Jesse Jackson: movies and TV shows
Jesse Jackson has 86 credits in the archive: 63 films and 23 TV series, from 1963 to 2024. Highest rated: Robins (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1963 – 2024 · busiest year: 2021 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hollywood Black | Self (archive footage) | TV | 3.0 | 82 |
| 2023 | South to Black Power | Self | Film | 3.5 | 81 |
| 2022 | Loudmouth | Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2022 | El otro Rey de Chicago | Self | Film | — | 80 |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self | Film | 7.6 | 79 |
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 79 |
| 2021 | Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union | Self | TV | 5.3 | 79 |
| 2021 | Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2021 | Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over | Self | Film | 6.5 | 79 |
| 2021 | Punch 9 for Harold Washington | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2021 | September First, Twenty-Twenty | Himself | Film | 9.0 | 79 |
| 2021 | Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 2021 | Killing Martin Luther King Jr. | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 2020 | Obama | Self | TV | — | 78 |
| 2020 | Bernie Blackout | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2020 | Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2019 | Stax, le label soul légendaire | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2019 | Chicago at the Crossroad | Self | Film | 4.0 | 77 |
| 2018 | Explained | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 76 |
| 2018 | Shut Up and Dribble | Self - Civil Rights Leader | TV | 1.0 | 76 |
| 2018 | The Road to Mass Incarceration | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2018 | I Am MLK Jr. | Self | Film | 8.8 | 76 |
| 2018 | Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2018 | Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2017 | Velshi | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 75 |
| 2017 | LA 92 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 75 |
| 2016 | Fantastic Lies | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 74 |
| 2016 | '85: The Greatest Team in Football History | Self | Film | 8.2 | 74 |
| 2016 | Crashing the Party | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2014 | We Are Many | Self | Film | 6.7 | 72 |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2012 | MLK: The Assassination Tapes | Self (archive Footage) | Film | 7.4 | 70 |
| 2011 | A Man's Story | Self | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2009 | Joy Behar: Say Anything! | TV | — | 67 | |
| 2009 | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel | Self | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2009 | Anecdotes about Fidel | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson Memorial | Self | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2009 | Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound | Self | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2009 | The Nine Lives of Marion Barry | Self | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 2008 | The Day the Troubles Began | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2008 | Ballou | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2007 | King: Man of Peace in a Time of War | Self | Film | 8.5 | 65 |
| 2006 | Robins | Self - Guest | TV | 7.8 | 64 |
| 2005 | The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer | TV | 3.8 | 63 | |
| 2004 | Tanner on Tanner | Self | TV | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | TV | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 61 |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2002 | Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 2001 | Last Party 2000 | Self | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1999 | University, Inc. | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1999 | The Subtext of a Yale Education | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show | Self | TV | 4.6 | 55 |
| 1997 | 4 Little Girls | Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1997 | Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory | Film | 10.0 | 55 | |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1996 | The Journey of the African-American Athlete | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Cocky Locky (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1994 | Baseball | Various (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1994 | The Soul of Stax | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 1993 | Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham | Self | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1992 | America's Political Parties: Power and Principle | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 1989 | Route One/USA | Self | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1989 | Decade | Self | Film | 8.5 | 47 |
| 1988 | Tanner '88 | Himself (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1988 | Jackie Robinson: An American Journey | On Screen Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Himself | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1986 | In Remembrance of Martin | Self | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1983 | Not Necessarily the News | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1983 | Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy | Self | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1982 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1980 | A Matter of Respect | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1980 | A Decade of Struggle | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1973 | Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 | Self/Cameo (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1973 | Wattstax | Self | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1973 | Save the Children | Self | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1972 | Nationtime: Gary | Self | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1971 | We Are Universal | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1969 | Operation Breadbasket | Self | Film | — | 27 |
| 1968 | Uptight | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1963 | World in Action | TV | 7.0 | 21 | |
| Dear Mister President | Self | Film | — | — |