Common
Acting
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.
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Self
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
Self
Wick Is Pain
Self
Diane Warren: Relentless
Self
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
Self
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
Self
Hip-Hop and the White House
Breathe
Darius
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
Fool's Paradise
The Dagger
The Legacy of J Dilla
Self - Rapper; Friend
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Self
Between Riverside and Crazy
Junior
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
Alice
Frank
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Ava
Michael
A Most Beautiful Thing
Narrator
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Self
One World: Together at Home
Self
The Informer
Grens
The Price of Protest
Self (archive footage)
The Kitchen
Gary Silvers
Here and Now
Ben
The Hate U Give
Uncle Carlos
Hunter Killer
RA John Fisk
All About Nina
Rafe
Saint Judy
Benjamin Adebayo
Smallfoot
Stonekeeper (voice)
Ocean's Eight
Common
The Tale
Martin
Love Beats Rhymes
Coltrane
Girls Trip
Common
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Misdirection: The Real Magic
Narrator
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
Self
Megan Leavey
Gunny Martin
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
Himself
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Daniel
Chasing Trane
Self - Musician
John Wick: Chapter 2
Cassian
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self - Performer
Letter to the Free
Black America Again
Himself - Street Performer
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self
We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody
Self
Suicide Squad
Monster T
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Being Charlie
Travis
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Jabari
Two Trains Runnin'
Narrator
The Wiz Live!
The Bouncer
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Entourage
Common
Run All Night
Mr. Price
Selma
James Bevel
Every Secret Thing
Devlin Hatch
X/Y
Jason
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Self
Now You See Me
Evans
Pawn
Jeff Porter
Movie 43
Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
LUV
Uncle Vincent
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Coach Cal
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Self
New Year's Eve
Soldier
Happy Feet Two
Seymour (voice)
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Self
Music
Self
Just Wright
Scott McKnight
Bouncing Cats
Narrator
Date Night
Collins
Brave New Voices 2010
Himself - Host
Terminator Salvation
Barnes
Wanted
The Gunsmith
Street Kings
Coates
American Gangster
Turner Lucas
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
Self
Smokin' Aces
Sir Ivy
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Self
Letter to the President
Self
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
Self (segment "Two Words")
Soundz of Spirit
Self
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
5 Sides of a Coin
Himself
Godfathers and Sons
Self
Beef
Self
Brown Sugar
Self
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
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