Jesse Jackson
- Born
- October 8, 1941 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- February 17, 2026
- Actor
- Producer
- miscellaneous
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'.
Filmography · 44 credits
- 2022Loudmouth · Archive footage (Self - Civil Rights Activist)
- 2022Loudmouth · Archive footage (Baptist Minister)
- 2022The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks · Archive footage (Self)
- 2022Hampton University: One of the Wonders of the World · Self (Self)
- 2021Punch 9 for Harold Washington · Self (Self)
- 2021Killing Martin Luther King Jr. · Archive footage (Self)
- 2019True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality · Archive footage (Self)
- 2019The First Rainbow Coalition · Archive footage (Self)
- 2019No Lye: An American Beauty Story · Archive footage (Self)
- 2018King In The Wilderness · Self (Self)
- 2018I Am MLK Jr. · Self (Self)
- 2018How Jack Became Black · Archive footage (Self)
- 2017The Story Within the Story: Gary, Indiana · Archive footage
- 2016'85: The Greatest Team in Football History · Self (Self)
- 2016Liberia Will Rise: The Love of Liberty Part II · Actor (Archival Footage)
- 2016Crashing the Party · Self (Self)
- 2015Hate Crimes in the Heartland · Self (Self)
- 2013Youngstown Boys · Actor
- 2013Bainport: Soul of a City · Self (Self)
- 2012Occupy Los Angeles · Self (Self)
- 2012Harvest of Empire · Self (Self (The Rev.))
- 2010Obama in NC: The Path to History · Archive footage (Self)
- 2009Glenn & Linus Michael Attend the Million Man March · Actor
- 2009Journey Into America · Actor (religious figure)
- 2009Journey Into America · Actor (Political)
- 2008Split: A Divided America · Self (Self)
- 2008Ballou · Self (Self)
- 2008King in Chicago · Self (Self)
- 2005Electile Dysfunction · Self (Self)
- 2004Citizen Stan · Self (Self)
- 2002The Execution of Wanda Jean · Self (Self)
- 2001Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... · Self (Self)
- 2001See How They Run · Self (Self)
- 1997Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory · Self (Self)
- 1990American Dream · Self (Self)
- 1989Route One/USA · Self (Self)
- 1988Jesse Jackson: Campaign Film · Self (Self)
- 1986In Remembrance of Martin · Self (Self)
- 1982Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip · Self (Self - Audience Member)
- 1976Time and Dreams · Self (Self)
- 1976Time and Dreams · Archive footage (Self)
- 1972Nationtime · Self (Self)
- —On the Battlefield · Archive footage (Self)
- —Strength in Union · Self (Self)