thumb|Common live på Store Vega, København, 2007. 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.
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
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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
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 Westley Episode: "Chapter One: As You Wish" 2021 Never Have I Ever 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
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