Jesse Jackson
Known for Acting
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
Last Party 2000
2001
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self
LA 92
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009
as Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
4 Little Girls
1997
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
We Are Many
2014
as Self
Uncle Tom
2020
as Self (archive footage)
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
Wattstax
1973
as Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Decade
1989
as Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
as Self
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Uptight
1968
as Self (archive footage)
I Am MLK Jr.
2018
as Self