Jesse Jackson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-10-08 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Jesse Jackson

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".

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • A Different World

    A Different World

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Explained

    Explained

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • The Chris Rock Show

    The Chris Rock Show

  • Robins

    Robins

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

    Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

  • South to Black Power

    South to Black Power

  • The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

    The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

  • Tanner '88

    Tanner '88

  • Joy Behar: Say Anything!

    Joy Behar: Say Anything!

  • A Man's Story

    A Man's Story

  • Shut Up and Dribble

    Shut Up and Dribble

  • BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

  • Loudmouth

    Loudmouth

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

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

    Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

  • The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

    The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

  • Save the Children

    Save the Children

  • Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

    Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

  • Uptight

    Uptight

  • Stax, le label soul légendaire

    Stax, le label soul légendaire

  • The Soul of Stax

    The Soul of Stax

  • Bernie Blackout

    Bernie Blackout

  • '85: The Greatest Team in Football History

    '85: The Greatest Team in Football History

  • The Journey of the African-American Athlete

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

  • LA 92

    LA 92

  • Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

  • El otro Rey de Chicago

    El otro Rey de Chicago

  • Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

    Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

  • Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

    Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

  • Nationtime

    Nationtime

  • Michael Jackson Memorial

    Michael Jackson Memorial

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

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

  • Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

  • Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

    Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

  • Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

    Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

  • Dear Mister President

    Dear Mister President

  • In Remembrance of Martin

    In Remembrance of Martin

  • Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

  • Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

  • We Are Many

    We Are Many

  • Decade

    Decade

  • Punch 9 for Harold Washington

    Punch 9 for Harold Washington

  • 4 Little Girls

    4 Little Girls

  • The Subtext of a Yale Education

    The Subtext of a Yale Education

  • Uncle Tom

    Uncle Tom

  • I Am MLK Jr.

    I Am MLK Jr.

  • Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

    Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

  • Route One/USA

    Route One/USA

  • Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

  • King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

    King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

  • MLK: The Assassination Tapes

    MLK: The Assassination Tapes

  • University, Inc.

    University, Inc.

  • Chicago at the Crossroad

    Chicago at the Crossroad

  • The Road to Mass Incarceration

    The Road to Mass Incarceration

  • Crashing the Party

    Crashing the Party

  • A Matter of Respect

    A Matter of Respect

  • Last Party 2000

    Last Party 2000

  • Operation Breadbasket

    Operation Breadbasket

  • September First, Twenty-Twenty

    September First, Twenty-Twenty

  • Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

  • Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

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

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

  • We Are Universal

    We Are Universal

  • Ballou

    Ballou

  • Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

  • A Decade of Struggle

    A Decade of Struggle

  • Anecdotes about Fidel

    Anecdotes about Fidel

  • Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

  • Fantastic Lies

    Fantastic Lies

  • Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

    Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story