🎬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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Wick Is Pain (2025)	Self		7
2	Breathe (2024)	Darius		6
3	A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop (2023)	Self		9
4	Fool's Paradise (2023)	The Dagger		6
5	Alice (2022)	Frank		6
6	Ava (2020)	Michael		6.3
7	One World: Together at Home (2020)	Self		8
8	The Kitchen (2019)	Gary Silvers		6.4
9	The Price of Protest (2019)	Self (archive footage)	-	-
10	The Informer (2019)	Grens		6.5
11	Ocean's Eight (2018)	Common		6.6
12	Saint Judy (2018)	Benjamin Adebayo		1
13	All About Nina (2018)	Rafe		5.5
14	Here and Now (2018)	Ben	-	-
15	Hunter Killer (2018)	RA John Fisk		7.1
16	The Hate U Give (2018)	Uncle Carlos		7.9
17	The Tale (2018)	Martin		7.7
18	Smallfoot (2018)	Stonekeeper (voice)		7.2
19	Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth (2017)	Himself	-	-
20	Chasing Trane (2017)	Self - Musician		5
21	A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)	Daniel	-	-
22	Love Beats Rhymes (2017)	Coltrane		5.5
23	Megan Leavey (2017)	Gunny Martin		8.1
24	Marshall (2017)	Director / Writer		7.5
25	John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)	Cassian		7.7
26	Girls Trip (2017)	Common		6.6
27	Being Charlie (2016)	Travis		7
28	Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)	Self		3
29	Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)	Jabari		7.6
30	Suicide Squad (2016) Oscars winners 2017	Monster T		6.2
31	Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)	-		8.5
32	The Wiz Live! (2015)	The Bouncer		7.5
33	Unity (2015)	Narrator (voice)		7
34	Run All Night (2015)	Mr. Price		6.8
35	Entourage (2015)	Common		6.4
36	Every Secret Thing (2014)	Devlin Hatch		6.7
37	Selma (2014) Oscars 2015	James Bevel		7.5
38	X/Y (2014)	Jason	-	-
39	Movie 43 (2013)	Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")		5.4
40	LUV (2013)	Uncle Vincent		7
41	Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records (2013)	Self	-	-
42	Now You See Me (2013)	Evans		7.4
43	Pawn (2013)	Jeff Porter		4.1
44	The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)	Coach Cal		6.5
45	Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)	Self		8.3
46	Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)	Self		8
47	New Year's Eve (2011)	Soldier		5.9
48	Happy Feet Two (2011)	Seymour (voice)		5.9
49	Just Wright (2010)	Scott McKnight		5.9
50	Date Night (2010)	Collins		6.7
51	Terminator Salvation (2009)	Barnes		6.5
52	Wanted (2008) Oscars 2009	The Gunsmith		6.7
53	Street Kings (2008)	Coates		6.7
54	American Gangster (2007) Oscars 2008	Turner Lucas		7.6
55	Smokin' Aces (2006)	Sir Ivy		6.6
56	Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)	Self	-	-
57	Beef (2003)	Self		9
58	Brown Sugar (2002)	Self		8