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Common
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn March 13, 1972 (53 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Breathe · as Darius |
| 2023 | Fool's Paradise · as The Dagger |
| 2023 | Silo (TV Series) · as Robert Sims |
| 2022 | StoryBots: Answer Time (TV Series) · as Mr. Wonderful |
| 2022 | Alice · as Frank |
| 2020 | Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Ava · as Michael |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Westley |
| 2020 | A Most Beautiful Thing · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Never Have I Ever (TV Series) · as Dr. Chris Jackson |
| 2019 | The Informer · as Grens |
| 2019 | The Kitchen · as Gary Silvers |
| 2019 | Sherman's Showcase (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2018 | Saint Judy · as Benjamin Adebayo |
| 2018 | Here and Now · as Ben |
| 2018 | Hunter Killer · as Ra John Fisk |
| 2018 | The Hate U Give · as Uncle Carlos |
| 2018 | All About Nina · as Rafe |
| 2018 | Smallfoot · as Stonekeeper (voice) |
| 2018 | The Tale · as Martin |
| 2018 | The Chi (TV Series) · as Rafiq |
| 2017 | Love Beats Rhymes · as Coltrane |
| 2017 | Megan Leavey · as Gunny Martin |
| 2017 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions · as Daniel |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 · as Cassian |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad · as Monster T |
| 2016 | Barbershop: The Next Cut · as Jabari |
| 2016 | Two Trains Runnin' · as Narrator |
| 2016 | Misdirection · as Narrator |
| 2015 | The Wiz Live! · as The Bouncer |
| 2015 | The Lion Guard (TV Series) · as Kiburi |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Being Charlie · as Travis |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words (2015) (TV Series) · as Rapper |
| 2015 | Unity · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Run All Night · as Mr. Price |
| 2014 | Selma · as James Bevel |
| 2014 | Every Secret Thing · as Devlin Hatch |
| 2014 | X/Y · as Jason |
| 2013 | Pawn · as Jeff Porter |
| 2013 | Now You See Me · as Evans |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Luv · as Uncle Vincent |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Elam Ferguson |
| 2011 | Single Ladies (TV Series) · as Mayor Howard |
| 2010 | Just Wright · as Scott Mcknight |
| 2010 | Bouncing Cats · as Narrator |
| 2010 | Date Night · as Collins |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation · as Barnes |
| 2009 | The Rotten Tomatoes Show (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Wanted · as The Gunsmith |
| 2008 | Street Kings · as Coates |
| 2007 | American Gangster · as Turner Lucas |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces · as Sir Ivy |
| 2005 | Wild 'N Out (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology · as Airline Employee (segment "all Falls Down") |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) |
| 2001 | One On One (TV Series) · as Darius |
| 2000 | Girlfriends (TV Series) · as Omar |
| 1998 | TRL (2017) (TV Series) |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Common (voice) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |