Common

Acting · 3.3 popularity

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Born: March 13, 1972
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Biography

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.

Works

96 films

Now You See Me

20137.3

John Wick: Chapter 2

20177.3

Suicide Squad

20165.9

Ocean's Eight

20187.0

Terminator Salvation

20096.1

American Gangster

20077.6

Hunter Killer

20186.9

Wanted

20086.5

Movie 43

20134.7

Date Night

20106.1

Run All Night

20156.4

Smokin' Aces

20066.5

Street Kings

20086.7

Smallfoot

20186.8

Happy Feet Two

20116.2

Girls Trip

20176.8

New Year's Eve

20115.9

Ava

20205.8

The Hate U Give

20188.1

The Informer

20196.5

Entourage

20156.2

Megan Leavey

20177.3

The Kitchen

20196.1

Just Wright

20106.5

The Tale

20187.1

Saint Judy

20186.9

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

20127.0

Breathe

20245.6

Selma

20147.4

Pawn

20135.5

Wick Is Pain

20257.4

Barbershop: The Next Cut

20166.3

Brown Sugar

20026.6

One World: Together at Home

20207.1

Chris Rock: Road To Live Special

2023

Every Secret Thing

20146.1

Fool's Paradise

20234.6

Here and Now

20185.3

X/Y

20144.8

Being Charlie

20166.2

LUV

20135.8

Alice

20225.6

All About Nina

20185.9

The Words That Built America

20176.0

Unity

20157.5

Bouncing Cats

2010

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

20056.8

Killing Me Softly with His Songs

20225.0

Love Beats Rhymes

20175.6

You're Watching Video Music Box

20216.4

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

20117.2

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20214.0

Chasing Trane

20177.3

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

2026

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

20126.7

Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott

2025

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

2016

The Price of Protest

20197.6

Hip-Hop and the White House

20247.3

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life

20076.2

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

20175.3

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

20158.0

Music

2010

The Wiz Live!

20157.0

Beef

20037.1

Paragraphs I Manifest

2026

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

20168.0

Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince

20207.9

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

20266.0

Alicia Keys: Unplugged

20056.6

We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody

2016

Diane Warren: Relentless

20255.4

Two Trains Runnin'

20167.2

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

20169.0

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

20055.7

Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene

20178.4

Letter to the President

20055.0

Godfathers and Sons

20037.5

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

19985.0

Misdirection: The Real Magic

2017

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

20239.0

Bilal: Live at Glasshaus

2024

Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth

20176.3

Hate to See You Go

2026

Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

20137.1

A Most Beautiful Thing

20206.4

Black America Again

20161.0

Between Riverside and Crazy

2023

Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central

2024

5 Sides of a Coin

200410.0

The Legacy of J Dilla

2023

Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association

2026

Brave New Voices 2010

201010.0

Letter to the Free

2016

The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents

20058.7

Soundz of Spirit

20058.0