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Jesse Jackson
ActorBorn October 8, 1941 (83 years)
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".
Filmography
2024 | Luther: Never Too Much · as Self |
2024 | Hip-Hop and the White House · as Self - Civil Rights Activist |
2023 | South to Black Power · as Self |
2023 | |
2023 | Texas, USA · as Self - Former Presidential Candidate |
2023 | Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York · as Self - Civil Rights Activist |
2023 | |
2022 | Loudmouth · as Self |
2022 | Roberta · as Self |
2022 | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks · as Self |
2022 | Milestone Generations · as Self |
2022 | Civil: Ben Crump · as Self |
2022 | |
2022 | Let the World See (TV Series) · as Self |
2022 | |
2021 | Muhammad Ali (TV Series) · as Self |
2021 | Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over · as Self |
2021 | Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (TV Series) · as Self |
2021 | Black Woodstock · as Self |
2021 | Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days · as Self |
2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street · as Self (archive Footage) |
2021 | Killing Martin Luther King Jr. · as Self |
2021 | MLK: The Conspiracies · as Self |
2021 | Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy · as Self (archive Footage) |
2020 | All In: The Fight for Democracy · as Self |
2020 | The ReidOut (TV Series) · as Self |
2020 | John Lewis: Good Trouble · as Self |
2020 | Uncle Tom · as Self (archive Footage) |
2020 | Bernie Blackout · as Self (archive Footage) |
2020 | Becoming · as Self |
2020 | Flint · as Self |
2020 | |
2019 | No Lye: An American Beauty Story · as Self |
2019 | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project · as Self |
2019 | |
2019 | The First Rainbow Coalition · as Self |
2019 | |
2019 | The Black Godfather · as Self |
2019 | Chicago at the Crossroad · as Self |
2019 | |
2018 | Shut Up and Dribble (TV Series) · as Self - Civil Rights Leader |
2018 | Quincy · as Self |
2018 | Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story (TV Series) · as Self |
2018 | 1968: The Year That Changed America (TV Series) · as Self - Civil Rights Activist |
2018 | Explained (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
2018 | I Am MLK Jr. · as Self |
2018 | |
2018 | How Jack Became Black · as Self |
2017 | |
2017 | Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self |
2017 | Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace (TV Series) · as Self |
2017 | LA 92 · as Self |
2017 | The L.A. Riots: 25 Years Later · as Self |
2017 | The Blood Is at the Doorstep · as Self |
2016 | |
2016 | The Contenders - 16 for '16 (TV Series) · as Self |
2016 | Gleason · as Self |
2016 | Muhammad Ali: The Greatest · as Self - Civil Rights Activist |
2016 | A.M. Joy (TV Series) · as Self |
2016 | Fantastic Lies · as Himself (archive Footage) |
2016 | The Circus (TV Series) · as Self |
2015 | 30th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards · as Self |
2015 | Mavis! · as Self |
2015 | Hate Crimes in the Heartland · as Self |
2014 | We Are Many · as Self |
2014 | Take Me to the River · as Self |
2014 | At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (TV Series) · as Self |
2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
2013 | The Butler · as Self |
2013 | Being Mary Jane (TV Series) · as Self |
2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic · as Self |
2013 | The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (TV Series) · as Self - Civil Rights Activist |
2012 | How Playboy Changed the World · as Self |
2012 | Harvest of Empire · as Self (the Rev.) |
2012 | Occupy Los Angeles · as Self |
2012 | PoliticKING with Larry King (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
2012 | MLK: The Assassination Tapes · as Self (archive Footage) |
2012 | Runaway Slave · as Self - Reverend |
2011 | A Football Life (TV Series) · as Self |
2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
2011 | The Interrupters · as Self |
2011 | 19th Annual Trumpet Awards · as Self |
2011 | The Adjustment Bureau · as Self |
2010 | A Man's Story · as Self |
2010 | In Depth With Graham Bensinger (TV Series) · as Self |
2010 | Sky Midnight News (TV Series) · as Self - Civil Rights Campaigner |
2010 | When the World Breaks · as Self |
2010 | |
2009 | Becoming Barack · as Self - Civil Rights Leader |
2009 | Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound · as Self |
2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) · as Self |
2009 | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel · as Self |
2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self |
2009 | The Nine Lives of Marion Barry · as Self |
2009 | Michael Jackson Memorial · as Self |
2009 | |
2009 | The Ed Show (TV Series) · as Self |
2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
2009 | Hannity (TV Series) · as Self - Operation Push Coalition |
2009 | Christianity - A History (TV Series) · as Self |
2009 | Plunder: The Crime of Our Time · as Self - President, Rainbowpush Coalition |
2008 | Split: A Divided America · as Self |
2008 | Unsung (TV Series) · as Self |
2008 | Ghost Adventures (TV Series) · as Self |
2008 | Ballou · as Himself |
2008 | Free for All! · as Self |
2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
2008 | King in Chicago · as Self |
2008 | 16th Annual Trumpet Awards · as Self |
2007 | 1968 with Tom Brokaw · as Self |
2007 | College Tour (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
2007 | Manufacturing Dissent · as Self |
2007 | 2007 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
2007 | King: Man of Peace in a Time of War · as Self |
2006 | American Hardcore · as Self |
2006 | Pauw & Witteman (TV Series) · as Self - Burgerrechtenactivist |
2006 | Robins (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
2006 | Legends Ball · as Self |
2006 | 2006 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
2006 | 21st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards · as Self |
2005 | The Young Turks (TV Series) · as Self (2009) |
2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self |
2005 | |
2005 | 2005 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
2005 | The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame (TV Series) · as Self |
2005 | Letter to the President · as Self |
2004 | Diary of a Political Tourist · as Self |
2004 | Tanner on Tanner (TV Series) · as Self |
2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
2004 | 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments · as Self |
2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
2004 | 2004 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
2003 | Tupac: Resurrection · as Self |
2003 | Jasper, Texas · as Self |
2003 | Legendary Nights (TV Series) · as Self |
2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
2003 | This Week (2003) (TV Series) · as Self |
2003 | Daily Politics (TV Series) · as Self |
2002 | America Beyond The Color Line (TV Series) · as Self |
2002 | |
2002 | Baadasssss Cinema · as Self |
2002 | Undercover Brother · as Self - Shouting 'i Am Somebody' |
2002 | 33rd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
2002 | The Execution of Wanda Jean · as Self |
2001 | Last Party 2000 · as Self |
2001 | See How They Run · as Self |
2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
2001 | Source Awards 2001 · as Self |
2001 | Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... · as Self |
2000 | |
1999 | Saturday Night Live 25 · as Self |
1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
1999 | After Stonewall · as Self |
1999 | SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self |
1999 | Our Friend, Martin · as Self - Pallbearer |
1998 | Motown 40: The Music Is Forever · as Self |
1997 | The Roseanne Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1997 | 4 Little Girls · as Self - Founder Of The Rainbow Push Coalition |
1997 | HARDtalk (TV Series) · as Self |
1997 | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1996 | |
1996 | Your World (TV Series) · as Self |
1996 | Hannity & Colmes (TV Series) · as Self |
1996 | 2nd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Presenter |
1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1996 | Fox News Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
1995 | Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream · as Self |
1995 | Inside the White House · as Self |
1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
1993 | But... Seriously · as Self |
1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self |
1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
1993 | The Last Party · as Self - Addresses Aids Parade |
1993 | |
1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
1992 | Malcolm X · as Self |
1992 | Gomorron (TV Series) · as Self |
1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
1992 | Dateline NBC (TV Series) · as Self - Civil Rights Activist (segment "language Barrier?") |
1992 | America at 500 (TV Series) · as Self |
1992 | Who Killed Martin Luther King? · as Self (at King's Final Speech, At Lorraine Motel) |
1991 | JFK · as Self |
1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
1990 | American Dream · as Self |
1990 | Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones · as Self |
1990 | |
1989 | Decade · as Self |
1989 | Route One USA · as Self |
1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1989 | Sky World News (TV Series) · as Self |
1989 | 21st NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
1989 | The 10th Annual Black Achievement Awards · as Self |
1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
1988 | Tanner '88 (TV Series) · as Himself (uncredited) |
1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as Himself |
1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
1987 | Eyes on the Prize (TV Series) · as Self |
1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1986 | In Remembrance of Martin · as Self |
1985 | |
1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self |
1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Self |
1983 | Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy · as Self |
1982 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited) |
1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
1980 | Hour Magazine (TV Series) · as Self |
1980 | CNN Special Report (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
1980 | Newsnight (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor |
1978 | The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards · as Self |
1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Self |
1976 | Working in the Theatre (TV Series) · as Self |
1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder (TV Series) · as Self |
1973 | Wattstax · 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 |
1972 | Malcolm X · as Self |
1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self |
1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
1969 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · as Self (archive Footage) |
1969 | Medium Cool · as Self |
1968 | Uptight · as Self (archive Footage) |
1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Civil Rights Leader (segment "the Reverend Sharpton") |
1968 | |
1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self |
1966 | Firing Line (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
1963 | World in Action (TV Series) · as Self |
1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Rev. Jackson |
1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest - Civil Rights Activist |
1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self |