Common
Acting
- Born:
- 1972-03-13
- Place of birth:
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
Wick Is Pain
Diane Warren: Relentless
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
Hip-Hop and the White House
Breathe
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Fool's Paradise
Silo
The Legacy of J Dilla
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Between Riverside and Crazy
StoryBots: Answer Time
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Alice
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Obama
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
Ava
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
A Most Beautiful Thing
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Never Have I Ever
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
One World: Together at Home
The Tamron Hall Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
The Informer
The Price of Protest
The Kitchen
Here and Now
Shut Up and Dribble
Hunter Killer
The Hate U Give
All About Nina
Saint Judy
Smallfoot
Ocean's Eight
The Tale
The Chi
Love Beats Rhymes
Girls Trip
The Words That Built America
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
Misdirection: The Real Magic
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'
Megan Leavey
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Chasing Trane
John Wick: Chapter 2
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Letter to the Free
America Divided
Black America Again
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody
Suicide Squad
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Chelsea
Being Charlie
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Two Trains Runnin'
The Wiz Live!
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Unity
Entourage
Lip Sync Battle
Run All Night
Framework
Selma
Every Secret Thing
X/Y
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Now You See Me
Pawn
Movie 43
LUV
The Mindy Project
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
New Year's Eve
Happy Feet Two
Hell on Wheels
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Music
Just Wright
Bouncing Cats
Date Night
Brave New Voices 2010
Justice League Mortal
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Terminator Salvation
Wanted
Street Kings
American Gangster
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
Smokin' Aces
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Alicia Keys: Unplugged
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
Letter to the President
![Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iJoIAh8NaChoVN0GRYVHaa4Yxlq.jpg)
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
Soundz of Spirit
Black in the 80s
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
5 Sides of a Coin
Game Over
Godfathers and Sons
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Beef
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Chappelle's Show
Brown Sugar
Scrubs
One on One
Girlfriends
Mark Twain Prize
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
TRL
The View
The Chris Rock Show
The Daily Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Later... with Jools Holland
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
American Masters
MTV Video Music Awards
Entertainment Tonight
Saturday Night Live
Hate to See You Go
Paragraphs I Manifest
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2