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Jesse Jackson

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'.

Born

Oct 08, 1941

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Died

Feb 17, 2026

Known For

Acting

Movies

64 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.2

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Known For

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021

as Self
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

1982

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
LA 92

LA 92

2017

as Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 • as Self
★ 7.6
Nationtime: Gary
Nationtime: Gary
1972 • as Self
★ 8.0
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.9
University, Inc.
University, Inc.
1999 • as Self (Archive Footage)
★ 8.0
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 • as Self
★ 7.1
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
A Man's Story
A Man's Story
2011 • as Self
★ 6.9
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021 • as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982 • as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
★ 7.4
BaadAsssss Cinema
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 • as Self
★ 6.0
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016 • as Self
★ 8.2
Fantastic Lies
Fantastic Lies
2016 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Operation Breadbasket
Operation Breadbasket
1969 • as Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
LA 92
LA 92
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls
1997 • as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
★ 7.1
Uptight
Uptight
1968 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
I Am MLK Jr.
I Am MLK Jr.
2018 • as Self
★ 8.8
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009 • as Self
★ 6.0
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018 • as Self
Wattstax
Wattstax
1973 • as Self
★ 6.7
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021 • as Self
★ 6.5
Last Party 2000
Last Party 2000
2001 • as Self
★ 6.8
We Are Many
We Are Many
2014 • as Self
★ 6.7
The Road to Mass Incarceration
The Road to Mass Incarceration
2018 • as Self
Michael Jackson Memorial
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009 • as Self
★ 8.0
Route One/USA
Route One/USA
1989 • as Self
★ 7.4
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009 • as Self
★ 6.7
Crashing the Party
Crashing the Party
2016 • as Self
A Decade of Struggle
A Decade of Struggle
1980 • as Self
Save the Children
Save the Children
1973 • as Self
★ 6.6
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
1992 • as Self
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012 • as Self (archive Footage)
★ 7.4
The Subtext of a Yale Education
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999 • as Self
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 • as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Chicago at the Crossroad
Chicago at the Crossroad
2019 • as Self
★ 4.0
Decade
Decade
1989 • as Self
★ 8.5
movie
The Day the Troubles Began
2008 • as Self
September First, Twenty-Twenty
September First, Twenty-Twenty
2021 • as Himself
★ 9.0
Loudmouth
Loudmouth
2022 • as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
★ 6.0
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007 • as Self
★ 8.5
South to Black Power
South to Black Power
2023 • as Self
★ 3.5
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
Bernie Blackout
Bernie Blackout
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
A Matter of Respect
A Matter of Respect
1980
movie
We Are Universal
1971
movie
Ballou
2008 • as Himself
★ 8.0
movie
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983 • as Self
★ 7.0
Anecdotes about Fidel
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009 • as Self
★ 5.6
In Remembrance of Martin
In Remembrance of Martin
1986 • as Self
★ 8.0
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993 • as Self
★ 7.2
Stax, le label soul légendaire
Stax, le label soul légendaire
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
El otro Rey de Chicago
El otro Rey de Chicago
2022 • as Self
The Soul of Stax
The Soul of Stax
1994 • as Self
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
2021 • as Self
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
★ 10.0
movie
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018 • as Self
movie
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988 • as On Screen Narrator
★ 7.0
movie
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
2020 • as Self
movie
Dear Mister President
• as Self