- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- February 17, 2026
Jesse Jackson
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
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieSouth to Black Power
2023 · Self
movieLoudmouth
2022 · Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
movieEl otro Rey de Chicago
2022 · Self
moviePunch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
movieDionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021 · Self
tvObama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021 · Self
movieSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Self
movieSeptember First, Twenty-Twenty
2021 · Himself
movieSpiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021 · Self
movieStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieKilling Martin Luther King Jr.
2021 · Self
movieCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 · Self (archive footage)
tvObama
2020 · Self
movieBernie Blackout
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
2020 · Self
movieStax, le label soul légendaire
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieChicago at the Crossroad
2019 · Self
tvShut Up and Dribble
2018 · Self - Civil Rights Leader
movieThe Road to Mass Incarceration
2018 · Self
tvExplained
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieRise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018 · Self
movieI Am MLK Jr.
2018 · Self
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018 · Self
movieLA 92
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movie'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016 · Self
movieCrashing the Party
2016 · Self
movieFantastic Lies
2016 · Himself (archive footage)
movieWe Are Many
2014 · Self
movieRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Self
movieMLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012 · Self (archive Footage)
movieA Man's Story
2011 · Self
movieJoan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009 · Self
tvJoy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
movieHugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009 · Self
movieMichael Jackson Memorial
2009 · Self
movieThe Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009 · Self
movieAnecdotes about Fidel
2009
The Day the Troubles Began
2008 · Self
Ballou
2008 · Himself
movieKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007 · Self
tvRobins
2006 · Self - Guest
tvThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
tvTanner on Tanner
2004 · Self
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
movieAmandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieBaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Self
movieLast Party 2000
2001 · Self
movieThe Subtext of a Yale Education
1999 · Self
movieUniversity, Inc.
1999 · Self (Archive Footage)
movie4 Little Girls
1997 · Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
tvThe Chris Rock Show
1997 · Self
movieMahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
movieThe Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996 · Self (archive footage)
tvHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Cocky Locky (voice)
tvBaseball
1994 · Various (voice)
movieThe Soul of Stax
1994 · Self
movieCrusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993 · Self
movieAmerica's Political Parties: Power and Principle
1992 · Self
movieDecade
1989 · Self
movieRoute One/USA
1989 · Self
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988 · On Screen Narrator
tvTanner '88
1988 · Himself (uncredited)
tvA Different World
1987 · Himself
movieIn Remembrance of Martin
1986 · Self
tvNot Necessarily the News
1983 · Self (archive footage)
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983 · Self
movieRichard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
movieA Decade of Struggle
1980 · Self
movieA Matter of Respect
1980
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
tvDinah!
1974 · Self
movieContradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 · Self/Cameo (archive footage)
movieSave the Children
1973 · Self
movieWattstax
1973 · Self
movieNationtime: Gary
1972 · Self
We Are Universal
1971
movieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
movieOperation Breadbasket
1969 · Self
movieUptight
1968 · Self (archive footage)
tvWorld in Action
1963
Dear Mister President
— · Self