Jesse Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Died
- February 17, 2026
- Birthplace
- 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'.
Filmography
- Dear Mister President
Dear Mister President TBA
as Self
South to Black Power 2023
as Self
Texas, USA 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Loudmouth 2022
as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
El otro Rey de Chicago 2022
as Self
Punch 9 for Harold Washington 2021
Actor
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over 2021
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2021
as Self
September First, Twenty-Twenty 2021
as Himself
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story 2021
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr. 2021
as Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Bernie Blackout 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story 2020
as Self
- Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story 2020
as Self
Stax, le label soul légendaire 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Chicago at the Crossroad 2019
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The Road to Mass Incarceration 2018
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I Am MLK Jr. 2018
as Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America 2018
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- Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media 2018
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LA 92 2017
as Self (archive footage)
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History 2016
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Crashing the Party 2016
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Fantastic Lies 2016
as Himself (archive footage)
We Are Many 2014
as Self
Hate Crimes in the Heartland 2014
Actor
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic 2013
as Self
MLK: The Assassination Tapes 2012
as Self (archive Footage)
A Man's Story 2011
as Self
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound 2009
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Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel 2009
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Michael Jackson Memorial 2009
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The Nine Lives of Marion Barry 2009
as Self
Anecdotes about Fidel 2009
Actor
- The Day the Troubles Began
The Day the Troubles Began 2008
as Self
- Ballou
Ballou 2008
as Himself
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War 2007
as Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony 2002
as Self (archive footage)
BaadAsssss Cinema 2002
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Last Party 2000 2001
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 1999
as (archive footage)
The Subtext of a Yale Education 1999
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University, Inc. 1999
as Self (Archive Footage)
4 Little Girls 1997
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory 1997
Actor
The Journey of the African-American Athlete 1996
as Self (archive footage)
The Soul of Stax 1994
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Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham 1993
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America's Political Parties: Power and Principle 1992
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Decade 1989
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Route One/USA 1989
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- Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey 1988
as On Screen Narrator
In Remembrance of Martin 1986
as Self
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy 1983
as Self
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip 1982
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
A Decade of Struggle 1980
as Self
A Matter of Respect 1980
Actor
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 1973
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Save the Children 1973
as Self
Wattstax 1973
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Nationtime: Gary 1972
as Self
- We Are Universal
We Are Universal 1971
Actor
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Breadbasket 1969
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Uptight 1968
as Self (archive footage)
Credits from TMDB.