
Actor
Jesse Jackson
Born 1941 · Greenville, 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'.
Acting

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1975

The Daily Show
Self · 1996

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self · 2021

LA 92
Self (archive footage) · 2017

Explained
Self (archive footage) · 2018

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Self - Audience Member (uncredited) · 1982

Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 2003

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Self (archive footage) · 2021

A Different World
Himself · 1987

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self · 2013

Baseball
Various (voice) · 1994

4 Little Girls
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition · 1997

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2003

Michael Jackson Memorial
Self · 2009

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage) · 2021

Fantastic Lies
Himself (archive footage) · 2016

Tanner on Tanner
Self · 2004

The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Self (archive footage) · 1996

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Self · 2016

Wattstax
Self · 1973

I Am MLK Jr.
Self · 2018

Route One/USA
Self · 1989

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage) · 1970

Uptight
Self (archive footage) · 1968