Jesse Jackson
KNOWN FOR View Movie
as Self (uncredited) Saturday Night Live 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
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
4 Little Girls
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
Fantastic Lies
as Himself (archive footage)
Michael Jackson Memorial
as Self
Wattstax
as Self
Uptight
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Many
as Self
Route One/USA
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Last Party 2000
as Self
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
as Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
as Self (archive footage)
A Man's Story
as Self