Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1941-10-08 00:00:00
Birth Place:Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Known For:Acting
Death Date:2026-02-17 00:00:00
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Jesse Jackson
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'.
Filmography (40)
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We Are Universal
actor1971
Stax, le label soul légendaire
Role: Self (archive footage)2019
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Role: Self2018
The Subtext of a Yale Education
Role: Self1999
⭐ 7.3
Route One/USA
Role: Self1989
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
Role: Self1992
El otro Rey de Chicago
Role: Self2022
Operation Breadbasket
Role: Self1969
⭐ 10
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
actor1997
⭐ 7
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Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
Role: On Screen Narrator1988
⭐ 4
Chicago at the Crossroad
Role: Self2019
⭐ 7.2
Fantastic Lies
Role: Himself (archive footage)2016
⭐ 6
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
Role: Self1993
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Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
Role: Self2020
⭐ 9
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Role: Self/Cameo (archive footage)1973
⭐ 9
September First, Twenty-Twenty
Role: Himself2021
⭐ 5.6
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
Role: Self2009
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Role: Self2021
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The Day the Troubles Began
Role: Self2008
A Matter of Respect
actor1980
⭐ 7.4
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Role: Self (archive Footage)2012
⭐ 6.4
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Role: Self (archive footage)2002
⭐ 7.4
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Role: Self - Audience Member (uncredited)1982
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
actor2021
⭐ 8
Michael Jackson Memorial
Role: Self2009
⭐ 8
Nationtime
Role: Self1972
Anecdotes about Fidel
actor2009
⭐ 6
Loudmouth
Role: Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)2022
⭐ 7
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Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Role: Self1983
⭐ 8.5
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Role: Self2007
⭐ 6.8
Last Party 2000
Role: Self2001
⭐ 8
In Remembrance of Martin
Role: Self1986
⭐ 7
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Role: Self2013
Crashing the Party
Role: Self2016
Dear Mister President
Role: Self2026
⭐ 8.8
I Am MLK Jr.
Role: Self2018
⭐ 6.8
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Role: Self2009
⭐ 6
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Role: Self2009
A Decade of Struggle
Role: Self1980
⭐ 7
Bernie Blackout
Role: Self (archive footage)2020