Jesse Jackson
Acting
Born: 1941-10-08 in Greenville, 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'.
Known For
The Daily Show
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
World in Action
A Different World
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Dinah!
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Velshi
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Cocky Locky (voice)
Explained
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Robins
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The Chris Rock Show
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Not Necessarily the News
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Baseball
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Hollywood Black
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Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Shut Up and Dribble
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Tanner '88
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
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Nationtime: Gary
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Obama
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Tanner on Tanner
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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
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Fantastic Lies
Himself (archive footage)
Operation Breadbasket
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Uptight
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University, Inc.
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Wattstax
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LA 92
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
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Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
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BaadAsssss Cinema
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We Are Many
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
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