6.0
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
Common
Acting
Born March 13, 1972Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 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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Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott
2025
7.4
Wick Is Pain
2025
5.6
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025
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Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
2024
0.0
Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
2024
7.3
Hip-Hop and the White House
2024
5.6
Breathe
2024
9.0
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
4.7
Fool's Paradise
2023
8.0
The Legacy of J Dilla
2023
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
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Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
2023
0.0
Between Riverside and Crazy
2023
5.0
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022
5.6
Alice
2022
6.4
You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
4.0
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
5.8
Ava
2020
6.4
A Most Beautiful Thing
2020
7.9
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020
7.1
One World: Together at Home
2020
6.5
The Informer
2019
7.6
The Price of Protest
2019
6.1
The Kitchen
2019
5.3
Here and Now
2018
6.9
Hunter Killer
2018
8.1
The Hate U Give
2018
5.8
All About Nina
2018
6.9
Saint Judy
2018
6.8
Smallfoot
2018
6.9
Ocean's Eight
2018
7.1
The Tale
2018
5.6
Love Beats Rhymes
2017
6.8
Girls Trip
2017
6.0
The Words That Built America
2017
8.4
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
2017
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Misdirection: The Real Magic
2017
7.2
Retro Wick: Exploring the Unexpected Success of 'John Wick'
2017
7.3
Megan Leavey
2017
6.3
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
2017
5.2
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
7.3
Chasing Trane
2017
7.3
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
9.0
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
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Letter to the Free
2016
1.0
Black America Again
2016
8.0
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
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We're Still Here (Now).... A Documentary about nobody
2016
5.9
Suicide Squad
2016
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VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
6.1
Being Charlie
2016
6.3
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016
7.2
Two Trains Runnin'
2016
7.0
The Wiz Live!
2015
8.0
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
7.5
Unity
2015
6.2
Entourage
2015
6.4
Run All Night
2015
7.4
Selma
2014
6.2
Every Secret Thing
2014
4.8
X/Y
2014
7.1
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013
7.3
Now You See Me
2013
5.5
Pawn
2013
4.7
Movie 43
2013
5.8
LUV
2013
7.0
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
6.7
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
5.9
New Year's Eve
2011
6.2
Happy Feet Two
2011
7.1
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
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Music
2010
6.6
Just Wright
2010
Bouncing Cats
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Bouncing Cats
2010
6.1
Date Night
2010
10.0
Brave New Voices 2010
2010
0.0
Justice League Mortal
2009
6.1
Terminator Salvation
2009
6.5
Wanted
2008
6.7
Street Kings
2008
7.6
American Gangster
2007
6.2
Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
2007
6.5
Smokin' Aces
2006
6.6
Alicia Keys: Unplugged
2005
6.8
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
5.0
Letter to the President
2005
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005
5.7
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005
8.0
Soundz of Spirit
2005
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
8.7
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
2005
8.5
5 Sides of a Coin
2004
7.5
Godfathers and Sons
2003
7.1
Beef
2003
6.7
Brown Sugar
2002
5.0
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
Hate to See You Go
0.0
Hate to See You Go
Paragraphs I Manifest
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Paragraphs I Manifest
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Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
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Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
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Evolution of the Black Quarterback
8.2
Silo
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StoryBots: Answer Time
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
7.1
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
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Obama
5.4
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
7.7
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
10.0
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
8.0
Never Have I Ever
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Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
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The Tamron Hall Show
6.2
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
1.0
Shut Up and Dribble
7.9
The Chi
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America Divided
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Chelsea
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Lip Sync Battle
4.7
Framework
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
6.3
The Mindy Project
7.6
Hell on Wheels
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
7.3
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
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I Love the '70s: Volume 2
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Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
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Black in the 80s
5.5
Game Over
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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Real Time with Bill Maher
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Chappelle's Show
8.2
Scrubs
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One on One
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Girlfriends
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Mark Twain Prize
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TRL
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The View
4.6
The Chris Rock Show
6.4
The Daily Show
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
5.9
Later... with Jools Holland
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
5.3
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The Simpsons
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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American Masters
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MTV Video Music Awards
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
6.9
Saturday Night Live
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