Acting
Jesse Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 8, 1941
- Died
- Feb 17, 2026
- Place of birth
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
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'.Read more
Acting credits
The Daily Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Democracy Now!
Self (archive footage)
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
World in Action
A Different World
Himself
Dinah!
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Cocky Locky (voice)
Explained
Self (archive footage)
The Chris Rock Show
Self
Robins
Self - Guest
Not Necessarily the News
Self (archive footage)
Baseball
Various (voice)
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Tanner '88
Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Shut Up and Dribble
Self - Civil Rights Leader
Tanner on Tanner
Self
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Self
Obama
Self