Jesse Jackson
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'.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1982
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
as Self (archive footage)
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
as Self
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
2021
University, Inc.
as Self (Archive Footage)
1999
The Subtext of a Yale Education
as Self
1999
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
as Self
2009
A Man's Story
as Self
2011
The Soul of Stax
as Self
1994
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
as Self
2009
Stax, le label soul légendaire
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Chicago at the Crossroad
as Self
2019
Uptight
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Ballou
as Himself
2008
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
2007
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
2013
TV Appearances
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
Robins
as Self - Guest
2006
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
as Self
2021
Shut Up and Dribble
as Self - Civil Rights Leader
2018
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Tanner '88
as Himself (uncredited)
1988
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
The Chris Rock Show
as Self
1997
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Cocky Locky (voice)
1995
A Different World
as Himself
1987