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Jesse Jackson

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1941-10-08 (82 years old)

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".

Filmography

all 80

self 71

Movies 61

TV Shows 19

Jesse Jackson

Biography

Filmography

all 80

self 71

Movies 61

TV Shows 19

Voice 2

Loudmouth (2022)

Let the World See (2022)

Punch 9 for Harold Washington (2021)

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021)

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021)

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

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story (2021)

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)

Killing Martin Luther King Jr. (2021)

Uncle Tom (2020)

Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story (2020)

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

No Lye: An American Beauty Story (2019)

Stax, le label soul légendaire (2019)

Chicago at the Crossroad (2019)

Shut Up and Dribble (2018)

The Road to Mass Incarceration (2018)

Explained (2018)

I Am MLK Jr. (2018)

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America (2018)

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018)

I Am or How Jack Became Black (2017)

'85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History (2016)

Crashing the Party (2016)

Fantastic Lies (2016)

We Are Many (2014)

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)

MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012)

A Man's Story (2011)

Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010)

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound (2009)

Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2009)

Michael Jackson Memorial (2009)

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry (2009)

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009)

Ballou (2008)

Split: A Deeper Divide (2008)

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)

Robins (2006)

The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer (2005)

Tavis Smiley (2004)

Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)

BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)

The Execution of Wanda Jean (2002)

See How They Run (2001)

All God's Children (2001)

The Subtext of a Yale Education (1999)

University, Inc. (1999)

4 Little Girls (1997)

The Chris Rock Show (1997)

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997)

The Daily Show (1996)

The Journey of the African-American Athlete (1996)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)

Baseball (1994)

The Soul of Stax (1994)

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham (1993)

Malcolm X (1992)

Decade (1989)

Route One/USA (1989)

Tanner '88 (1988)

Time and Judgement: A Diary of a 400 Year Exile (1988)

A Different World (1987)

Eyes on the Prize (1987)

In Remembrance of Martin (1986)

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983)

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)

A Decade of Struggle (1980)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

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

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1941-10-08 (82 years old)

Birth Place
Greenville, United States of America

Religion
Baptists

Spouse
Jacqueline Jackson

Children
Jonathan Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr.

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
Honorary doctorate from the University of Cairo, Eugene V. Debs Award, Commander of the Legion of Honour, James Joyce Award, James Joyce Awards, Spingarn Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom