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Common

Common

Birthday: 1972-03-13 | Place of Birth: 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 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. Common's 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Alice

as    Frank

2020
The Informer

as    Grens

2020
Ava

as    Michael

2020
A Most Beautiful Thing

as    Narrator

2020
Obama

as    Self

2019
Saint Judy

as    Benjamin Adebayo

2019
The Kitchen

as    Gary Silvers

2018
Here and Now

as    Ben

2018
The Tale

as    Martin

2018
Hunter Killer

as    RA John Fisk

2018
All About Nina

as    Rafe

2018
Smallfoot

as    Stonekeeper (voice)

2018
The Hate U Give

as    Uncle Carlos

2017
John Wick: Chapter 2

as    Cassian

2017
Love Beats Rhymes

as    Coltrane

2017
Megan Leavey

as    Gunny Martin

2017
2017
Misdirection: The Real Magic

as    Narrator

2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut

as    Jabari

2016
Two Trains Runnin'

as    Narrator

2015
Framework

as    Himself - Host

2015
Run All Night

as    Mr. Price

2015
The Wiz Live!

as    The Bouncer

2014
Every Secret Thing

as    Devlin Hatch

2014
Selma

as    James Bevel

2013
Now You See Me

as    Evans