Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 13, 1972
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
157 titles
Common
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.
Known For
Filmography
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Self
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Narrator (voice)
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
Self
Wick Is Pain
Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Executive Producer
Diane Warren: Relentless
Self
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
Self
Four Letters
Music
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
Self
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
Self
Hip-Hop and the White House
Breathe
Darius
Justice, USA
Executive Producer
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
Fool's Paradise
The Dagger
Silo
Robert Sims
The Legacy of J Dilla
Self - Rapper; Friend
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Self
Between Riverside and Crazy
Junior
StoryBots: Answer Time
Mr. Wonderful
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
Alice
Frank
Glitter Ain't Gold
Executive Producer
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Self (archive footage)
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Obama
Self
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
Ava
Michael
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Westley
A Most Beautiful Thing
Narrator
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self
Never Have I Ever
Dr. Chris Jackson
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
Self
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Self
One World: Together at Home
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
Self
The Informer
Grens
The Price of Protest
Self (archive footage)
The Kitchen
Gary Silvers
Here and Now
Ben
Shut Up and Dribble
Self - Musician
Hunter Killer
RA John Fisk
The Hate U Give
Uncle Carlos
All About Nina
Rafe
Saint Judy
Benjamin Adebayo
Smallfoot
Stonekeeper (voice)