Acting
Jesse Jackson
Born 8 October 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA · Died 17 February 2026
80 credits
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
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- TBADear Mister PresidentFilmSelf
- 2024Hollywood BlackSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2023South to Black PowerFilmSelf
- 2022LoudmouthFilmSelf - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
- 2022El otro Rey de ChicagoFilmSelf
- 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)FilmSelf
- 2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracyFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame StreetFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect UnionSeriesSelf
- 2021Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me OverFilmSelf
- 2021September First, Twenty-TwentyFilmHimself
- 2021Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel StoryFilmSelf
- 2021Punch 9 for Harold WashingtonFilm
- 2021Killing Martin Luther King Jr.FilmSelf
- 2020Bernie BlackoutFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman StoryFilmSelf
- 2020ObamaSeriesSelf
- 2020Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway StoryFilmSelf
- 2019Chicago at the CrossroadFilmSelf
- 2019Stax, le label soul légendaireFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2018ExplainedSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Shut Up and DribbleSeriesSelf - Civil Rights Leader
- 2018I Am MLK Jr.FilmSelf
- 2018The Road to Mass IncarcerationFilmSelf
- 2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaFilmSelf
- 2018Rise Up: The Movement that Changed AmericaFilmSelf
- 2017LA 92FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2017VelshiSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2016Fantastic LiesFilmHimself (archive footage)
- 2016'85: The Greatest Team in Football HistoryFilmSelf
- 2016Crashing the PartyFilmSelf
- 2014We Are ManyFilmSelf
- 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicFilmSelf
- 2012MLK: The Assassination TapesFilmSelf (archive Footage)
- 2011A Man's StoryFilmSelf
- 2009Michael Jackson MemorialFilmSelf
- 2009Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and RebelFilmSelf
- 2009Joan Baez: How Sweet the SoundFilmSelf
- 2009The Nine Lives of Marion BarryFilmSelf
- 2009Joy Behar: Say Anything!Series
- 2009Anecdotes about FidelFilm
- 2008BallouFilmHimself
- 2008The Day the Troubles BeganFilmSelf
- 2007King: Man of Peace in a Time of WarFilmSelf
- 2005The Situation Room with Wolf BlitzerSeries
- 2004Tanner on TannerSeriesSelf
- 2002BaadAsssss CinemaFilmSelf
- 2002Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part HarmonyFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2001Last Party 2000FilmSelf
- 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialFilm(archive footage)
- 1999University, Inc.FilmSelf (Archive Footage)
- 1999The Subtext of a Yale EducationFilmSelf
- 1997The Chris Rock ShowSeriesSelf
- 19974 Little GirlsFilmSelf - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
- 1997Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the GloryFilm
- 1996The Journey of the African-American AthleteFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeriesCocky Locky (voice)
- 1994BaseballSeriesVarious (voice)
- 1994The Soul of StaxFilmSelf
- 1993Crusade: The Life of Billy GrahamFilmSelf
- 1992America's Political Parties: Power and PrincipleFilmSelf
- 1989Route One/USAFilmSelf
- 1989DecadeFilmSelf
- 1988Tanner '88SeriesHimself (uncredited)
- 1988Jackie Robinson: An American JourneyFilmOn Screen Narrator
- 1987A Different WorldSeriesHimself
- 1986In Remembrance of MartinFilmSelf
- 1983Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a ControversyFilmSelf
- 1982Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset StripFilmSelf - Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1980A Decade of StruggleFilmSelf
- 1980A Matter of RespectFilm
- 1974Dinah!SeriesSelf
- 1973WattstaxFilmSelf
- 1973Save the ChildrenFilmSelf
- 1973Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2FilmSelf/Cameo (archive footage)
- 1972Nationtime: GaryFilmSelf
- 1971We Are UniversalFilm
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1969Operation BreadbasketFilmSelf
- 1968UptightFilmSelf (archive footage)
Filmography from TMDB.