Jesse Jackson
Known for
Acting
Born
October 8, 1941
Birthplace
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Died
February 17, 2026 (aged 84)
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'.
Best known work
The Daily Show
1996
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LA 92
2017
Explained
2018
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
A Different World
1987Filmography
TBA
Dear Mister Presidentas Self
2024
2023
South to Black Poweras Self
2022
Loudmouthas Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
2022
El otro Rey de Chicagoas Self
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
September First, Twenty-Twentyas Himself
2021
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Streetas Self (archive footage)
2021
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracyas Self (archive footage)
2020
2020
Bernie Blackoutas Self (archive footage)
2020
2020
2019
Stax, le label soul légendaireas Self (archive footage)
2019
Chicago at the Crossroadas Self
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
I Am MLK Jr.as Self