Jesse Jackson
Acting
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'.
Filmography 84
Movies (63)
South to Black Power2023Self
Loudmouth2022Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
El otro Rey de Chicago2022Self
Punch 9 for Harold Washington2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over2021Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021Self
September First, Twenty-Twenty2021Himself
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story2021Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021Self (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.2021Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy2021Self (archive footage)
Bernie Blackout2020Self (archive footage)- Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story2020Self
Stax, le label soul légendaire2019Self (archive footage)
Chicago at the Crossroad2019Self
The Road to Mass Incarceration2018Self
I Am MLK Jr.2018Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America2018Self- Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media2018Self
LA 922017Self (archive footage)
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History2016Self
Crashing the Party2016Self
Fantastic Lies2016Himself (archive footage)
We Are Many2014Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic2013Self
MLK: The Assassination Tapes2012Self (archive Footage)
A Man's Story2011Self
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound2009Self
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel2009Self
Michael Jackson Memorial2009Self
Shows (21)
Hollywood Black2024Self (archive footage)
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union2021Self
Obama2020Self
Shut Up and Dribble2018Self - Civil Rights Leader
Explained2018Self (archive footage)
Joy Behar: Say Anything!2009
Robins2006Self - Guest
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer2005
Tanner on Tanner2004Self
Real Time with Bill Maher2003Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003Self
The Chris Rock Show1997Self
The Daily Show1996Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995Cocky Locky (voice)
Baseball1994Various (voice)
Tanner '881988Himself (uncredited)
A Different World1987Himself
Not Necessarily the News1983Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live1975Self - Host
Dinah!1974Self
World in Action1963