Jesse Jackson
Acting
Born 1941-10-08 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV
9.0
Hollywood Black
2024 · TV
5.3
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021 · TV
Obama
2020 · TV
4.6
The Chris Rock Show
1997 · TV
7.0
A Different World
1987 · TV
10.0
Tanner on Tanner
2004 · TV
7.0
Dinah!
1974 · TV
7.5
Explained
2018 · TV
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV
6.9
Tanner '88
1988 · TV
3.8
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005 · TV
1.0
Shut Up and Dribble
2018 · TV
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
2009 · TV
7.5
Baseball
1994 · TV
6.4
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
5.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
7.8
Robins
2006 · TV
7.0
World in Action
1963 · TV
6.8
Not Necessarily the News
1983 · TV