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'.
Acting
TV
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
TV
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
Movie
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
2021
TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Movie
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
2017
TV
Explained
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Movie
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1982
Movie
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
as Self (archive footage)
2021
TV
A Different World
as Himself
1987
Movie
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
2013
Movie
4 Little Girls
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
1997
TV
Baseball
as Various (voice)
1994
Movie
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Movie
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
Movie
Fantastic Lies
as Himself (archive footage)
2016
Movie
Wattstax
as Self
1973
Movie
Uptight
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Movie
Michael Jackson Memorial
as Self
2009
Movie
We Are Many
as Self
2014
Movie
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
as Self
2009
Movie
Route One/USA
as Self
1989
Movie
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970