Personal Info
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
Jesse Jackson
Acting
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'.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
South to Black Power
as Self
Loudmouth
as Self
El otro Rey de Chicago
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
as Self (archive footage)
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
as Self
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
TV Shows
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage) · 4 ep.
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
as Self · 3 ep.
Obama
as Self · 4 ep.
Explained
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Shut Up and Dribble
as Self - Civil Rights Leader · 1 ep.
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
1 ep.
Robins
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
1 ep.
Tanner on Tanner
as Self · 1 ep.
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self · 4 ep.
