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 m...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Wick Is Pain
2025
as Self
Witness the never-before-seen footage and true story behind the John Wick phenomenon – from independent film to billion-dollar franchise.

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
Executive Producer
An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone – the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic Sly Stone – that captures the band's ...

Diane Warren: Relentless
2025
as Self
An intimate look at the life, career and process of one of the most accomplished songwriters of all time, Diane Warren.

Bilal: Live at Glasshaus
2024
as Self
Bilal: Live at Glasshaus is a tribute to Bilal’s extraordinary vocal and musical range, as well as his status as one of the most unsung innovators in ...
Four Letters
2024
Music
Inspired by the remarkable life journey of software engineer Charles Anderson, the film illuminates the challenges of his life before, during, and aft...

Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central
2024
as Self
"Live from Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central" features the greatest assemblage of all-star musical talent in Detroit since the legendary Motown...

Hip-Hop and the White House
2024
Unveils the transformative fifty-year history of a world-changing culture, illustrating hip-hop's journey from outsider status to the pinnacle of powe...

Breathe
2024
as Darius
Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenated hav...

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
as Self
A once-in-a-lifetime live concert special celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the two-hour tribute special features exclusive performances fr...

Fool's Paradise
2023
as The Dagger
A down-on-his-luck publicist discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him ...

The Legacy of J Dilla
2023
as Self - Rapper; Friend
In his short lifetime, J Dilla was a musician, producer and visionary who profoundly influenced rap and hip-hop. Given how prolific he was in his 32 y...
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
2023
as Self
Chris Rock gives an exclusive look at his year on tour leading up to this historic night. With appearances from Dave Chappelle, Adam Sandler, Kevin Ha...

Between Riverside and Crazy
2023
as Junior
City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed—and the Church won’t leave him alone. For ex-co...

Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022
as Self
A musical documentary about the life and work of composer Charles Fox, known for pop hits such as 'Killing Me Softly with His Song', 'I Got a Name', '...

Alice
2022
as Frank
Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation, restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul, Alice...

Alice
2022
Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation, restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul, Alice...

Glitter Ain't Gold
2022
Executive Producer
A sixth grader takes a trip with his best friend to a local flea market to buy his first fake chain in order to impress his crush.

You're Watching Video Music Box
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The untold story of the world’s longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z,...

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Filmed at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony honors inductees: Tina Turner, Carol...

Ava
2020
as Michael
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.

A Most Beautiful Thing
2020
as Narrator
A chronicle of the first African American high school rowing team in America made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side...

Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020
as Self
A lineup of artists -- including Beck, Common, Gary Clark Jr., Foo Fighters, H.E.R., Juanes, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Chris Martin, Mavis Staples, St...

One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise...

The Informer
2019
as Grens
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambit...

The Price of Protest
2019
as Self (archive footage)
United States, September 1st, 2016. American football player Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem, protesting police brutality against b...

The Kitchen
2019
as Gary Silvers
The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take ...

Saint Judy
2019
as Benjamin Adebayo
The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.

Here and Now
2018
as Ben
On the eve of a major performance, singer Vivienne receives life-altering news that causes her to reevaluate her priorities. Crisscrossing the busy st...

Hunter Killer
2018
as RA John Fisk
Captain Glass of the USS Arkansas discovers that a coup d'état is taking place in Russia, so he and his crew join an elite group working on the ground...

The Hate U Give
2018
as Uncle Carlos
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her u...

All About Nina
2018
as Rafe
Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportun...

Smallfoot
2018
as Stonekeeper (voice)
A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn't exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over wha...

Ocean's Eight
2018
as Common
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.

The Tale
2018
as Martin
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to sur...

Love Beats Rhymes
2017
as Coltrane
A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to c...

Girls Trip
2017
as Common
Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterh...

The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foun...

Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
2017
as Self
More fight choreography footage and in fact seems to be documenting more than one fight scene, unless one simply takes the entire film as one long ext...

Misdirection: The Real Magic
2017
as Narrator
A documentary film that follows two young men on a 3-year odyssey, through small triumphs and big set-backs, as they train to become professional magi...

Megan Leavey
2017
as Gunny Martin
The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete...

Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
2017
as Himself
FEEL RICH: HEALTH IS THE NEW WEALTH documents the nascent self-love revolution emerging in urban communities. Narrated by Quincy Jones III, the film f...

A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
as Daniel
During the course of one day, a group of students at a school in Los Angeles find themselves caught up in a plot of sex, lies and dead bodies.

Chasing Trane
2017
as Self - Musician
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose origina...

John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
as Cassian
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oat...

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
as Self - Performer
A White House concert and celebration in honor of the 8-year Presidency of Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama.

Letter to the Free
2016
Inspired by some of the greatest musical recordings and performances 'behind bars', Young imagines a time and place where jails and prisons are no lon...

Black America Again
2016
as Himself - Street Performer
A visual celebration of the beauty, strength, perseverance and spirit of the Black community in these troubling times.

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
as Self
A celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her exube...

Suicide Squad
2016
as Monster T
From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, un...

Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016
as Jabari
To survive harsh economic times, Calvin and Angie have merged the barbershop and beauty salon into one business. The days of male bonding are gone as ...

Two Trains Runnin'
2016
as Narrator
The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in ...

Two Trains Runnin'
2016
Executive Producer
The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in ...

The Wiz Live!
2015
as The Bouncer
Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michae...

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
Exploring the social impact of what The Source Magazine in 1998 voted, "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time." The documentary film is the story of...

Being Charlie
2015
as Travis
Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervent...

Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

Entourage
2015
as Common
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold....

Run All Night
2015
as Mr. Price
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—...

Selma
2014
as James Bevel
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...

Selma
2014
Songs
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...

Every Secret Thing
2014
as Devlin Hatch
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released...

X/Y
2014
as Jason
As Mark, Jen, Sylvia, and Jake navigate through their emotionally-arrested states, X/Y reveals the honest and wanton desire we all have to connect wit...

Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013
as Self
Under the direction of founder and world-renowned DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw Records has consistently released critically acclaimed, left-of-...

Now You See Me
2013
as Evans
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with...

Pawn
2013
as Jeff Porter
A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.

Movie 43
2013
as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest ...

LUV
2013
as Uncle Vincent
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Coach Cal
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all ...

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012
as Self
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of thi...

New Year's Eve
2011
as Soldier
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Happy Feet Two
2011
as Seymour (voice)
Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters the Mighty Sven — a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mu...

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
as Self
Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called...

Music
2010
as Self
The story of music and the music industry told through interviews with musicians, composers and producers across genres.

Just Wright
2010
as Scott McKnight
Physical therapist Leslie Wright lands the dream job of working with basketball superstar Scott McKnight, helping him recover from a career-threatenin...
Bouncing Cats
2010
as Narrator
This documentary follows the efforts of Abraham "Abramz" Tekya and Breakdance Project Uganda (BPU) to use dance to empower youth in war-torn Uganda. T...

Date Night
2010
as Collins
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reserv...

Brave New Voices 2010
2010
as Himself - Host
The excitement and poetry of the Brave New Voices 2010 National Slam team championships is captured in this special.

Terminator Salvation
2009
as Barnes
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But whe...

Wanted
2008
as The Gunsmith
Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered...

Street Kings
2008
as Coates
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in t...

American Gangster
2007
as Turner Lucas
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American...

Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life
2007
as Self
The greatest rapper to ever pick up a mic - with his velvety flow and unparalleled rhyme style he captivated everyone from Jay Z to Tupac. Now Notorio...

Smokin' Aces
2006
as Sir Ivy
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of...

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
as Self
The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unpr...

Letter to the President
2005
as Self
Feature documentary that showcases the close-knit ties between the Hip Hop Music community and America's social and political policy in the last 30 ye...
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005
as Self (segment "Two Words")
A collection of music videos and behind the scenes footage released to promote Kanye West's upcoming debut album, College Dropout. The compilation fea...
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
2005
as Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")
A collection of music videos and behind the scenes footage released to promote Kanye West's upcoming debut album, College Dropout. The compilation fea...

Soundz of Spirit
2005
as Self
Award winning documentary by Joslyn Rose Lyons exploring the relationship between spiritual connection and the creative process in hip-hop music.
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
2005
The Notorious B.I.G exploded onto the hip-hop scene in 1994 with the hip-hop anthem "juicy" after blazing remixes for Craig Mack and Mary J. Blige. Hi...

5 Sides of a Coin
2004
as Himself
"5 Sides of a Coin" is a comprehensive overview of the worldwide cultural movement of Hip-Hop.

Godfathers and Sons
2003
as Self
Director Marc Levin travels to Chicago with hip-hop legend Chuck D (from Public Enemy) and Marshall Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the legacy...

Beef
2003
as Self
A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.

Brown Sugar
2002
as Self
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-...

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
as Common
Hate to See You Go
N/A
The story of Sonny Bell (Freeman), an aging Chicago Blues musician, who refuses to retire and defiantly hits the road with his band for one last long-...
Paragraphs I Manifest
N/A
as Self
Upcoming documentary by Big Daddy Kane.