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Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Acting•Born October 8, 1941•Died February 17, 2026 (age 84)•Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Biography

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (October 8, 1941 — February 17, 2026) was 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 founded 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

1996•TV Series•
6.4
Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003•TV Series•
6.0
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975•TV Series•
6.9
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975•TV Series•
6.9
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003•TV Series•
5.3
A Different World

A Different World

1987•TV Series•
7.1
Dinah!

Dinah!

1974•TV Series•
7.0
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

2005•TV Series•
3.8

Filmography

2024
Hollywood Black

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2023
South to Black Power

as Self

Movie
2022
Loudmouth

as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)

Movie
2022
El otro Rey de Chicago

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
2021
September First, Twenty-Twenty

as Himself

Movie
2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

as Self

Movie
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self

Movie
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2020
Obama

as Self

TV
2020
Bernie Blackout

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2020
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

as Self

Movie
2019
Stax, le label soul légendaire

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2019
Chicago at the Crossroad

as Self

Movie
2018
Shut Up and Dribble

as Self - Civil Rights Leader

TV
2018
The Road to Mass Incarceration

as Self

Movie
2018
Explained

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

as Self

Movie
2018
I Am MLK Jr.

as Self

Movie
2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

as Self

Movie
2017
LA 92

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2016
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

as Self

Movie
2016
Crashing the Party

as Self

Movie
2016
Fantastic Lies

as Himself (archive footage)

Movie
2014
We Are Many

as Self

Movie
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as Self

Movie
2012
MLK: The Assassination Tapes

as Self (archive Footage)

Movie
2011
A Man's Story

as Self

Movie
2009
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
2009
Michael Jackson Memorial

as Self

Movie
2009
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

as Self

Movie
2009
Anecdotes about Fidel
Movie
2008
The Day the Troubles Began

as Self

Movie
2008
Ballou

as Himself

Movie
2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

as Self

Movie
2006
Robins

as Self - Guest

TV
2005
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
TV
2004
Tanner on Tanner

as Self

TV
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

TV
2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema

as Self

Movie
2001
Last Party 2000

as Self

Movie
1999
The Subtext of a Yale Education

as Self

Movie
1999
University, Inc.

as Self (Archive Footage)

Movie
1997
4 Little Girls

as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Movie
1997
The Chris Rock Show

as Self

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

as Self

TV
1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Cocky Locky (voice)

TV
1994
Baseball

as Various (voice)

TV
1994
The Soul of Stax

as Self

Movie
1993
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

as Self

Movie
1992
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle

as Self

Movie
1989
Decade

as Self

Movie
1989
Route One/USA

as Self

Movie
1988
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

as On Screen Narrator

Movie
1988
Tanner '88

as Himself (uncredited)

TV
1987
A Different World

as Himself

TV
1986
In Remembrance of Martin

as Self

Movie
1983
Not Necessarily the News

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1983
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

as Self

Movie
1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Movie
1980
A Decade of Struggle

as Self

Movie
1980
A Matter of Respect
Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1974
Dinah!

as Self

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

as Self/Cameo (archive footage)

Movie
1973
Save the Children

as Self

Movie
1973
Wattstax

as Self

Movie
1972
Nationtime

as Self

Movie
1971
We Are Universal
Movie
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1969
Operation Breadbasket

as Self

Movie
1968
Uptight

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1963
World in Action
TV
—
Dear Mister President

as Self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 8, 1941
Day of DeathFebruary 17, 2026
Place of BirthGreenville, South Carolina, USA
Popularity0.6