Where to watch Jesse Jackson in the UK
Find every Jesse Jackson film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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'.
Jesse Jackson films streaming in the UK
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Jesse Jackson TV shows streaming in the UK
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- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- A Different World (1987) as Himself
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Cocky Locky (voice)
- Explained (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (2005) Cast
- World in Action (1963) Cast
- Robins (2006) as Self - Guest
- Baseball (1994) as Various (voice)
- The Chris Rock Show (1997) as Self
- Hollywood Black (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Shut Up and Dribble (2018) as Self - Civil Rights Leader
- Not Necessarily the News (1983) as Self (archive footage)
- Tanner on Tanner (2004) as Self
- Tanner '88 (1988) as Himself (uncredited)
- Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2009) Cast
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) as Self
- A Man's Story (2011) as Self
- Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Michael Jackson Memorial (2009) as Self
- LA 92 (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- We Are Many (2014) as Self
- BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) as Self
- Last Party 2000 (2001) as Self
- Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union (2021) as Self
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013) as Self
- 4 Little Girls (1997) as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
- Uptight (1968) as Self (archive footage)
- Obama (2020) as Self
- Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021) as Self
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as Self (archive footage)
- Wattstax (1973) as Self
- Decade (1989) as Self
- Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- '85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2016) as Self
- King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007) as Self
- The Road to Mass Incarceration (2018) as Self
- Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- Nationtime (1972) as Self
- Save the Children (1973) as Self
- Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983) as Self
- Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009) as Self
- The Journey of the African-American Athlete (1996) as Self (archive footage)
- I Am MLK Jr. (2018) as Self
- Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America (2018) as Self
- Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018) as Self
- Jackie Robinson: An American Journey (1988) as On Screen Narrator
- Loudmouth (2022) as Self
- Bernie Blackout (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Operation Breadbasket (1969) as Self
- South to Black Power (2023) as Self
- Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound (2009) as Self
- MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012) as Self (archive Footage)
- Killing Martin Luther King Jr. (2021) as Self
- Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story (2020) as Self
- We Are Universal (1971) Cast
- Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham (1993) as Self
- University, Inc. (1999) as Self (Archive Footage)
- In Remembrance of Martin (1986) as Self
- Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973) as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
- Route One/USA (1989) as Self
- Fantastic Lies (2016) as Himself (archive footage)
- Crashing the Party (2016) as Self
- Chicago at the Crossroad (2019) as Self
- The Subtext of a Yale Education (1999) as Self
- The Soul of Stax (1994) as Self
- Anecdotes about Fidel (2009) Cast
- Ballou (2008) as Himself
- A Decade of Struggle (1980) as Self
- Punch 9 for Harold Washington (2021) Cast
- Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997) Cast
- Stax, le label soul légendaire (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story (2021) as Self
- The Day the Troubles Began (2008) as Self
- El otro Rey de Chicago (2022) as Self
- The Nine Lives of Marion Barry (2009) as Self
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Where can I watch Jesse Jackson films in the UK?
Jesse Jackson's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Jesse Jackson's most popular films?
Most-watched Jesse Jackson films currently: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021), A Man's Story (2011), Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021), Michael Jackson Memorial (2009), LA 92 (2017).
What TV shows has Jesse Jackson appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Daily Show (1996), Saturday Night Live (1975), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003), Real Time with Bill Maher (2003), A Different World (1987).
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