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Jesse Jackson

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 8, 1941 (Died at 85)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthGreenville, South Carolina, USA
Career Span1963 – 2026
Known Credits82 Titles
Official Links
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ActingPopularity Score 1.2

Jesse Jackson

Also known as:Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
Total Works

82

59 movies • 23 shows

Avg Rating

7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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'.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Daily Show
6.4
The Daily Show
1996•series
as Self
Saturday Night Live
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975•series
as Self - Host
Real Time with Bill Maher
6.0
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
7.6
as Self

Photos & Headshots3

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 82 titles featuring Jesse Jackson

The Daily Show
6.4
1 eps
The Daily Show
1996•series

as Self

Saturday Night Live
6.9
1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975•series

as Self - Host

Real Time with Bill Maher
6.0
4 eps

as Self

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
7.6

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.3
1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003•series

as Self

LA 92
7.8
LA 92
2017•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Explained
7.4
1 eps
Explained
2018•series

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
7.4

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
6.8

as Self (archive footage)

A Different World
7.2
1 eps
A Different World
1987•series

as Himself

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
7.1

as Self

4 Little Girls
7.1
4 Little Girls
1997•movie

as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Baseball
7.5
0
Baseball
1994•series

as Various (voice)

BaadAsssss Cinema
6.0
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002•movie

as Self

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
7.4

as Self (archive footage)

Fantastic Lies
7.2
Fantastic Lies
2016•movie

as Himself (archive footage)

Wattstax
6.8
Wattstax
1973•movie

as Self

Uptight
6.8
Uptight
1968•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Michael Jackson Memorial
8.0

as Self

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
6.9

as (archive footage)

We Are Many
6.7
We Are Many
2014•movie

as Self

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
6.0

as Self

Route One/USA
7.4
Route One/USA
1989•movie

as Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.3

as Self (archive footage)

Last Party 2000
6.8
Last Party 2000
2001•movie

as Self

The Chris Rock Show
4.6
2 eps
The Chris Rock Show
1997•series

as Self

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
6.7

as Self

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6.3
1 eps

as Cocky Locky (voice)

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
5.3
3 eps

as Self

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
6.5

as Self (archive footage)

A Man's Story
6.9
A Man's Story
2011•movie

as Self

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
8.2

as Self

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
3.8
1 eps
Tanner '88
6.9
1 eps
Tanner '88
1988•series

as Himself (uncredited)

Save the Children
6.6
Save the Children
1973•movie

as Self

Not Necessarily the News
6.9
1 eps

as Self (archive footage)

Democracy Now!
6.9
1 eps
Democracy Now!
2001•series

as Self (archive footage)

MLK: The Assassination Tapes
7.4

as Self (archive Footage)

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
7.2

as Self

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
5.6

as Self

I Am MLK Jr.
8.8
I Am MLK Jr.
2018•movie

as Self

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
6.5

as Self

Robins
7.8
1 eps
Robins
2006•series

as Self - Guest

Dinah!
7.0
1 eps
Dinah!
1974•series

as Self

Hollywood Black
3.0
4 eps
Hollywood Black
2024•series

as Self (archive footage)

Chicago at the Crossroad
4.0

as Self

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
8.5

as Self

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
10.0
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
7.0

as Self

Loudmouth
6.0
Loudmouth
2022•movie

as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)

South to Black Power
3.5

as Self

In Remembrance of Martin
8.0

as Self

Decade
8.5
Decade
1989•movie

as Self

Nationtime: Gary
8.0
Nationtime: Gary
1972•movie

as Self

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
9.0

as Self/Cameo (archive footage)

World in Action
7.0
1 eps
World in Action
1963•series
University, Inc.
8.0
University, Inc.
1999•movie

as Self (Archive Footage)

The Journey of the African-American Athlete
10.0

as Self (archive footage)

September First, Twenty-Twenty
9.0

as Himself

Bernie Blackout
7.0
Bernie Blackout
2020•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Shut Up and Dribble
1.0
1 eps
Shut Up and Dribble
2018•series

as Self - Civil Rights Leader

Tanner on Tanner
10.0
1 eps
Tanner on Tanner
2004•series

as Self

Punch 9 for Harold Washington
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

as Self

The Subtext of a Yale Education

as Self

The Soul of Stax
The Soul of Stax
1994•movie

as Self

Stax, le label soul légendaire

as Self (archive footage)

Operation Breadbasket

as Self

Crashing the Party
Crashing the Party
2016•movie

as Self

The Road to Mass Incarceration

as Self

El otro Rey de Chicago

as Self

A Matter of Respect
Anecdotes about Fidel
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

as Self

A Decade of Struggle

as Self

as Self

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self

America's Political Parties: Power and Principle

as Self

Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story

as Self

Joy Behar: Say Anything!
1 eps
Obama
4 eps
Obama
2020•series

as Self

Velshi
1 eps
Velshi
2017•series

as Self (archive footage)