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
Credits
- 2024 · Hip-Hop and the White House as
- 2024 · Breathe as Darius
- 2023 · A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop as Self
- 2023 · Fool's Paradise as The Dagger
- 2022 · Alice as Frank
- 2021 · You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- 2020 · Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices as
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 · Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
- 2019 · Activate: The Global Citizen Movement as Self
- 2019 · The Price of Protest as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Saint Judy as Benjamin Adebayo
- 2018 · Here and Now as Ben
- 2018 · All About Nina as Rafe
- 2017 · Love Beats Rhymes as Coltrane
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Reader - Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · Megan Leavey as Gunny Martin
- 2017 · A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Daniel
- 2017 · Chasing Trane as Self - Musician
- 2016 · America Divided as Self
- 2016 · Barbershop: The Next Cut as Jabari
- 2015 · Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives as
- 2015 · Being Charlie as Travis
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Selma as James Bevel
- 2014 · Every Secret Thing as Devlin Hatch
- 2013 · Pawn as Jeff Porter
- 2013 · LUV as Uncle Vincent
- 2012 · Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap as Self
- 2011 · Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest as Self
- 2005 · Dave Chappelle's Block Party as Self
- 2003 · Beef as Self
- 2002 · Brown Sugar as Self
- Future · Super High as
- 2024 · Diane Warren: Relentless as
- 2023 · Silo as Robert Sims
- 2023 · The Legacy of J Dilla as Self - Rapper; Friend
- 2023 · Chris Rock: Road To Live Special as Self
- 2023 · Between Riverside and Crazy as Junior
- 2022 · StoryBots: Answer Time as Mr. Wonderful
- 2022 · Killing Me Softly with His Songs as Self
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Ava as Michael
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Westley
- 2020 · A Most Beautiful Thing as Narrator
- 2020 · Never Have I Ever as Dr. Chris Jackson
- 2020 · Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Informer as Grens
- 2019 · The Kitchen as Gary Silvers
- 2018 · Shut Up and Dribble as Self - Musician
- 2018 · Hunter Killer as RA John Fisk
- 2018 · The Hate U Give as Uncle Carlos
- 2018 · Smallfoot as Stonekeeper (voice)
- 2018 · Ocean's Eight as Common
- 2018 · The Tale as Martin
- 2017 · Girls Trip as Common
- 2017 · Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene as Self
- 2017 · Misdirection: The Real Magic as Narrator
- 2017 · Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth as Himself
- 2017 · John Wick: Chapter 2 as Cassian
- 2016 · BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration as Self - Performer
- 2016 · Letter to the Free as
- 2016 · Black America Again as Himself - Street Performer
- 2016 · Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Himself
- 2016 · Suicide Squad as Monster T
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · Two Trains Runnin' as Narrator
- 2015 · The Wiz Live! as The Bouncer
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Entourage as Common
- 2015 · Lip Sync Battle as Self
- 2015 · Run All Night as Mr. Price
- 2015 · Framework as Himself - Host
- 2014 · X/Y as Jason
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records as Self
- 2013 · Now You See Me as Evans
- 2013 · Movie 43 as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Security Guard
- 2012 · The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Coach Cal
- 2011 · New Year's Eve as Soldier
- 2011 · Happy Feet Two as Seymour (voice)
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as Elam Ferguson
- 2010 · Music as Self
- 2010 · Just Wright as Scott McKnight
- 2010 · Bouncing Cats as Narrator
- 2010 · Date Night as Collins
- 2010 · Brave New Voices 2010 as Himself - Host
- 2009 · Terminator Salvation as Barnes
- 2008 · Wanted as The Gunsmith
- 2008 · Street Kings as Coates
- 2007 · American Gangster as Turner Lucas
- 2007 · Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
- 2007 · Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life as Himself
- 2006 · Smokin' Aces as Sir Ivy
- 2006 · I Love the '70s: Volume 2 as Self
- 2005 · Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out as
- 2005 · Letter to the President as Self
- 2005 · Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")
- 2005 · Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Self (segment "Two Words")
- Future · Seven Friends: George Miller’s Justice League as Self
- 2005 · Soundz of Spirit as Self
- 2005 · Black in the 80s as Self
- 2005 · The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents as
- 1998 · Pete Rock: Soul Survivor as Common
- Future · Hate to See You Go as
- 2004 · 5 Sides of a Coin as Himself
- 2004 · Game Over as Himself (voice)
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Himself
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Chappelle's Show as
- 2001 · Scrubs as Common
- 2001 · One on One as
- 2000 · Girlfriends as
- 1998 · TRL as
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Common (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)