Jesse Jackson
Biography
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is 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 was the founder 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".
Known For
Personal Info
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Acting
Known Credits
76
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-10-08 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Acting
2023
South to Black Power as Self2022
Loudmouth as Self2022
El otro Rey de Chicago as Self2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union as Self2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self (archive footage)2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over as Self2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story as Self2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr. as Self2021
September First, Twenty-Twenty as Himself2021
Punch 9 for Harold Washington as Not available2020
Uncle Tom as Self (archive footage)2020
Bernie Blackout as Self (archive footage)2020
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story as Self2019
Chicago at the Crossroad as Self2019
Stax, le label soul légendaire as Self (archive footage)2018
Explained as Self (archive footage)2018
Shut Up and Dribble as Self - Civil Rights Leader2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America as Self2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media as Self2018
The Road to Mass Incarceration as Self2018
I Am MLK Jr. as Self2016
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History as Self2016
Fantastic Lies as Himself (archive footage)2016
Crashing the Party as Self2014
We Are Many as Self2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self2012
MLK: The Assassination Tapes as Self (archive Footage)2011
A Man's Story as Self2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything! as Not available2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel as Self2009
Michael Jackson Memorial as Self2009
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound as Self2009
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry as Self2009
Anecdotes about Fidel as Not available2008
Ballou as Himself2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self2006
Robins as Self - Guest2005
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer as Not available2003
Real Time with Bill Maher as Self2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Not available2002
BaadAsssss Cinema as Self2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony as Self (archive footage)2001
Last Party 2000 as Self1999
The Subtext of a Yale Education as Self1999
University, Inc. as Self (Archive Footage)1997
The Chris Rock Show as Self1997
4 Little Girls as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition1997
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory as Not available1996
The Daily Show as Self1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete as Self (archive footage)1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Cocky Locky (voice)1994
Baseball as Various (voice)1994
The Soul of Stax as Self1993
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham as Self1989
Decade as Self1989
Route One/USA as Self1988
Tanner '88 as Himself (uncredited)1988
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey as On Screen Narrator1987
A Different World as Himself1986
In Remembrance of Martin as Self1983
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy as Self1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)1980
A Decade of Struggle as Self1980
A Matter of Respect as Not available1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host1974
Dinah! as Self1973
Save the Children as Self1973
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 as Self/Cameo (archive footage)1972
Nationtime as Self1971
We Are Universal as Not available1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)1969
Operation Breadbasket as Self1968
Uptight as Self (archive footage)NaN
Dear Mister President as Himself