Common
Known for: Acting
Born: March 13, 1972
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 m…
Known for
LUV
2013
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
2005
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013
Hip-Hop and the White House
2024
Two Trains Runnin'
2016
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
Misdirection: The Real Magic
2017
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
2017
Black America Again
2016
Brave New Voices 2010
2010
A Most Beautiful Thing
2020
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Just Wright
2010
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
5 Sides of a Coin
2004
Love Beats Rhymes
2017
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
All About Nina
2018
Letter to the Free
2016
Alice
2022
Alicia Keys: Unplugged
2005
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
Bouncing Cats
2010
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
The Informer
2019
Ava
2020
Saint Judy
2018
Soundz of Spirit
2005
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
2024
Between Riverside and Crazy
2023
Breathe
2024
Hunter Killer
2018
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
Smallfoot
2018
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
2007
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
Hate to See You Go
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
Beef
2003
The Words That Built America
2017
Here and Now
2018
The Hate U Give
2018
Music
2010
Paragraphs I Manifest
Terminator Salvation
2009
Wanted
2008
Date Night
2010
Every Secret Thing
2014
Being Charlie
2016
Godfathers and Sons
2003
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
2025
We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody
2016
Smokin' Aces
2006
The Wiz Live!
2015
Megan Leavey
2017
Chasing Trane
2017
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
The Kitchen
2019
Letter to the President
2005
Street Kings
2008
Happy Feet Two
2011
Selma
2014
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020
Pawn
2013
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
2017
Run All Night
2015
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005
Now You See Me
2013
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
2023
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
2024
The Tale
2018
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
Suicide Squad
2016
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
The Price of Protest
2019
X/Y
2014
American Gangster
2007
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
Wick Is Pain
2025
Unity
2015
The Legacy of J Dilla
2023
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025
Girls Trip
2017
Fool's Paradise
2023
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
New Year's Eve
2011
Movie 43
2013
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
Brown Sugar
2002
One World: Together at Home
2020
Entourage
2015
Ocean's Eight
2018
Hell on Wheels
2011
One on One
2001
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Girlfriends
2000
Tamron Hall
2019
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006
Shut Up and Dribble
2018
Never Have I Ever
2020
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
2022
Black in the 80s
2005
TRL
1998
Saturday Night Live
1975
Framework
2015
The Daily Show
1996
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Lip Sync Battle
2015
The Mindy Project
2012
The Chris Rock Show
1997
America Divided
2016
Game Over
2004
Chelsea
2016
American Masters
1986
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The View
1997
Entertainment Tonight
1981
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Simpsons
1989
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Silo
2023
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Chappelle's Show
2003
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
The Chi
2018
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
2024
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
2020
Mark Twain Prize
1999
Obama
2020
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
2026
Scrubs
2001