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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.

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Films Featuring Common

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

20056.8

Terminator Salvation

20096.1

Street Kings

20086.7

Fool's Paradise

20234.6

American Gangster

20077.6

Between Riverside and Crazy

2023

Smokin' Aces

20066.5

Wanted

20086.5

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

20055.7

Chris Rock: Road To Live Special

Chris Rock: Road To Live Special

2023

Date Night

20106.1

Just Wright

20106.5

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20214.0

You're Watching Video Music Box

20216.4

Happy Feet Two

20116.2

Beef

20037.1

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

20117.2

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

20127.0

LUV

20135.8

Now You See Me

20137.3

The Legacy of J Dilla

2023

Movie 43

20134.7

The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents

The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents

20058.7

Pawn

20135.5

Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene

20178.4

Bouncing Cats

Bouncing Cats

2010

Run All Night

20156.4

Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

20137.0

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

20126.7

X/Y

20144.8

Breathe

20245.6

Selma

20147.4

5 Sides of a Coin

200410.0

Diane Warren: Relentless

20255.5

Killing Me Softly with His Songs

20225.0

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

20239.0

Barbershop: The Next Cut

20166.3

Every Secret Thing

20146.1

Suicide Squad

20165.9

Entourage

20156.2

Unity

20157.5

The Wiz Live!

20157.0

Being Charlie

20166.2

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

20158.0

Hip-Hop and the White House

20247.3

Love Beats Rhymes

20175.6

John Wick: Chapter 2

20177.3

Two Trains Runnin'

20167.2

Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central

2024

Hunter Killer

20186.9

New Year's Eve

20115.9

Megan Leavey

20177.3

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

20175.3

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

20168.0

Chasing Trane

20177.3

Misdirection: The Real Magic

2017

The Informer

20196.5

Girls Trip

20176.8

The Words That Built America

20176.0

Brown Sugar

20026.6

Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth

20176.3

All About Nina

20185.8

The Tale

20187.1

Here and Now

20185.3

Smallfoot

20186.8

The Hate U Give

20188.1

Black America Again

20161.0

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

20169.0

Ocean's Eight

20186.9

The Kitchen

20196.1

Ava

20205.8

Saint Judy

20186.9

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

20055.7

Brave New Voices 2010

201010.0

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life

20076.2

Music

2010

The Price of Protest

20197.6

A Most Beautiful Thing

20206.4

Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince

20207.9

Letter to the President

20055.0

Letter to the Free

2016

Alice

20225.6

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

19985.0

Hate to See You Go

Hate to See You Go

One World: Together at Home

20207.1

Soundz of Spirit

20058.0

Paragraphs I Manifest

Paragraphs I Manifest

Bilal: Live at Glasshaus

2024

Wick Is Pain

20257.4

Godfathers and Sons

20037.5

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

2016

Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott

2025

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

2016

Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association

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

20266.0

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

Alicia Keys: Unplugged

20056.6