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.
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- 2024 · Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central as Self
- 2024 · Hip-Hop and the White House as
- 2024 · Breathe as Darius
- 2024 · Diane Warren: Relentless as
- 2023 · A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop as Self
- 2023 · Fool's Paradise as The Dagger
- 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 · Alice as Frank
- 2022 · jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · Ava as Michael
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Westley
- 2020 · A Most Beautiful Thing as Narrator
- 2020 · Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
- 2020 · Never Have I Ever as Dr. Chris Jackson
- 2020 · Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince as Self
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 · Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Activate: The Global Citizen Movement as Self
- 2019 · The Informer as Grens
- 2019 · The Price of Protest as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Kitchen as Gary Silvers
- 2019 · Saint Judy as Benjamin Adebayo
- 2018 · Here and Now as Ben
- 2018 · Shut Up and Dribble as Self - Musician
- 2018 · The Hate U Give as Uncle Carlos
- 2018 · Hunter Killer as RA John Fisk
- 2018 · All About Nina as Rafe
- 2018 · Smallfoot as Stonekeeper (voice)
- 2018 · Ocean's Eight as Common
- 2018 · The Tale as Martin
- 2017 · Love Beats Rhymes as Coltrane
- 2017 · Girls Trip as Common
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader - Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene as Self
- 2017 · Misdirection: The Real Magic as Narrator
- 2017 · Megan Leavey as Gunny Martin
- 2017 · Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth as Himself
- 2016 · BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration as Self - Performer
- 2013 · Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records as Self
- Future · Seven Friends: George Miller’s Justice League as Self
- 2017 · A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Daniel
- 2017 · Chasing Trane as Self - Musician
- 2017 · John Wick: Chapter 2 as Cassian
- 2016 · Letter to the Free as
- 2016 · America Divided as Self
- 2016 · Black America Again as Himself - Street Performer
- 2016 · Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
- 2016 · Suicide Squad as Monster T
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · Barbershop: The Next Cut as Jabari
- 2016 · Two Trains Runnin' as Narrator
- 2015 · The Wiz Live! as The Bouncer
- 2015 · Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives as
- 2015 · Being Charlie as Travis
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Entourage as Common
- 2015 · Lip Sync Battle as Self
- 2015 · Run All Night as Mr. Price
- 2015 · Framework as Himself - Host
- 2014 · Selma as James Bevel
- 2014 · Every Secret Thing as Devlin Hatch
- 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 · Now You See Me as Evans
- 2013 · Pawn as Jeff Porter
- 2013 · Movie 43 as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
- 2013 · LUV as Uncle Vincent
- 2012 · The Mindy Project as Security Guard
- 2012 · The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Coach Cal
- 2012 · Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap as Self
- 2011 · New Year's Eve as Soldier
- 2011 · Happy Feet Two as Seymour (voice)
- 2011 · Hell on Wheels as Elam Ferguson
- 2011 · Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest as Self
- 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 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 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 Self
- 2006 · Smokin' Aces as Sir Ivy
- 2006 · I Love the '70s: Volume 2 as Self
- 2005 · Dave Chappelle's Block Party 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 Self (segment "Two Words")
- 2005 · Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")
- 2005 · Soundz of Spirit as Self
- 2005 · Black in the 80s as Self
- 2005 · The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents as
- 2004 · 5 Sides of a Coin as Himself
- 2004 · Game Over as Himself (voice)
- 2003 · Beef as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Himself
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2003 · Chappelle's Show as
- 2002 · Brown Sugar as Self
- 2001 · Scrubs as Common
- 2001 · One on One as Darius
- 2000 · Girlfriends as
- Future · Hate to See You Go as
- 1998 · Pete Rock: Soul Survivor as Common
- 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)
- Future · Paragraphs I Manifest as Self