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

Homepage https://www.thinkcommon.com
Birth Location Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born 1972-03-13

Movies

Breathe as Darius
2024
Fool's Paradise as The Dagger
2023
The Legacy of J Dilla as Self - Rapper; Friend
2023
Alice as Frank
2022
You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
2021
Ava as Michael
2020
2020
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
2019
Here and Now as Ben
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
2018
Love Beats Rhymes as Coltrane
2017
Girls Trip as Common
2017
The Words That Built America as Reader - Declaration of Independence
2017
2017
Megan Leavey as Gunny Martin
2017
Chasing Trane as Self - Musician
2017
2017
Black America Again as Himself - Street Performer
2016
Suicide Squad as Monster T
2016
2016
Two Trains Runnin' as Narrator
2016
The Wiz Live! as The Bouncer
2015
Being Charlie as Travis
2015
Unity as Narrator (voice)
2015
Entourage as Common
2015
Run All Night as Mr. Price
2015
Selma as James Bevel
2014
Every Secret Thing as Devlin Hatch
2014
X/Y as Jason
2014
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
2013
2012
New Year's Eve as Soldier
2011
Happy Feet Two as Seymour (voice)
2011
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
2010
2009
Wanted as The Gunsmith
2008
Street Kings as Coates
2008
American Gangster as Turner Lucas
2007
Smokin' Aces as Sir Ivy
2006
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
2005
5 Sides of a Coin as Himself
2004
Beef as Self
2003
Brown Sugar as Self
2002
1998

Movies

Alice Original Music Composer
2022
Alice Executive Producer
2022
Glitter Ain't Gold Executive Producer
2022
Two Trains Runnin' Executive Producer
2016
Sly Stone Executive Producer
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