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Common
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Common (rapper), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Movie Self
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2026
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2025
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
Movie Self
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2025
Wick Is Pain
Movie Self
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2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Diane Warren: Relentless
Movie Self
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2024
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
Movie Self
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2024
Four Letters
Movie Music
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2024
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
TV show Self
- 2024
- 2024
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2024
Breathe
Movie Darius
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2024
Justice, USA
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Movie Self
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2023
Fool's Paradise
Movie The Dagger
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2023
Silo
TV show Robert Sims
More credits
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2023
The Legacy of J Dilla
Movie Self - Rapper; Friend
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2023
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Movie Self
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2023
Between Riverside and Crazy
Movie Junior
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2022
StoryBots: Answer Time
TV show Mr. Wonderful
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2022
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Movie Self
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Alice
Movie Frank
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2022
Glitter Ain't Gold
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2021
You're Watching Video Music Box
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2021
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2020
Obama
TV show Self
- 2020
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2020
Ava
Movie Michael
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2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV show Westley
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2020
A Most Beautiful Thing
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV show Self
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2020
Never Have I Ever
TV show Dr. Chris Jackson
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2020
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
TV show Self
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2020
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Movie Self
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2020
One World: Together at Home
Movie Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
TV show Self
