Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., (født 13. marts 1972), bedre kendt under sit scenenavn Common, tidligere Common Sense, er en amerikansk hiphopmusiker og skuespiller, der er kendt for sine tekster, der tit, til forskel fra mange andre hiphop-artisters, omhandler kærlighed, spiritualitet og politik.

Common
Common september 2011
Information
Pseudonym	Common, Common Sense
Født	Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. 13. marts 1972 (53 år) Chicago, Illinois
Aktive år	1992-nu
Pladeselskab	Think Common, Artium, Def Jam, Universal (nuværende) Relativity, MCA, Geffen, GOOD, Warner Bros. (tidligere)
Associeret med	Cocaine 80s, Erykah Badu, J Dilla, Pharrell, Soulquarians, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, GOOD Music, John Legend
Eksterne henvisninger
www.thinkcommon.com

Common live på Store Vega, København, 2007.

Han har udgivet 8 albums, senest Universal Mind Control, udgivet 9. december 2008. Han har gennem tiden haft flere forskellige sparringspartnere hvad produktion af musikken angår, men af gennemgående navne kan nævnes: No I.D. (Specielt de tre tidligste albums), ?uestlove & James Poyser, J Dilla (Specielt de tre nyeste albums) og Kanye West, som stod for størstedelen af produktionen på Be og Finding Forever.

I 2007 begyndte Common sin karriere som skuespiller, bl.a. i filmen Smokin' Aces, der også havde Andy Garcia og Ray Liotta på rollelisten. Common medvirker i øvrigt i American Gangster, fjerde udgave af Fast and the Furious-filmene, og i Terminator Salvation fra 2009. Siden 2011 har han spillet rollen som Elam Ferguson i AMC's western-serie Hell on Wheels.

For sangen "Glory" fra filmen Selma, vandt Common sammen med John Legend en Oscar for bedste sang i 2015.

Diskografi

• Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992)
• Resurrection (1994)
• One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997)
• Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
• Electric Circus (2002)
• Be (2005)
• Finding Forever (2007)
• Universal Mind Control (2008)
• The Dreamer/The Believer (2011)
• Nobody's Smiling (2014)
• Black America Again (2016)
• Let Love (2019)
• A Beautiful Revolution (Pt. 1) (2020)
• A Beautiful Revolution (Pt. 2) (2021)
• The Auditorium Vol. 1 with Pete Rock (2024)

Singler (i udvalg)

• 2015: Glory

Filmografi

Film

År	Titel	Rolle	Noter
2002	Brown Sugar	Himself
2006	Dave Chappelle's Block Party	Corant Jaman Shuka
	Smokin' Aces	'Sir Ivy'
2007	American Gangster	Turner Lucas
2008	Street Kings	Imposter Coates
	Wanted	'The Gunsmith'
2009	Terminator Salvation	Barnes
2010	Date Night	Detective Collins
	Just Wright	Scott McKnight
2011	Happy Feet Two	Seymour (voice)
	New Year's Eve	Chino
2012	LUV	Uncle Vincent
	The Odd Life of Timothy Green	Coach Cal
2013	Movie 43	Bob Mone
	Pawn	Officer Jeff Porter
	Now You See Me	Agent Evans
2014	X/Y	Jason
	Every Secret Thing	Devlin Hatch
	Selma	James Bevel
2015	Run All Night	Andrew Price
	Being Charlie	Travis
2016	Barbershop: The Next Cut	Rashad
	Suicide Squad	'Monster T'
2017	John Wick: Chapter 2	Cassian
	Megan Leavey	'Gunny' Martin
	A Happening of Monumental Proportions	Daniel Crawford
	Girls Trip	Himself
	Love Beats Rhymes	Coltrane
2018	The Tale	Martin
	Hunter Killer	Rear Admiral John Fisk
	Here and Now	Ben
	All About Nina	Rafe Hines
	Ocean's 8	Himself
	The Hate U Give	Carlos Carter
	Smallfoot	Stonekeeper (voice)
	Saint Judy	Benjamin Adebayo
2019	The Kitchen	FBI Agent Gary Silvers
	The Informer	Edward Grens
2020	Ava	Michael
2022	Alice	Frank
2023	Fool's Paradise	The Dagger
2024	Breathe	Darius	[1]

Tv

År	Titel	Rolle	Noter
1997	Crook & Chase	Himself	Episode: "George Segal"
2000	The Lyricist Lounge Show		TV series
2001	Soul Train		Episode: "Common & Macy Gray/Transitions/Olivia"
2003	Girlfriends	Omar	Episode: "Take This Poem and Call Me in the Morning"
2003–05	Def Poetry Jam	Himself	Recurring cast
2004	Chappelle's Show	Himself/Musical Guest	Episode: "World Series Of Dice & Mooney On Movies"
	Game Over	Himself (voice)	Episode: "Into the Woods"
	One on One	Darius	Episode: "Cabin Fever"
	Scrubs	Himself	Episode: "Her Story"
2005	Black in the 80s		3 episodes
	MTV Unplugged		Episode: "Alicia Keys"
	Wild 'n Out		Episode: "Christina Milian/Common"
	VH1 News Presents		Episode: "Hip Hop Videos: Sexploitation on the Set"
	Driven		Episode: "Kanye West"
	$2 Bill		Episode: "Kanye West"
2007	Saturday Night Live		Episode: "Jeremy Piven/AFI"
2009–10	The Electric Company		Episode: "Lights, Camera, Beetles!" & "Jules Quest"
2010	American Idol		Episode: "Idol Gives Back/Top Seven Results"
2011	Single Ladies	Mayor Howard	Episode: "Pilot"
2011–14	Hell on Wheels	Elam Ferguson	Main cast (season 1–4)
2012	Bizarre Foods America	Himself	Episode: "Las Vegas"
	Sesame Street		Episode: "Practice Makes Proud"
2013	Real Husbands of Hollywood		Episode: "Thicke and Tired"
	The Mindy Project	Security Guard	Episode: "Harry & Mindy"
2015	Lip Sync Battle	Himself/Competitor	Episode: "Common vs. John Legend"
	Knock Knock Live	Himself	Episode: "Episode One"
	David's Vlog		Episode: "Smoking with Snoop Dogg!!?"
	In Their Own Words		Episode: "Muhammad Ali"
	The Wiz Live!	The Bouncer	TV movie
2016	America Divided	Himself	Episode: "The System"
2017	American Masters		Episode: "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise"
	Saturday Night Live		Episode: "Chance the Rapper/Eminem"
	The Simpsons	Himself (voice)	Episode: "The Great Phatsby: Part 2"
2017–19	The Lion Guard	Kiburi (voice)	Recurring cast (season 2), guest (season 3)
2018–19	The Chi	Rafiq	Recurring cast (season 1), guest (season 2)
2019	Sherman's Showcase	Henry	Episode: "Enemies"
2020	Fraggle Rock: Rock On!	Himself	Recurring cast
	Home Movie: The Princess Bride[2]	Westley	Episode: "Chapter One: As You Wish"
2021	Never Have I Ever[3]	Dr. Chris Jackson	Recurring cast (season 2)
2022	Storybots: Answer Time	Mr. Wonderful (voice)	Episode: "Glue"
2023	Silo	Robert Sims	Main cast

Computerspil

År	Titel	Rolle	Noter
2009	Wanted: Weapons of Fate	Brummel	Voice
	Terminator Salvation	Barnes

Dokumentarer

År	Titel	Rolle	Noter
2003	The Blues: Godfathers and Sons	Himself
2010	Bouncing Cats	Narrator
2015	Unity		[4]