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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.
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2025 Hate to See You Go
2025 Paragraphs I Manifest as Self
2025 Wick Is Pain as Self
2025 SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Executive Producer
2025 Diane Warren: Relentless as Self
2024 Bilal: Live at Glasshaus as Self
2024 Four Letters Music
2024 Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central as Self
2024 Hip-Hop and the White House
2024 Breathe as Darius
2023 A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop as Self
2023 Fool's Paradise as The Dagger
2023 Silo as Robert Sims
2023 The Legacy of J Dilla as Self - Rapper; Friend
2023 Chris Rock: Road To Live Special as Self
2023 Between Riverside and Crazy as Junior
2022 Killing Me Softly with His Songs as Self
2022 Alice as Frank Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
2022 Glitter Ain't Gold Executive Producer
2021 You're Watching Video Music Box as Self (archive footage)
2021 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2020 Ava as Michael
2020 A Most Beautiful Thing as Narrator
2020 Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince as Self
2020 One World: Together at Home as Self
2019 The Informer as Grens
2019 The Price of Protest as Self (archive footage)
2019 The Kitchen as Gary Silvers
2019 Saint Judy as Benjamin Adebayo
2018 Here and Now as Ben
2018 Hunter Killer as RA John Fisk
2018 The Hate U Give as Uncle Carlos
2018 All About Nina as Rafe
2018 Smallfoot as Stonekeeper (voice)
2018 Ocean's Eight as Common
2018 The Tale as Martin
2017 Love Beats Rhymes as Coltrane
2017 Girls Trip as Common
2017 The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017 Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene as Self
2017 Misdirection: The Real Magic as Narrator
2017 Megan Leavey as Gunny Martin
2017 Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth as Himself
2017 A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Daniel
2017 Chasing Trane as Self - Musician
2017 John Wick: Chapter 2 as Cassian
2016 BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration as Self - Performer
2016 Letter to the Free
2016 Black America Again as Himself - Street Performer
2016 Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
2016 Suicide Squad as Monster T
2016 Barbershop: The Next Cut as Jabari
2016 Two Trains Runnin' as Narrator Executive Producer
2015 The Wiz Live! as The Bouncer
2015 Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015 Being Charlie as Travis
2015 Unity as Narrator (voice)
2015 Entourage as Common
2015 Run All Night as Mr. Price
2014 Selma as James Bevel Songs
2014 Every Secret Thing as Devlin Hatch
2014 X/Y as Jason
2013 Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records as Self
2013 Now You See Me as Evans
2013 Pawn as Jeff Porter
2013 Movie 43 as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
2013 LUV as Uncle Vincent
2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Coach Cal
2012 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap as Self
2011 New Year's Eve as Soldier
2011 Happy Feet Two as Seymour (voice)
2011 Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest as Self
2010 Music as Self
2010 Just Wright as Scott McKnight
2010 Bouncing Cats as Narrator
2010 Date Night as Collins
2010 Brave New Voices 2010 as Himself - Host
2009 Terminator Salvation as Barnes
2008 Wanted as The Gunsmith
2008 Street Kings as Coates
2007 American Gangster as Turner Lucas
2007 Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life as Self
2006 Smokin' Aces as Sir Ivy
2005 Dave Chappelle's Block Party as Self
2005 Letter to the President as Self
2005 Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Self (segment "Two Words"), Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")
2005 Soundz of Spirit as Self
2005 The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
2004 5 Sides of a Coin as Himself
2003 Beef as Self
2002 Brown Sugar as Self
1998 Pete Rock: Soul Survivor as Common