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'.

Known For

The Daily Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

A Different World

Dinah!

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

All Movies (63)

• South to Black Power2023 · as Self
• Loudmouth2022 · as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
• El otro Rey de Chicago2022 · as Self
• Punch 9 for Harold Washington2021
• Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over2021 · as Self
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 · as Self
• September First, Twenty-Twenty2021 · as Himself
• Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story2021 · as Self
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Killing Martin Luther King Jr.2021 · as Self
• Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bernie Blackout2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story2020 · as Self
• Stax, le label soul légendaire2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Chicago at the Crossroad2019 · as Self
• The Road to Mass Incarceration2018 · as Self
• Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America2018 · as Self
• I Am MLK Jr.2018 · as Self
• Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media2018 · as Self
• LA 922017 · as Self (archive footage)
• '85: The Greatest Team in Football History2016 · as Self
• Crashing the Party2016 · as Self
• Fantastic Lies2016 · as Himself (archive footage)
• We Are Many2014 · as Self
• Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic2013 · as Self
• MLK: The Assassination Tapes2012 · as Self (archive Footage)
• A Man's Story2011 · as Self
• Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound2009 · as Self
• Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel2009 · as Self
• Michael Jackson Memorial2009 · as Self
• The Nine Lives of Marion Barry2009 · as Self
• Anecdotes about Fidel2009
• The Day the Troubles Began2008 · as Self
• Ballou2008 · as Himself
• King: Man of Peace in a Time of War2007 · as Self
• Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• BaadAsssss Cinema2002 · as Self
• Last Party 20002001 · as Self
• The Subtext of a Yale Education1999 · as Self
• University, Inc.1999 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• 4 Little Girls1997 · as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
• Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory1997
• The Journey of the African-American Athlete1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Soul of Stax1994 · as Self
• Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham1993 · as Self
• America's Political Parties: Power and Principle1992 · as Self
• Decade1989 · as Self
• Route One/USA1989 · as Self
• Jackie Robinson: An American Journey1988 · as On Screen Narrator
• In Remembrance of Martin1986 · as Self
• Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy1983 · as Self
• Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip1982 · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
• A Decade of Struggle1980 · as Self
• A Matter of Respect1980
• Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 21973 · as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
• Save the Children1973 · as Self
• Wattstax1973 · as Self
• Nationtime1972 · as Self
• We Are Universal1971
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970 · as Self (archive footage)
• Operation Breadbasket1969 · as Self
• Uptight1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dear Mister President— · as Self

All TV Shows (22)

• Hollywood Black2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union2021 · as Self
• Obama2020 · as Self
• Shut Up and Dribble2018 · as Self - Civil Rights Leader
• Explained2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Joy Behar: Say Anything!2009
• Robins2006 · as Self - Guest
• The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer2005
• Tanner on Tanner2004 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• The Chris Rock Show1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995 · as Cocky Locky (voice)
• Baseball1994 · as Various (voice)
• Tanner '881988 · as Himself (uncredited)
• A Different World1987 · as Himself
• Not Necessarily the News1983 · as Self (archive footage)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• World in Action1963