Jesse Jackson
Acting
Born October 8, 1941 — Died February 17, 2026
From Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Also known as Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
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 en...
Filmography
South to Black Power
Self
20233.5
Loudmouth
Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
20226.0
El otro Rey de Chicago
Self
2022
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Self
20216.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self
20217.6
September First, Twenty-Twenty
Himself
20219.0
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Self
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
20217.4
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Self
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Self (archive footage)
20216.8
Bernie Blackout
Self (archive footage)
20207.0
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Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
Self
2020
Stax, le label soul légendaire
Self (archive footage)
2019
Chicago at the Crossroad
Self
20194.0
The Road to Mass Incarceration
Self
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Self
2018
I Am MLK Jr.
Self
20188.8
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self
2018
LA 92
Self (archive footage)
20177.7
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Self
20168.2
Crashing the Party
Self
2016
Fantastic Lies
Himself (archive footage)
20167.3
We Are Many
Self
20146.7
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
20137.1
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Self (archive Footage)
20127.4
A Man's Story
Self
20116.9
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Self
20096.7
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Self
20096.0
Michael Jackson Memorial
Self
20098.0
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
Self
20095.6
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
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The Day the Troubles Began
Self
2008
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Ballou
Himself
20088.0
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
20078.5
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Self (archive footage)
20026.5
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
20026.0
Last Party 2000
Self
20016.8
The Subtext of a Yale Education
Self
1999
University, Inc.
Self (Archive Footage)
19998.0
4 Little Girls
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
19977.2
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
199710.0
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Self (archive footage)
199610.0
The Soul of Stax
Self
1994
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
Self
19937.0
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
Self
1992
Decade
Self
19898.5
Route One/USA
Self
19897.4
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Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
On Screen Narrator
19887.0
In Remembrance of Martin
Self
19868.0
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Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self
19837.0
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
19827.4
A Decade of Struggle
Self
1980
A Matter of Respect
1980
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Self/Cameo (archive footage)
19739.0
Save the Children
Self
19736.5
Wattstax
Self
19736.7
Nationtime: Gary
Self
19728.0
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We Are Universal
1971
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
19707.3
Operation Breadbasket
Self
1969
Uptight
Self (archive footage)
19686.8
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Dear Mister President
Self
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