Common

Actor

Born: March 13, 1972 (age 54)
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography (96)

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause (2026)
Self
Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott (2025)
Self
Wick Is Pain (2025)
Self
Diane Warren: Relentless (2025)
Self
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus (2024)
Self
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central (2024)
Self
Hip-Hop and the White House (2024)
Breathe (2024)
Darius
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop (2023)
Self
Fool's Paradise (2023)
The Dagger
The Legacy of J Dilla (2023)
Self - Rapper; Friend
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special (2023)
Self
Between Riverside and Crazy (2023)
Junior
Killing Me Softly with His Songs (2022)
Self
Alice (2022)
Frank
You're Watching Video Music Box (2021)
Self (archive footage)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
Self
Ava (2020)
Michael
A Most Beautiful Thing (2020)
Narrator
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince (2020)
Self
One World: Together at Home (2020)
Self
The Informer (2019)
Grens
The Price of Protest (2019)
Self (archive footage)
The Kitchen (2019)
Gary Silvers
Here and Now (2018)
Ben
Hunter Killer (2018)
RA John Fisk
The Hate U Give (2018)
Uncle Carlos
All About Nina (2018)
Rafe
Saint Judy (2018)
Benjamin Adebayo
Smallfoot (2018)
Stonekeeper (voice)