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Jesse Jackson

Cast & creator

Jesse Jackson

1941-10-08 (died at 84) Greenville, South Carolina, USA Website IMDb

Best known for The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live

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'.

Also known as: Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

Movies

65

film credits

Series

23

television credits

Career

88

1963–2024 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

Self · 1996

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host · 1975

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self (uncredited) · 1975

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self · 2003

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self · 2003

Across film & television

Filmography (88)

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Showing 88 of 88 credits

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self (uncredited)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

A Different World

A Different World

Himself

Dinah!

Dinah!

Self

World in Action

World in Action

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Cocky Locky (voice)

Explained

Explained

Self (archive footage)

Not Necessarily the News

Not Necessarily the News

Self (archive footage)

The Chris Rock Show

The Chris Rock Show

Self

Velshi

Velshi

Self (archive footage)

Robins

Robins

Self - Guest

Baseball

Baseball

Various (voice)

Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black

Self (archive footage)

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

Shut Up and Dribble

Shut Up and Dribble

Self - Civil Rights Leader

Tanner '88

Tanner '88

Himself (uncredited)

Tanner on Tanner

Tanner on Tanner

Self

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

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

Self

Obama

Obama

Self

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

Self

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

(archive footage)

Nationtime: Gary

Nationtime: Gary

Self

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Self (archive footage)

Fantastic Lies

Fantastic Lies

Himself (archive footage)

A Man's Story

A Man's Story

Self

Uptight

Uptight

Self (archive footage)

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Self

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Self

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

Self

University, Inc.

University, Inc.

Self (Archive Footage)

Operation Breadbasket

Operation Breadbasket

Self

In Remembrance of Martin

In Remembrance of Martin

Self

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Self

Michael Jackson Memorial

Michael Jackson Memorial

Self

I Am MLK Jr.

I Am MLK Jr.

Self

Last Party 2000

Last Party 2000

Self

BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

Self

South to Black Power

South to Black Power

Self

LA 92

LA 92

Self (archive footage)

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

A Matter of Respect

A Matter of Respect

The Subtext of a Yale Education

The Subtext of a Yale Education

Self

America's Political Parties: Power and Principle

America's Political Parties: Power and Principle

Self

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

Self (archive Footage)

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Self

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Self

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Self

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Self (archive footage)

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Self (archive footage)

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

Self

Save the Children

Save the Children

Self

The Road to Mass Incarceration

The Road to Mass Incarceration

Self

We Are Many

We Are Many

Self

The Day the Troubles Began

Self

A Decade of Struggle

A Decade of Struggle

Self

The Soul of Stax

The Soul of Stax

Self

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

Self

Bernie Blackout

Bernie Blackout

Self (archive footage)

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

Self

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

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

Self/Cameo (archive footage)

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

Wattstax

Wattstax

Self

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Self

Crashing the Party

Crashing the Party

Self

Anecdotes about Fidel

Anecdotes about Fidel

September First, Twenty-Twenty

September First, Twenty-Twenty

Himself

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Self

Decade

Decade

Self

We Are Universal

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

On Screen Narrator

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Loudmouth

Loudmouth

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

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

Self

Route One/USA

Route One/USA

Self

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

Self

El otro Rey de Chicago

El otro Rey de Chicago

Self

Chicago at the Crossroad

Chicago at the Crossroad

Self

Stax, le label soul légendaire

Stax, le label soul légendaire

Self (archive footage)

Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story

Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story

Self

Dear Mister President

Self

Ballou

Himself