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Portrait of Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Acting

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".

Born: October 8, 1941

Place of Birth: Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Known For

Poster for Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Movie

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

10.0
Poster for The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Movie

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

10.0
Poster for I Am MLK Jr.
Movie

I Am MLK Jr.

9.5
Poster for In Remembrance of Martin
Movie

In Remembrance of Martin

9.0
Poster for Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Movie

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

9.0
Poster for September First, Twenty-Twenty
Movie

September First, Twenty-Twenty

9.0
Poster for King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Movie

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

8.5
Poster for '85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Movie

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

8.2
Poster for Michael Jackson Memorial
Movie

Michael Jackson Memorial

8.0
Poster for Nationtime
Movie

Nationtime

8.0

Filmography

2023
South to Black Power

as Self

2022
Loudmouth

as Self

2022
El otro Rey de Chicago

as Self

2021
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

as Self

2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

as Self

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

as Self (archive footage)

2021
September First, Twenty-Twenty

as Himself

2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

as Self

2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self

2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Obama

as Self

2020
Uncle Tom

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Bernie Blackout

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Stax, le label soul légendaire

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Chicago at the Crossroad

as Self

2018
Shut Up and Dribble

as Self - Civil Rights Leader

2018
The Road to Mass Incarceration

as Self

2018
Explained

as Self (archive footage)

2018
I Am MLK Jr.

as Self

2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

as Self

2017
LA 92

as Self (archive footage)

2016
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

as Self

2016
Crashing the Party

as Self

2016
Fantastic Lies

as Himself (archive footage)

2014
We Are Many

as Self

2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as Self

2012
MLK: The Assassination Tapes

as Self (archive Footage)

2011
A Man's Story

as Self

2009
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

as Self

2009
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

as Self

2009
Michael Jackson Memorial

as Self

2009
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

as Self

2009
Anecdotes about Fidel
2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

as Self

2006
Robins

as Self - Guest

2005
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

as Self (archive footage)

2002
BaadAsssss Cinema

as Self

2001
Last Party 2000

as Self

1999
The Subtext of a Yale Education

as Self

1999
University, Inc.

as Self (Archive Footage)

1997
4 Little Girls

as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

1997
The Chris Rock Show

as Self

1997
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1996
The Daily Show

as Self

1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete

as Self (archive footage)

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Cocky Locky (voice)

1994
Baseball

as Various (voice)

1994
The Soul of Stax

as Self

1993
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

as Self

1989
Decade

as Self

1989
Route One/USA

as Self

1988
Tanner '88

as Himself (uncredited)

1987
A Different World

as Himself

1986
In Remembrance of Martin

as Self

1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

1980
A Decade of Struggle

as Self

1980
A Matter of Respect
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1973
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

as Self/Cameo (archive footage)

1973
Save the Children

as Self

1972
Nationtime

as Self

1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)

1969
Operation Breadbasket

as Self

1968
Uptight

as Self (archive footage)

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Dear Mister President

as Himself