Common
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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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Silo
2023 · Robert Sims
The Simpsons
1989 · Common (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Cameo (uncredit...
The Chi
2018 · Rafiq
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
Scrubs
2001 · Common
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Girlfriends
2000 · Omar
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005
The Mindy Project
2012 · Security Guard
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007 · Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Tamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self - Presenter
American Masters
1986 · Self
Hell on Wheels
2011 · Elam Ferguson
Never Have I Ever
2020 · Dr. Chris Jackson
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self - Presenter
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
Chelsea
2016 · Self
One on One
2001 · Darius
Lip Sync Battle
2015 · Self
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · Cassian
Now You See Me
2013 · Evans
TRL
1998
Suicide Squad
2016 · Monster T
Ocean's Eight
2018 · Common
Wanted
2008 · The Gunsmith
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Terminator Salvation
2009 · Barnes
American Gangster
2007 · Turner Lucas
The Chris Rock Show
1997
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016
Chappelle's Show
2003
Hunter Killer
2018 · RA John Fisk
Movie 43
2013 · Bob Mone (segment "The...
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022 · Mr. Wonderful
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · Westley
Ava
2020 · Michael
Mark Twain Prize
1999 · Self - Musical Guest
Street Kings
2008 · Coates
Smokin' Aces
2006 · Sir Ivy
Happy Feet Two
2011 · Seymour (voice)
Run All Night
2015 · Mr. Price
Date Night
2010 · Collins
The Hate U Give
2018 · Uncle Carlos
Entourage
2015 · Common
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 · Self
Smallfoot
2018 · Stonekeeper (voice)
New Year's Eve
2011 · Soldier
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006 · Self
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Informer
2019 · Grens
Pawn
2013 · Jeff Porter
Girls Trip
2017 · Common
Shut Up and Dribble
2018 · Self - Musician
Game Over
2004 · Himself (voice)
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016 · Jabari
Breathe
2024 · Darius
Megan Leavey
2017 · Gunny Martin
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · Coach Cal
One World: Together at Home
2020 · Self
The Kitchen
2019 · Gary Silvers
Wick Is Pain
2025 · Self
Selma
2014 · James Bevel
Every Secret Thing
2014 · Devlin Hatch
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
2020 · Self
Black in the 80s
2005 · Self
The Tale
2018 · Martin
America Divided
2016 · Self
Just Wright
2010 · Scott McKnight
Saint Judy
2018 · Benjamin Adebayo
Alice
2022 · Frank
LUV
2013 · Uncle Vincent
Obama
2020 · Self
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011 · Self
Fool's Paradise
2023 · The Dagger
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
2026 · Narrator (voice)
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019 · Self
The Words That Built America
2017 · Self - Reader: Declara...
X/Y
2014 · Jason
Brown Sugar
2002 · Self
All About Nina
2018 · Rafe
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005 · Self
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
2025 · Self
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
2024 · Self
Being Charlie
2016 · Travis
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025 · Self
Hip-Hop and the White House
2024
Beef
2003 · Self
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
2024 · Self
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022 · Self
Love Beats Rhymes
2017 · Coltrane
Here and Now
2018 · Ben
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021 · Self (archive footage)
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017 · Daniel
Framework
2015 · Himself - Host
We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody
2016 · Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021 · Self
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026 · Self
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012 · Self
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
— · Self/Narrator
Letter to the President
2005 · Self
Two Trains Runnin'
2016 · Narrator
A Most Beautiful Thing
2020 · Narrator
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023 · Self
Misdirection: The Real Magic
2017 · Narrator
Between Riverside and Crazy
2023 · Junior
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005 · Self (segment "Two Wor...
Music
2010 · Self
The Price of Protest
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Wiz Live!
2015 · The Bouncer
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020 · Self
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998 · Common
Black America Again
2016 · Himself - Street Perfo...
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013 · Self
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016 · Self
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
2007 · Self
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016 · Self - Performer
Alicia Keys: Unplugged
2005 · Self
Godfathers and Sons
2003 · Self
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
2017 · Self
The Legacy of J Dilla
2023 · Self - Rapper; Friend
Brave New Voices 2010
2010 · Himself - Host
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
2017 · Himself
Chasing Trane
2017 · Self - Musician
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
2024 · Self
5 Sides of a Coin
2004 · Himself
Soundz of Spirit
2005 · Self
Letter to the Free
2016