Common

Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. He has received three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians. His first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single "Love of My Life". His 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Common received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), from his 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released in late 2007. In 2011, Common launched Think Common Entertainment, his own record label imprint, having previously released music under various other labels including Relativity, Geffen, and GOOD Music. Common won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song, co-written and performed with John Legend, "Glory" from the 2014 film Selma, in which he co-starred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel. Common's acting career also includes roles in the films Smokin' Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, Just Wright, Happy Feet Two, New Year's Eve, Run All Night, Being Charlie, Rex, John Wick: Chapter 2, Smallfoot and Hunter Killer. He also narrated the documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man's efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy culture. He starred as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series Hell on Wheels. Description above from the Wikipedia article Common (rapper), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1972-03-13

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1998	Pete Rock: Soul Survivor	Common	50
2	2002	Brown Sugar	Self	67
3	2003	Beef	Self	64
4	2004	5 Sides of a Coin	Himself	0
5	2005	The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents		87
6	2005	Soundz of Spirit	Self	80
7	2005	Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]	Self (segment "Two Words")	10
8	2005	Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]	Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")	10
9	2005	Letter to the President	Self	20
10	2005	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Self	68
11	2006	Smokin' Aces	Sir Ivy	65
12	2007	Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life	Self	62
13	2007	American Gangster	Turner Lucas	76
14	2008	Street Kings	Coates	66
15	2008	Wanted	The Gunsmith	65
16	2009	Terminator Salvation	Barnes	61
17	2010	Brave New Voices 2010	Himself - Host	100
18	2010	Date Night	Collins	61
19	2010	Bouncing Cats	Narrator	0
20	2010	Just Wright	Scott McKnight	65
21	2010	Music	Self	0
22	2011	Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest	Self	72
23	2011	Happy Feet Two	Seymour (voice)	62
24	2011	New Year's Eve	Soldier	59
25	2012	Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap	Self	67
26	2012	The Odd Life of Timothy Green	Coach Cal	70
27	2013	LUV	Uncle Vincent	58
28	2013	Movie 43	Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")	46
29	2013	Pawn	Jeff Porter	55
30	2013	Now You See Me	Evans	73
31	2013	Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records	Self	71
32	2014	X/Y	Jason	46
33	2014	Every Secret Thing	Devlin Hatch	61
34	2014	Selma	James Bevel	74
35	2015	Run All Night	Mr. Price	64
36	2015	Entourage	Common	62
37	2015	Unity	Narrator (voice)	75
38	2015	Being Charlie	Travis	62
39	2015	Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives		80
40	2015	The Wiz Live!	The Bouncer	70
41	2016	Two Trains Runnin'	Narrator	72
42	2016	Barbershop: The Next Cut	Jabari	63
43	2016	Suicide Squad	Monster T	59
44	2016	Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise	Self	80
45	2016	Black America Again	Himself - Street Performer	10
46	2016	Letter to the Free		0
47	2016	BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration	Self - Performer	90
48	2017	John Wick: Chapter 2	Cassian	73
49	2017	Chasing Trane	Self - Musician	73
50	2017	A Happening of Monumental Proportions	Daniel	52
51	2017	Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth	Himself	63
52	2017	Megan Leavey	Gunny Martin	73
53	2017	Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene	Self	84
54	2017	Misdirection: The Real Magic	Narrator	0
55	2017	The Words That Built America	Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence	60
56	2017	Girls Trip	Common	68
57	2017	Love Beats Rhymes	Coltrane	56
58	2018	The Tale	Martin	71
59	2018	Ocean's Eight	Common	70
60	2018	Smallfoot	Stonekeeper (voice)	68
61	2018	All About Nina	Rafe	60
62	2018	Hunter Killer	RA John Fisk	69
63	2018	The Hate U Give	Uncle Carlos	81
64	2018	Here and Now	Ben	53
65	2019	Saint Judy	Benjamin Adebayo	69
66	2019	The Kitchen	Gary Silvers	61
67	2019	The Price of Protest	Self (archive footage)	76
68	2019	The Informer	Grens	65
69	2020	One World: Together at Home	Self	70
70	2020	Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince	Self	79
71	2020	A Most Beautiful Thing	Narrator	62
72	2020	Ava	Michael	58
73	2021	2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self	70
74	2021	You're Watching Video Music Box	Self (archive footage)	64
75	2022	Alice	Frank	57
76	2022	Killing Me Softly with His Songs	Self	50
77	2023	Between Riverside and Crazy	Junior	0
78	2023	Chris Rock: Road To Live Special	Self	0
79	2023	The Legacy of J Dilla	Self - Rapper; Friend	0
80	2023	Fool's Paradise	The Dagger	46
81	2023	A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop	Self	85
82	2024	Breathe	Darius	57
83	2024	Hip-Hop and the White House		60
84	2024	Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central	Self	0
85		Hate to See You Go		0
86		Paragraphs I Manifest	Self	0
87	2024	Bilal: Live at Glasshaus	Self	0
88	2025	Diane Warren: Relentless	Self	0
89	2025	Wick Is Pain	Self	75

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
2	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
3	1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self - Presenter	76
4	1986	American Masters	Self	74
5	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		56
6	1989	The Simpsons	Common (voice)	80
7	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
8	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
9	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
10	1997	The Chris Rock Show		44
11	1997	The View	Self	45
12	1998	TRL		51
13	2000	Girlfriends		72
14	2001	One on One	Darius	81
15	2001	Scrubs	Common	80
16	2003	Chappelle's Show		81
17	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
18	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Himself	60
19	2004	Game Over	Himself (voice)	56
20	2005	Black in the 80s	Self	0
21	2005	Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out		81
22	2006	I Love the '70s: Volume 2	Self	0
23	2007	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	Self	74
24	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
25	2011	Hell on Wheels	Elam Ferguson	76
26	2012	The Mindy Project	Security Guard	62
27	2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self	40
28	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		59
29	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
30	2015	Framework	Himself - Host	47
31	2015	Lip Sync Battle	Self	64
32	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
33	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert		64
34	2016	Chelsea	Self	51
35	2016	America Divided	Self	60
36	2018	The Chi	Rafiq	79
37	2018	Shut Up and Dribble	Self - Musician	10
38	2019	Activate: The Global Citizen Movement	Self	0
39	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
40	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
41	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
42	2020	Never Have I Ever	Dr. Chris Jackson	81
43	2020	Bottomless Brunch at Colman's	Self	0
44	2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Westley	75
45	2020	Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices		54
46	2022	jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy	Self (archive footage)	69
47	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	62
48	2022	StoryBots: Answer Time	Mr. Wonderful	63
49	2023	Silo	Robert Sims	82
50	2024	Evolution of the Black Quarterback	Self	10

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