About

Known credits:
58
Birthday:
1941-10-08
Place of birth:
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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Jesse Jackson

Overview

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".

Known for

Acting
2023 South to Black Power Actor Self 58
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2022 Loudmouth Actor Self 59
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2022 El otro Rey de Chicago Actor Self N/A
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2021 Punch 9 for Harold Washington Actor N/A
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2021 Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over Actor Self 58
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2021 Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union Actor Self 68
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2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Actor Self (archive footage) 63
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2021 September First, Twenty-Twenty Actor Himself 58
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2021 Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story Actor Self N/A
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2021 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2021 Killing Martin Luther King Jr. Actor Self N/A
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2021 Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy Actor Self (archive footage) 60
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2020 Uncle Tom Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2020 Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story Actor Self N/A
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2019 Stax, le label soul légendaire Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2019 Chicago at the Crossroad Actor Self 59
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2018 The Road to Mass Incarceration Actor Self N/A
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2018 I Am MLK Jr. Actor Self 59
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2018 Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America Actor Self N/A
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2018 Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media Actor Self N/A
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2016 '85: The Greatest Team in Football History Actor Self 59
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2016 Crashing the Party Actor Self N/A
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2016 Fantastic Lies Actor Himself (archive footage) 59
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2014 We Are Many Actor Self 59
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2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Actor Self 60
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2012 MLK: The Assassination Tapes Actor Self (archive Footage) 59
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2011 A Man's Story Actor Self 58
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2009 Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound Actor Self 59
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2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Actor Self 58
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2009 Michael Jackson Memorial Actor Self 59
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2009 The Nine Lives of Marion Barry Actor Self 58
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2009 Anecdotes about Fidel Actor N/A
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2008 Ballou Actor Himself 59
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2007 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War Actor Self 59
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2002 Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2002 BaadAsssss Cinema Actor Self 58
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2001 Last Party 2000 Actor Self 58
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1999 The Subtext of a Yale Education Actor Self N/A
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1999 University, Inc. Actor Self (Archive Footage) N/A
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1997 4 Little Girls Actor Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition 59
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1997 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory Actor 59
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1996 The Journey of the African-American Athlete Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1994 The Soul of Stax Actor N/A
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1993 Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham Actor Himself 59
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1989 Decade Actor Self 59
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1989 Route One/USA Actor Self 59
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1988 Jackie Robinson: An American Journey Actor On Screen Narrator N/A
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1986 In Remembrance of Martin Actor Self 59
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1983 Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy Actor Self 59
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1982 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Actor Self - Audience Member (uncredited) 60
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1980 A Decade of Struggle Actor Self N/A
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1980 A Matter of Respect Actor N/A
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1973 Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 Actor Self/Cameo (archive footage) 59
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1973 Save the Children Actor Self 58
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1972 Nationtime Actor Self N/A
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1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1969 Operation Breadbasket Actor Self N/A
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1968 Uptight Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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