Acting
Jesse Jackson — Movies and TV Shows
Born 1941-10-08Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Also known as: Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
Biography
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'.
Popular movie credits
We Are Many
20146.7
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
20217.6
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
20217.4
Nationtime: Gary
19728.0
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
20096.0
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
20216.8
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
20137.1
Uptight
19686.8
LA 92
20177.7
4 Little Girls
19977.1
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
19707.3
Last Party 2000
20016.8
Michael Jackson Memorial
20098.0
University, Inc.
19998.0
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
20168.2
Popular TV credits
The Daily Show
19966.4
Real Time with Bill Maher
20036.1
Saturday Night Live
19756.9
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
20035.3
World in Action
19637.0
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
20053.8
A Different World
19877.1
Dinah!
19747.0
Velshi
2017
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
19956.3
Explained
20187.5
The Chris Rock Show
19974.6
Robins
20067.8
Baseball
19947.5
Hollywood Black
20243.0
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