Jesse Jackson
Known for ActingBorn 1941-10-08 — died 2026-02-17Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · as Self
We Are Many
2014 · as Self
Nationtime
1972 · as Self
A Man's Story
2011 · as Self
Uptight
1968 · as Self (archive footage)
LA 92
2017 · as Self (archive footage)
Last Party 2000
2001 · as Self
4 Little Girls
1997 · as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 · as Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · as Self
Wattstax
1973 · as Self
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016 · as Self
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009 · as Self
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982 · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Fantastic Lies
2016 · as Himself (archive footage)