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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-10-08 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Also Known As

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

Jesse Jackson

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".

Known For

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

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

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

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Ballou

Ballou

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Michael Jackson Memorial

Michael Jackson Memorial

Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

Fantastic Lies

Fantastic Lies

Route One/USA

Route One/USA

In Remembrance of Martin

In Remembrance of Martin

Nationtime

Nationtime

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

I Am MLK Jr.

I Am MLK Jr.

September First, Twenty-Twenty

September First, Twenty-Twenty

Acting

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

2021

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

as

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

1982

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

as

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

2002

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

as

Self (archive footage)

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002

BaadAsssss Cinema

as

Self

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

2021

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

as

Self

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

2021

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

as

Self (archive footage)

University, Inc.

1999

University, Inc.

as

Self (Archive Footage)

The Subtext of a Yale Education

1999

The Subtext of a Yale Education

as

Self

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

2009

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

as

Self

A Man's Story

2011

A Man's Story

as

Self

The Soul of Stax

1994

The Soul of Stax

as

Self

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

as

Self (archive footage)

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

2009

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

as

Self

Stax, le label soul légendaire

2019

Stax, le label soul légendaire

as

Self (archive footage)

Chicago at the Crossroad

2019

Chicago at the Crossroad

as

Self

Uptight

1968

Uptight

as

Self (archive footage)

Ballou

2008

Ballou

as

Himself

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

as

Self

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

1997

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

as

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as

Self

Operation Breadbasket

1969

Operation Breadbasket

as

Self

Crashing the Party

2016

Crashing the Party

as

Self

Michael Jackson Memorial

2009

Michael Jackson Memorial

as

Self

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

1983

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

as

Self

Uncle Tom

2020

Uncle Tom

as

Self (archive footage)

The Road to Mass Incarceration

2018

The Road to Mass Incarceration

as

Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as

Self (archive footage)

We Are Many

2014

We Are Many

as

Self

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

2012

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

as

Self (archive Footage)

Loudmouth

2022

Loudmouth

as

Self

El otro Rey de Chicago

2022

El otro Rey de Chicago

as

Self

4 Little Girls

1997

4 Little Girls

as

Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

A Matter of Respect

1980

A Matter of Respect

as

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

1988

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

as

On Screen Narrator

South to Black Power

2023

South to Black Power

as

Self

Anecdotes about Fidel

2009

Anecdotes about Fidel

as

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

as

Self (archive footage)

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

2016

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

as

Self

Save the Children

1973

Save the Children

as

Self

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

2009

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

as

Self

Fantastic Lies

2016

Fantastic Lies

as

Himself (archive footage)

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

2018

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

as

Self

A Decade of Struggle

1980

A Decade of Struggle

as

Self

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

1993

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

as

Self

Route One/USA

1989

Route One/USA

as

Self

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

2018

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

as

Self

Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

2020

Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

as

Self

In Remembrance of Martin

1986

In Remembrance of Martin

as

Self

Decade

1989

Decade

as

Self

Nationtime

1972

Nationtime

as

Self

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

1996

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

as

Self (archive footage)

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

1973

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

as

Self/Cameo (archive footage)

I Am MLK Jr.

2018

I Am MLK Jr.

as

Self

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

2021

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

as

Self

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

2021

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

as

Self

Last Party 2000

2001

Last Party 2000

as

Self

September First, Twenty-Twenty

2021

September First, Twenty-Twenty

as

Himself

Bernie Blackout

2020

Bernie Blackout

as

Self (archive footage)

We Are Universal

1971

We Are Universal

as

Dear Mister President

Dear Mister President

as

Himself

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

as

Self

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

as

Robins

Robins

as

Self - Guest

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

as

Self

Shut Up and Dribble

Shut Up and Dribble

as

Self - Civil Rights Leader

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

as

Tanner '88

Tanner '88

as

Himself (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as

Self - Host

The Chris Rock Show

The Chris Rock Show

as

Self

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as

Cocky Locky (voice)

A Different World

A Different World

as

Himself

Baseball

Baseball

as

Various (voice)

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

as

Self

Explained

Explained

as

Self (archive footage)

Dinah!

Dinah!

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing