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Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson

Born
Died
(aged 84)
Birthplace
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Credits
88 titles

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'.

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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 88

YearTitleRole
TBA Dear Mister President Film Self
2024 Hollywood Black TV Self (archive footage) (4 ep)
2023 South to Black Power Film Self
2022 Loudmouth Film Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
2022 El otro Rey de Chicago Film Self
2021 Punch 9 for Harold Washington Film
2021 Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over Film Self
2021 Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union TV Self (3 ep)
2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Film Self
2021 September First, Twenty-Twenty Film Himself
2021 Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story Film Self
2021 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Film Self (archive footage)
2021 Killing Martin Luther King Jr. Film Self
2021 Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Film Self (archive footage)
2020 Obama TV Self (4 ep)
2020 Bernie Blackout Film Self (archive footage)
2020 Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story Film Self
2020 Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story Film Self
2019 Stax, le label soul légendaire Film Self (archive footage)
2019 Chicago at the Crossroad Film Self
2018 Shut Up and Dribble TV Self - Civil Rights Leader (1 ep)
2018 The Road to Mass Incarceration Film Self
2018 Explained TV Self (archive footage) (1 ep)
2018 Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America Film Self
2018 I Am MLK Jr. Film Self
2018 Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media Film Self
2017 Velshi TV Self (archive footage) (1 ep)
2017 LA 92 Film Self (archive footage)
2016 '85: The Greatest Team in Football History Film Self
2016 Crashing the Party Film Self
2016 Fantastic Lies Film Himself (archive footage)
2014 We Are Many Film Self
2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Film Self
2012 MLK: The Assassination Tapes Film Self (archive Footage)
2011 A Man's Story Film Self
2009 Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound Film Self
2009 Joy Behar: Say Anything! TV (1 ep)
2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Film Self
2009 Michael Jackson Memorial Film Self
2009 The Nine Lives of Marion Barry Film Self
2009 Anecdotes about Fidel Film
2008 The Day the Troubles Began Film Self
2008 Ballou Film Himself
2007 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War Film Self
2006 Robins TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2005 The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer TV (1 ep)
2004 Tanner on Tanner TV Self (1 ep)
2003 Real Time with Bill Maher TV Self (4 ep)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV Self (1 ep)
2002 Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Film Self (archive footage)
2002 BaadAsssss Cinema Film Self
2001 Last Party 2000 Film Self
2001 Democracy Now! TV Self (archive footage) (1 ep)
1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special Film (archive footage)
1999 The Subtext of a Yale Education Film Self
1999 University, Inc. Film Self (Archive Footage)
1997 4 Little Girls Film Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
1997 The Chris Rock Show TV Self (2 ep)
1997 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory Film
1996 The Daily Show TV Self (1 ep)
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