Acting
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.
Filmography
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Film · 2026
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Series · 2026
Diane Warren: Relentless
Film · 2025
Wick Is Pain
Film · 2025
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
Film · 2025
Breathe
Film · 2024
Hip-Hop and the White House
Film · 2024
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
Film · 2024
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
Film · 2024
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
Series · 2024
Fool's Paradise
Film · 2023
Between Riverside and Crazy
Film · 2023
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Film · 2023
The Legacy of J Dilla
Film · 2023
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Film · 2023
Silo
Series · 2023
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Film · 2022
Alice
Film · 2022
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Series · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
StoryBots: Answer Time
Series · 2022
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Film · 2021
You're Watching Video Music Box
Film · 2021
Ava
Film · 2020
A Most Beautiful Thing
Film · 2020
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Film · 2020
One World: Together at Home
Film · 2020
Never Have I Ever
Series · 2020
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
Series · 2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Series · 2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Series · 2020
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
Series · 2020
Obama
Series · 2020
The Informer
Film · 2019
The Kitchen
Film · 2019
The Price of Protest
Film · 2019
The Tamron Hall Show
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
Series · 2019
Hunter Killer
Film · 2018
All About Nina
Film · 2018
The Tale
Film · 2018
Here and Now
Film · 2018
Smallfoot
Film · 2018
The Hate U Give
Film · 2018
Ocean's Eight
Film · 2018
Saint Judy
Film · 2018
Shut Up and Dribble
Series · 2018
The Chi
Series · 2018
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
Film · 2017
Love Beats Rhymes
Film · 2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
Film · 2017
Megan Leavey
Film · 2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Film · 2017
Chasing Trane
Film · 2017
Misdirection: The Real Magic
Film · 2017
Girls Trip
Film · 2017
The Words That Built America
Film · 2017
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
Film · 2017
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'
Film · 2017
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Film · 2016
Suicide Squad
Film · 2016
Being Charlie
Film · 2016
Two Trains Runnin'
Film · 2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Film · 2016
Black America Again
Film · 2016
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Film · 2016
Letter to the Free
Film · 2016
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Film · 2016
We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody
Film · 2016
America Divided
Series · 2016
Chelsea
Series · 2016
Run All Night
Film · 2015
Entourage
Film · 2015
Unity
Film · 2015
The Wiz Live!
Film · 2015
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Film · 2015
Framework
Series · 2015
Lip Sync Battle
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
X/Y
Film · 2014
Selma
Film · 2014
Every Secret Thing
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
LUV
Film · 2013
Now You See Me
Film · 2013
Movie 43
Film · 2013
Pawn
Film · 2013
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Film · 2013
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Film · 2012
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Film · 2012
The Mindy Project
Series · 2012
Happy Feet Two
Film · 2011
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Film · 2011
New Year's Eve
Film · 2011
Hell on Wheels
Series · 2011
Date Night
Film · 2010
Just Wright
Film · 2010
Bouncing Cats
Film · 2010
Brave New Voices 2010
Film · 2010
Music
Film · 2010
Terminator Salvation
Film · 2009
Justice League Mortal
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Street Kings
Film · 2008
Wanted
Film · 2008
American Gangster
Film · 2007
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
Film · 2007
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Series · 2007
Smokin' Aces
Film · 2006
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Series · 2006
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Film · 2005
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
Film · 2005
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
Film · 2005
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
Film · 2005
Letter to the President
Film · 2005
Soundz of Spirit
Film · 2005
Alicia Keys: Unplugged
Film · 2005
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
Series · 2005
Black in the 80s
Series · 2005
5 Sides of a Coin
Film · 2004
Game Over
Series · 2004
Beef
Film · 2003
Godfathers and Sons
Film · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Series · 2003
Chappelle's Show
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Brown Sugar
Film · 2002
One on One
Series · 2001
Scrubs
Series · 2001
Girlfriends
Series · 2000
Mark Twain Prize
Series · 1999
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Film · 1998
TRL
Series · 1998
The Chris Rock Show
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Series · 1992
Later... with Jools Holland
Series · 1992
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
American Masters
Series · 1986
MTV Video Music Awards
Series · 1984
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Hate to See You Go
Film
Paragraphs I Manifest
Film
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Film
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Film