Jesse Jackson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
South to Black Power
2023
as Self
Loudmouth
2022
as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
El otro Rey de Chicago
2022
as Self
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
2021
as Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
as Self
September First, Twenty-Twenty
2021
as Himself
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
as Self
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
2020
as Self
Bernie Blackout
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Obama
2020
as Self
Stax, le label soul légendaire
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Chicago at the Crossroad
2019
as Self
The Road to Mass Incarceration
2018
as Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018
as Self
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self
I Am MLK Jr.
2018
as Self
Shut Up and Dribble
2018
as Self - Civil Rights Leader
Explained
2018
as Self (archive footage)
LA 92
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Velshi
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Crashing the Party
2016
as Self
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
Fantastic Lies
2016
as Himself (archive footage)
We Are Many
2014
as Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012
as Self (archive Footage)
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
as Self
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009
as Self
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009
as Self
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009
as Self
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Ballou
2008
as Himself
The Day the Troubles Began
2008
as Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
as Self
Robins
2006
as Self - Guest
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
Tanner on Tanner
2004
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
as Self (archive footage)
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
Last Party 2000
2001
as Self
University, Inc.
1999
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
4 Little Girls
1997
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
The Chris Rock Show
1997
as Self
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Cocky Locky (voice)
The Soul of Stax
1994
as Self
Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993
as Self
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
1992
as Self
Route One/USA
1989
as Self
Decade
1989
as Self
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988
as On Screen Narrator
Tanner '88
1988
as Himself (uncredited)
A Different World
1987
as Himself
In Remembrance of Martin
1986
as Self
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983
as Self
Not Necessarily the News
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
A Matter of Respect
1980
A Decade of Struggle
1980
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Save the Children
1973
as Self
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Wattstax
1973
as Self
Nationtime: Gary
1972
as Self
We Are Universal
1971
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Breadbasket
1969
as Self
Uptight
1968
as Self (archive footage)
World in Action
1963