Jesse Jackson
Birthdate
October 8, 1941 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
October 8, 1941 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Known For
Acting
Biography
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is 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 was the founder 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".
Jesse Jackson's LGBTQ+ Titles
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Self
Acting (73)
2023
South to Black Power as Self
2022
Loudmouth as Self
2022
El otro Rey de Chicago as Self
2021
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union as Self (3 episodes)
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self (archive footage)
2021
September First, Twenty-Twenty as Himself
2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story as Self
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage)
2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr. as Self
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)
2020
Uncle Tom as Self (archive footage)
2020
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story as Self
2019
Stax, le label soul légendaire as Self (archive footage)
2019
Chicago at the Crossroad as Self
2018
Shut Up and Dribble as Self - Civil Rights Leader (1 episode)
2018
The Road to Mass Incarceration as Self
2018
Explained as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America as Self
2018
I Am MLK Jr. as Self
2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media as Self
2016
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History as Self
2016
Crashing the Party as Self
2016
Fantastic Lies as Himself (archive footage)
2014
We Are Many as Self
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
2012
MLK: The Assassination Tapes as Self (archive Footage)
2011
A Man's Story as Self
2009
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound as Self
2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything! (1 episode)
2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel as Self
2009
Michael Jackson Memorial as Self
2009
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry as Self
2009
Anecdotes about Fidel
2008
Ballou as Himself
2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self
2006
Robins as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2005
The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer (1 episode)
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher as Self (4 episodes)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)
2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony as Self (archive footage)
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
2001
Last Party 2000 as Self
1999
The Subtext of a Yale Education as Self
1999
University, Inc. as Self (Archive Footage)
1997
4 Little Girls as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
1997
The Chris Rock Show (2 episodes)
1997
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete as Self (archive footage)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Cocky Locky (voice) (1 episode)
1994
Baseball as Various (voice) (9 episodes)
1994
The Soul of Stax
1993
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham as Himself
1989
Decade as Self
1989
Route One/USA as Self
1988
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey as On Screen Narrator
1988
Tanner '88 as Himself (uncredited) (1 episode)
1987
A Different World as Himself (1 episode)
1986
In Remembrance of Martin as Self
1983
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy as Self
1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1980
A Decade of Struggle as Self
1980
A Matter of Respect
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1974
Dinah! as Self (1 episode)
1973
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973
Save the Children as Self
1972
Nationtime as Self
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
1969
Operation Breadbasket as Self
1968
Uptight as Self (archive footage)