Common

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-03-13 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Common

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 ...

Acting

2008

Street Kings

as Coates

2023

Fool's Paradise

as The Dagger

2007

American Gangster

as Turner Lucas

2006

Smokin' Aces

as Sir Ivy

2008

Wanted

as The Gunsmith

2005

2010

Date Night

as Collins

2010

Just Wright

as Scott McKnight

2021

You're Watching Video Music Box

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Happy Feet Two

as Seymour (voice)

2003

Beef

as Self

2013

LUV

as Uncle Vincent

2013

2023

The Legacy of J Dilla

as Self - Rapper; Friend

2013

Movie 43

as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")

2013

Pawn

as Jeff Porter

2010

Bouncing Cats

as Narrator

2015

Run All Night

as Mr. Price

2014

X/Y

as Jason

2024

Breathe

as Darius

2014

Selma

as James Bevel

2004

2014

Every Secret Thing

as Devlin Hatch

2016

Suicide Squad

as Monster T

2015

Entourage

as Common

2015

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

2015

The Wiz Live!

as The Bouncer

2015

Being Charlie

as Travis

2017

2017

2016

2018

Hunter Killer

as RA John Fisk

2011

New Year's Eve

as Soldier

2017

Megan Leavey

as Gunny Martin

2017

Chasing Trane

as Self - Musician

2019

The Informer

as Grens

2017

Girls Trip

as Common

2017

The Words That Built America

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2002

2018

2018

The Tale

as Martin

2018

2018

Smallfoot

as Stonekeeper (voice)

2018

The Hate U Give

as Uncle Carlos

2016

Black America Again

as Himself - Street Performer

2018

Ocean's Eight

as Common

2019

The Kitchen

as Gary Silvers

2020

Ava

as Michael

2019

Saint Judy

as Benjamin Adebayo

2005

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

as Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")

2010

Brave New Voices 2010

as Himself - Host

2010

Music

as Self

2019

The Price of Protest

as Self (archive footage)

2020

2022

Alice

as Frank

2005

2025

Production

2022

Alice

as Executive Producer

2022

Glitter Ain't Gold

as Executive Producer

2016

Two Trains Runnin'

as Executive Producer

2022

Alice

as Original Music Composer

2014

Selma

as Songs

2024

Four Letters

as Music

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