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Jesse Jackson

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
85

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 8, 1941 (84 years old)

Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Jesse Jackson

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'.

Known For

Acting

2024Hollywood Blackas Self (archive footage)
2023South to Black Poweras Self
2022Loudmouthas Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
2022El otro Rey de Chicagoas Self
2021Punch 9 for Harold Washingtonas
2021Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Overas Self
2021Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Unionas Self
2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)as Self
2021September First, Twenty-Twentyas Himself
2021Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Storyas Self
2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Streetas Self (archive footage)
2021Killing Martin Luther King Jr.as Self
2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracyas Self (archive footage)
2020Obamaas Self
2020Bernie Blackoutas Self (archive footage)
2020Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Storyas Self
2019Stax, le label soul légendaireas Self (archive footage)
2019Chicago at the Crossroadas Self
2018Shut Up and Dribbleas Self - Civil Rights Leader
2018The Road to Mass Incarcerationas Self
2018Explainedas Self (archive footage)
2018Rise Up: The Movement that Changed Americaas Self
2018I Am MLK Jr.as Self
2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Mediaas Self
2017LA 92as Self (archive footage)
2016'85: The Greatest Team in Football Historyas Self
2016Crashing the Partyas Self
2016Fantastic Liesas Himself (archive footage)
2014We Are Manyas Self
2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logicas Self
2012MLK: The Assassination Tapesas Self (archive Footage)
2011A Man's Storyas Self
2009Joan Baez: How Sweet the Soundas Self
2009Joy Behar: Say Anything!as
2009Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebelas Self
2009Michael Jackson Memorialas Self
2009The Nine Lives of Marion Barryas Self
2009Anecdotes about Fidelas
2008The Day the Troubles Beganas Self
2008Ballouas Himself
2007King: Man of Peace in a Time of Waras Self
2006Robinsas Self - Guest
2005The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzeras
2004Tanner on Tanneras Self
2003Real Time with Bill Maheras Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!as Self
2002Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmonyas Self (archive footage)
2002BaadAsssss Cinemaas Self
2001Last Party 2000as Self
1999The Subtext of a Yale Educationas Self
1999University, Inc.as Self (Archive Footage)
19974 Little Girlsas Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
1997The Chris Rock Showas Self
1997Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Gloryas
1996The Daily Showas Self
1996The Journey of the African-American Athleteas Self (archive footage)
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Childas Cocky Locky (voice)
1994Baseballas Various (voice)
1994The Soul of Staxas Self
1993Crusade: The Life of Billy Grahamas Self
1992America's Political Parties: Power and Principleas Self
1989Decadeas Self
1989Route One/USAas Self
1988Jackie Robinson: An American Journeyas On Screen Narrator
1988Tanner '88as Himself (uncredited)
1987A Different Worldas Himself
1986In Remembrance of Martinas Self
1983Not Necessarily the Newsas Self (archive footage)
1983Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversyas Self
1982Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Stripas Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1980A Decade of Struggleas Self
1980A Matter of Respectas
1975Saturday Night Liveas Self (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Liveas Self - Host
1974Dinah!as Self
1973Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973Save the Childrenas Self
1973Wattstaxas Self
1972Nationtime: Garyas Self
1971We Are Universalas
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphisas Self (archive footage)
1969Operation Breadbasketas Self
1968Uptightas Self (archive footage)
1963World in Actionas
Dear Mister Presidentas Self

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