Jesse Jackson

ActingBorn: 1941-10-08Greenville, 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'.

Movie Trailers & Filmography

16 TitlesOfficial trailers for movies starring Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Biography

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

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

A Man's Story

Nationtime: Gary

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

4 Little Girls

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

I Am MLK Jr.

Uptight

University, Inc.

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

The Daily Show

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

A Different World

Dinah!