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Jesse Jackson

Acting • 1941-10-08 • 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'.

Known For

Baseball

Baseball

1994

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

1997

Hate Crimes in the Heartland

Hate Crimes in the Heartland

2014

Anecdotes about Fidel

Anecdotes about Fidel

2009

A Matter of Respect

A Matter of Respect

1980

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

2021

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Filmography

2024
Hollywood BlackTV
Self (archive footage) • 4 episodes
★ 3.0
2023
South to Black PowerFilm
Self
★ 3.5
2023
Texas, USAFilm
Self (archive footage)
2022
LoudmouthFilm
Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
★ 6.0
2022
El otro Rey de ChicagoFilm
Self
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Film
Self
★ 7.6
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracyFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame StreetFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 5.3
2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me OverFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2021
September First, Twenty-TwentyFilm
Himself
★ 9.0
2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel StoryFilm
Self
2021
Punch 9 for Harold WashingtonFilm
2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.Film
Self
2020
Bernie BlackoutFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
2020
ObamaTV
Self • 4 episodes
2020
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman StoryFilm
Self
2020
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway StoryFilm
Self
2019
Chicago at the CrossroadFilm
Self
★ 4.0
2019
Stax, le label soul légendaireFilm
Self (archive footage)
2018
ExplainedTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2018
I Am MLK Jr.Film
Self
★ 8.8
2018
Shut Up and DribbleTV
Self - Civil Rights Leader • 1 episodes
★ 1.0
2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaFilm
Self
2018
The Road to Mass IncarcerationFilm
Self
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed AmericaFilm
Self
2017
LA 92Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.8
2016
Fantastic LiesFilm
Himself (archive footage)
★ 7.2
2016
'85: The Greatest Team in Football HistoryFilm
Self
★ 8.2
2016
Crashing the PartyFilm
Self
2014
We Are ManyFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2014
Hate Crimes in the HeartlandFilm
★ 7.0
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2012
MLK: The Assassination TapesFilm
Self (archive Footage)
★ 7.4
2011
A Man's StoryFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2009
Michael Jackson MemorialFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and RebelFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2009
Joan Baez: How Sweet the SoundFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2009
The Nine Lives of Marion BarryFilm
Self
★ 5.6
2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything!TV
2009
Anecdotes about FidelFilm
2008
BallouFilm
Himself
★ 8.0
2008
The Day the Troubles BeganFilm
Self
2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of WarFilm
Self
★ 8.5
2006
RobinsTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
2005
The Situation Room with Wolf BlitzerTV
★ 3.8
2004
Tanner on TannerTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
2003
Real Time with Bill MaherTV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 6.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2002
BaadAsssss CinemaFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part HarmonyFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
2001
Democracy Now!TV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
2001
Last Party 2000Film
Self
★ 6.8
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialFilm
(archive footage)
★ 6.9
1999
University, Inc.Film
Self (Archive Footage)
★ 8.0
1999
The Subtext of a Yale EducationFilm
Self
1997
4 Little GirlsFilm
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
★ 7.1
1997
The Chris Rock ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 4.6
1997
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the GloryFilm
★ 10.0
1996
The Daily ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1996
The Journey of the African-American AthleteFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildTV
Cocky Locky (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
1994
BaseballTV
Various (voice)
★ 7.6
1994
The Soul of StaxFilm
Self
1993
Crusade: The Life of Billy GrahamFilm
Self
★ 7.2
1992
America's Political Parties: Power and PrincipleFilm
Self
1989
Route One/USAFilm
Self
★ 7.4
1989
DecadeFilm
Self
★ 8.5
1988
Tanner '88TV
Himself (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1988
Jackie Robinson: An American JourneyFilm
On Screen Narrator
★ 7.0
1987
A Different WorldTV
Himself • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1986
In Remembrance of MartinFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1983
Not Necessarily the NewsTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1983
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a ControversyFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset StripFilm
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
★ 7.4
1980
A Matter of RespectFilm
1980
A Decade of StruggleFilm
Self
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1974
Dinah!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1973
WattstaxFilm
Self
★ 6.8
1973
Save the ChildrenFilm
Self
★ 6.6
1973
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2Film
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
★ 9.0
1972
Nationtime: GaryFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1971
We Are UniversalFilm
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
1969
Operation BreadbasketFilm
Self
1968
UptightFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
1963
World in ActionTV
★ 7.0