Common
Acting
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…
Filmography
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
2026
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
2025
Wick Is Pain
2025
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
2024
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
2024
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
2024
Hip-Hop and the White House
2024
Breathe
2024
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
Fool's Paradise
2023
Silo
2023
The Legacy of J Dilla
2023
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
2023
Between Riverside and Crazy
2023
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Alice
2022
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
2022
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
Obama
2020
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
Ava
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
A Most Beautiful Thing
2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
Never Have I Ever
2020
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
Tamron Hall
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019
The Informer
2019
The Price of Protest
2019
The Kitchen
2019
Here and Now
2018
Shut Up and Dribble
2018
Hunter Killer
2018
The Hate U Give
2018
All About Nina
2018
Saint Judy
2018
Smallfoot
2018
Ocean's Eight
2018
The Tale
2018
The Chi
2018
Love Beats Rhymes
2017
Girls Trip
2017
The Words That Built America
2017
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
2017
Misdirection: The Real Magic
2017
Megan Leavey
2017
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
Chasing Trane
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
Letter to the Free
2016
America Divided
2016
Black America Again
2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody
2016
Suicide Squad
2016
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
Chelsea
2016
Being Charlie
2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016
Two Trains Runnin'
2016
The Wiz Live!
2015
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Unity
2015
Entourage
2015
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Run All Night
2015
Framework
2015
Selma
2014