Acting
Jesse Jackson
Acting · Born 1941-10-08 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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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Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
FilmSouth to Black Power
2023 · Self
FilmLoudmouth
2022 · Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
FilmDionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021 · Self
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021 · Self
FilmSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Self
FilmSeptember First, Twenty-Twenty
2021 · Himself
FilmStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · Self (archive footage)
FilmCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Obama
2020 · Self
FilmBernie Blackout
2020 · Self (archive footage)
FilmChicago at the Crossroad
2019 · Self
Shut Up and Dribble
2018 · Self - Civil Rights Leader
Explained
2018 · Self (archive footage)
FilmI Am MLK Jr.
2018 · Self
Velshi
2017 · Self (archive footage)
FilmLA 92
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Film'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016 · Self
FilmFantastic Lies
2016 · Himself (archive footage)
FilmWe Are Many
2014 · Self
FilmRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Self
FilmMLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012 · Self (archive Footage)
FilmA Man's Story
2011 · Self
FilmJoan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009 · Self
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
FilmHugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009 · Self
FilmMichael Jackson Memorial
2009 · Self
FilmThe Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009 · Self
Ballou
FilmBallou
2008 · Himself
FilmKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007 · Self
Robins
2006 · Self - Guest
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
Tanner on Tanner
2004 · Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
FilmAmandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002 · Self (archive footage)
FilmBaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Self
FilmLast Party 2000
2001 · Self
FilmSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · (archive footage)
FilmUniversity, Inc.
1999 · Self (Archive Footage)
Film4 Little Girls
1997 · Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
The Chris Rock Show
1997 · Self
FilmMahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
FilmThe Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Cocky Locky (voice)
Baseball
1994 · Various (voice)
FilmCrusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993 · Self
FilmDecade
1989 · Self
FilmRoute One/USA
1989 · Self
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
FilmJackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988 · On Screen Narrator
Tanner '88
1988 · Himself (uncredited)
A Different World
1987 · Himself
FilmIn Remembrance of Martin
1986 · Self
Not Necessarily the News
1983 · Self (archive footage)
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
FilmAmos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983 · Self
FilmRichard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Dinah!
1974 · Self
FilmContradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 · Self/Cameo (archive footage)
FilmSave the Children
1973 · Self
FilmWattstax
1973 · Self
FilmNationtime: Gary
1972 · Self
FilmKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
FilmUptight
1968 · Self (archive footage)
World in Action
1963