Acting
Jesse Jackson
1941 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA
30 films
Bio
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
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
Nationtime: Gary
Self
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
University, Inc.
Self (Archive Footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self
Fantastic Lies
Himself (archive footage)
Operation Breadbasket
Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Uptight
Self (archive footage)
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage)
A Man's Story
Self