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Common Age: 53

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Common

Date of Birth:

Mar 13, 1972

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

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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Common

Photos ( 4 Photos

Filmography of

Common

Found 78 Movies in total

Wick Is Pain

Self ( Actor )

... 2025

... 2025

... 2024

... 2024

Breathe

Darius ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2023

Fool's Paradise

The Dagger ( Actor )

... 2023

The Legacy of J Dilla

Self - Rapper; Friend ( Actor )

... 2023

... 2023

... 2022

Alice

Frank ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2022

You're Watching Video Music Box

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

... 2021

Ava

Michael ( Actor )

... 2020

A Most Beautiful Thing

Narrator ( Actor )

... 2020

... 2020

... 2020

The Informer

Grens ( Actor )

... 2019

The Price of Protest

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Kitchen

Gary Silvers ( Actor )

... 2019

Saint Judy

Benjamin Adebayo ( Actor )

... 2019

Here and Now

Ben ( Actor )

... 2018

Hunter Killer

RA John Fisk ( Actor )

... 2018

The Hate U Give

Uncle Carlos ( Actor )

... 2018

All About Nina

Rafe ( Actor )

... 2018

Smallfoot

Stonekeeper (voice) ( Actor )

... 2018

Ocean's Eight

Self ( Actor )

... 2018

The Tale

Martin ( Actor )

... 2018

Love Beats Rhymes

Coltrane ( Actor )

... 2017

Girls Trip

Himself ( Actor )

... 2017

The Words That Built America

Reader - Declaration of Independence ( Actor )

... 2017

Megan Leavey

Gunny Martin ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2017

Chasing Trane

Self - Musician ( Actor )

... 2017

John Wick: Chapter 2

Cassian ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2016

... 2016

Suicide Squad

Monster T ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2016

Two Trains Runnin'

Narrator ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2016

The Wiz Live!

The Bouncer ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2015

Being Charlie

Travis ( Actor )

... 2015

Unity

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2015

Entourage

Common ( Actor )

... 2015

Run All Night

Mr. Price ( Actor )

... 2015

Selma

James Bevel ( Actor )

Songs

... 2014

Every Secret Thing

Devlin Hatch ( Actor )

... 2014

X/Y

Jason ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2013

Now You See Me

Evans ( Actor )

... 2013

Pawn

Jeff Porter ( Actor )

... 2013

Movie 43

Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch") ( Actor )

... 2013

LUV

Uncle Vincent ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2012

... 2012

New Year's Eve

Soldier ( Actor )

... 2011

Happy Feet Two

Seymour (voice) ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2011

Music

Actor

... 2010

Just Wright

Scott McKnight ( Actor )

... 2010

Date Night

Collins ( Actor )

... 2010

Brave New Voices 2010

Himself - Host ( Actor )

... 2010

Terminator Salvation

Barnes ( Actor )

... 2009

Wanted

The Gunsmith ( Actor )

... 2008

Street Kings

Coates ( Actor )

... 2008

American Gangster

Turner Lucas ( Actor )

... 2007

... 2007

Smokin' Aces

Sir Ivy ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2005

... 2005

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down") ( Actor )

... 2005

Soundz of Spirit

Self ( Actor )

... 2005

5 Sides of a Coin

Himself ( Actor )

... 2004

Godfathers and Sons

Self ( Actor )

... 2003

Beef

Himself ( Actor )

... 2003

Brown Sugar

Self ( Actor )

... 2002