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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'.
19 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2018 | Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media | Self | Film |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | Film |
| 2011 | A Man's Story | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson Memorial | Self | Film |
| 2009 | The Nine Lives of Marion Barry | Self | Film |
| 2008 | Ballou | Himself | Film |
| 2007 | King: Man of Peace in a Time of War | Self | Film |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2001 | Last Party 2000 | Self | Film |
| 1997 | Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory | Film | |
| 1989 | Route One/USA | Self | Film |
| 1982 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | Film |
| 1973 | Wattstax | Self | Film |
| 1973 | Save the Children | Self | Film |
| 1972 | Nationtime: Gary | Self | Film |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Film |
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