Common
Born March 13, 1972 (Age: 54)
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Fool's Paradise
2023
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as The Dagger
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Age: 51
Alice
2022
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as Frank
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Age: 50
Ava
2020
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as Michael
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Age: 48
One World: Together at Home
2020
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as Self
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Age: 48
The Informer
2019
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as Grens
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Age: 47
The Kitchen
2019
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as Gary Silvers
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Age: 47
Hunter Killer
2018
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as RA John Fisk
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Age: 46
The Hate U Give
2018
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as Uncle Carlos
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Age: 46
Smallfoot
2018
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as Stonekeeper (voice)
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Age: 46
Ocean's Eight
2018
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as Common
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Age: 46
Girls Trip
2017
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as Common
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Age: 45
Megan Leavey
2017
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as Gunny Martin
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Age: 45
Chasing Trane
2017
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as Self - Musician
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Age: 45
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
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as Cassian
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Age: 44
We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody
2016
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as Self
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Age: 44
Suicide Squad
2016
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as Monster T
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Age: 44
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
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as
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Age: 44
Being Charlie
2016
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as Travis
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Age: 44
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016
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as Jabari
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Age: 44
Entourage
2015
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as Common
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Age: 43
Run All Night
2015
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as Mr. Price
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Age: 42
Selma
2014
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as James Bevel
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Age: 42
Every Secret Thing
2014
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as Devlin Hatch
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Age: 42
Now You See Me
2013
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as Evans
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Age: 41
Movie 43
2013
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as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
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Age: 40
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
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as Coach Cal
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Age: 40
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
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as Self
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Age: 40
New Year's Eve
2011
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as Soldier
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Age: 39
Happy Feet Two
2011
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as Seymour (voice)
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Age: 39
Just Wright
2010
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as Scott McKnight
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Age: 38
Date Night
2010
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as Collins
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Age: 38
Terminator Salvation
2009
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as Barnes
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Age: 37
Wanted
2008
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as The Gunsmith
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Age: 36
Street Kings
2008
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as Coates
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Age: 36
Smokin' Aces
2006
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as Sir Ivy
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Age: 34
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
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as Self
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Age: 33
Brown Sugar
2002
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as Self
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Age: 30