Common
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
Actor
as Self
as Self
as Darius
as The Dagger
as Self - Rapper; Friend
as Self
as Junior
as Robert Sims
as Self
as Frank
as Mr. Wonderful
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Michael
as Narrator
as Self
as Westley
as Self
as Dr. Chris Jackson
as Grens
as Self (archive footage)
as Gary Silvers
as Benjamin Adebayo
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Ben
as RA John Fisk
as Uncle Carlos
as Rafe
as Stonekeeper (voice)
as Common
as Martin
as Self - Musician
as Coltrane
as Common
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
as Narrator
as Gunny Martin
as Himself
as Daniel
as Self - Musician
as Cassian
as Self - Performer
as Himself - Street Performer
as Self
as Monster T
as Jabari
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as The Bouncer
as Travis
as Narrator (voice)
as Common
as Mr. Price
as Self
as Himself - Host
as James Bevel
as Devlin Hatch
as Jason
as Self
as Self
as Evans
as Jeff Porter
as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
as Uncle Vincent
as Coach Cal
as Security Guard
as Soldier
as Seymour (voice)
as Elam Ferguson
as Self
as Scott McKnight
as Narrator
as Collins
as Himself - Host
as Barnes
as Self - Guest
as The Gunsmith
as Coates
as Turner Lucas
as Self
as Sir Ivy
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self (segment "Two Words")
as Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Himself (voice)
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Common
as Darius
as Common
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Common (voice)
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer