Jesse Jackson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

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

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • A Different World

    A Different World

  • Explained

    Explained

  • Loudmouth

    Loudmouth

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Bernie Blackout

    Bernie Blackout

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • The Chris Rock Show

    The Chris Rock Show

  • Uptight

    Uptight

  • Nationtime

    Nationtime

  • BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

  • Robins

    Robins

  • Route One/USA

    Route One/USA

  • Joy Behar: Say Anything!

    Joy Behar: Say Anything!

  • The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

    The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

  • We Are Many

    We Are Many

  • Tanner '88

    Tanner '88

  • University, Inc.

    University, Inc.

  • Decade

    Decade

  • Shut Up and Dribble

    Shut Up and Dribble

  • Operation Breadbasket

    Operation Breadbasket

  • I Am MLK Jr.

    I Am MLK Jr.

  • Fantastic Lies

    Fantastic Lies

  • Uncle Tom

    Uncle Tom

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

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

  • Crashing the Party

    Crashing the Party

  • LA 92

    LA 92

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

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • The Subtext of a Yale Education

    The Subtext of a Yale Education

  • Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

    Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

  • MLK: The Assassination Tapes

    MLK: The Assassination Tapes

  • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

    Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

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

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

  • We Are Universal

    We Are Universal

  • A Man's Story

    A Man's Story

  • Last Party 2000

    Last Party 2000

  • '85: The Greatest Team in Football History

    '85: The Greatest Team in Football History

  • Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

  • Michael Jackson Memorial

    Michael Jackson Memorial

  • Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

    Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

  • 4 Little Girls

    4 Little Girls

  • Save the Children

    Save the Children

  • Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

  • Obama

    Obama

  • September First, Twenty-Twenty

    September First, Twenty-Twenty

  • Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

  • Punch 9 for Harold Washington

    Punch 9 for Harold Washington

  • Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

    Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

  • Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

    Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

  • King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

    King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

  • Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

  • The Road to Mass Incarceration

    The Road to Mass Incarceration

  • Chicago at the Crossroad

    Chicago at the Crossroad

  • Anecdotes about Fidel

    Anecdotes about Fidel

  • South to Black Power

    South to Black Power

  • The Journey of the African-American Athlete

    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

  • Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

    Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

  • Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

    Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

  • Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

    Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

  • A Decade of Struggle

    A Decade of Struggle

  • Ballou

    Ballou

  • Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

  • El otro Rey de Chicago

    El otro Rey de Chicago

  • Dear Mister President

    Dear Mister President

  • Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

    Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

  • Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

    Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

  • In Remembrance of Martin

    In Remembrance of Martin

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

    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

  • Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

  • The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

    The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

  • The Soul of Stax

    The Soul of Stax

  • The Day the Troubles Began

    The Day the Troubles Began

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

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

  • A Matter of Respect

    A Matter of Respect

  • Stax, le label soul légendaire

    Stax, le label soul légendaire