Jesse Jackson
Acting Born Oct 8, 1941 Greenville, South Carolina, USA 24 credits
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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- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- World in Action (1963)
- A Different World (1987) as Himself
- The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (2005)
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Cocky Locky (voice)
- Explained (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Baseball (1994) as Various (voice)
- The Chris Rock Show (1997) as Self
- Robins (2006) as Self - Guest
- Tanner '88 (1988) as Himself (uncredited)
- Not Necessarily the News (1983) as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood Black (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as Self (archive footage)
- Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story (2021) as Self
- Shut Up and Dribble (2018) as Self - Civil Rights Leader
- Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America (2018) as Self
- Tanner on Tanner (2004) as Self
- Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2009)