Cast

Common

Acting

Cast

Common

Known for

Acting

Born

1972-03-13

From

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as Lonnie Rashid Lynn , Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.

Biography

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.

Common

Common

Biography

Now You See Me

John Wick: Chapter 2

Ocean's Eight

Suicide Squad

Terminator Salvation

American Gangster

Wanted

Movie 43

Pawn

Hunter Killer

The Hate U Give

New Year's Eve

Run All Night

Entourage

Happy Feet Two

Smallfoot

Street Kings

Ava

Date Night

Megan Leavey

The Informer

Girls Trip

Smokin' Aces

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Wick Is Pain

Selma

Barbershop: The Next Cut

Breathe

The Kitchen

X/Y

Every Secret Thing

LUV

The Tale

All About Nina

Bouncing Cats

Fool's Paradise

One World: Together at Home

Brown Sugar

Saint Judy

The Words That Built America

Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott

Alice

Here and Now

Just Wright

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

Being Charlie

Godfathers and Sons

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

Diane Warren: Relentless

Unity

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

The Price of Protest

A Most Beautiful Thing

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Two Trains Runnin'

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Love Beats Rhymes

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

Paragraphs I Manifest

The Wiz Live!

Chasing Trane

Chris Rock: Road To Live Special

You're Watching Video Music Box

Bilal: Live at Glasshaus

Music

Killing Me Softly with His Songs

Letter to the President

Black America Again

We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody

Beef

Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central

Brave New Voices 2010

5 Sides of a Coin

Hip-Hop and the White House

Hate to See You Go