Self
TV★ 6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Last Party 2000
2001
as Self
MOVIE
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
University, Inc.
1999
as Self (Archive Footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
4 Little Girls
1997
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
TV★ 4.6
The Chris Rock Show
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
TV★ 6.4
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Cocky Locky (voice)
TV★ 7.5
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
MOVIE
The Soul of Stax
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993
as Self
MOVIE
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Decade
1989
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Route One/USA
1989
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988
as On Screen Narrator
TV★ 6.9
Tanner '88
1988
as Himself (uncredited)
TV★ 7.1
A Different World
1987
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.0
In Remembrance of Martin
1986
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Not Necessarily the News
1983
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
MOVIE
A Decade of Struggle
1980
as Self
MOVIE
A Matter of Respect
1980
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.0
Dinah!
1974
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Save the Children
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Wattstax
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Nationtime: Gary
1972
as Self
MOVIE
We Are Universal
1971
MOVIE★ 7.3
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Operation Breadbasket
1969
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Uptight
1968
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 7.0
World in Action
1963
MOVIE
Dear Mister President
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as Self