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)
Charming Billy
Role: Self (uncredited)1999
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Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
Role: Self2009
The Cube
Role: Self1969
Devil's Workshop
Role: Self - Host2022
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Woman in the Rain
Role: Self1976
69
Role: Self2004
Villon's Wife
Role: Self2009
Black & White
Role: Self1999
Kattukuthira
Role: Himself1990
Доставщик
Role: Self (archive footage)2025
4 Little Girls
Role: Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition1997
Uncle Tom
Role: Self (archive footage)2020
Uptight
Role: Self (archive footage)1968
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Role: Self (archive footage)1970
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Role: Self2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Role: Self (archive footage)2021
South to Black Power
Role: Self2023
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Role: Self2018
LA 92
Role: Self (archive footage)2017
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Role: Self (archive footage)2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Role: Self2021
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Role: Self (archive footage)1996
Decade
Role: Self1989
The Soul of Stax
Role: Self1994
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Role: Self2021
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Role: Self2016
Save the Children
Role: Self1973
A Man's Story
Role: Self2011
BaadAsssss Cinema
Role: Self2002
The Road to Mass Incarceration
Role: Self2018
We Are Many
Role: Self2014
University, Inc.
Role: Self (Archive Footage)1999
Bernie Blackout
Role: Self (archive footage)2020
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Ballou
Role: Himself2008
Last Party 2000
Role: Self2001
Crashing the Party
Role: Self2016
I Am MLK Jr.
Role: Self2018
Dear Mister President
Role: Self2026
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Role: Self2009
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Role: Self2009