First known as a rapper who became one of the more prominent voices in hip-hop's new millennium renaissance, Common later transitioned into acting. He is the son of educator Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines and Lonnie Lynn, an ABA basketball player turned youth counselor. On October 6, 1992, Common released his first LP, "Can I Borrow A Dollar?" under the ...
Won 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 26 nominations.
Series | Scrubs | Unknown | 2017 |
Series | Lip Sync Battle | Unknown | 2017 |
Series | So You Think You Can Dance | Unknown | 2017 |
Series | A Night for Vets: An MTV Concert for the Brave | Himself | 2017 |
Movie | Barbershop: The Next Cut | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter Two | Unknown | 2016 |
Series | America Divided | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Coco | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Leavey | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Suicide Squad | Tattooed Man | 2016-08-05 |
Movie | Maya Angelou and Still I Rise | Himself | 2016-01-01 |
Series | The Meredith Vieira Show | Unknown | 2016-03-05 |
Series | Simons Danseskole | Unknown | 2016-03-08 |
Movie | Dine and Dash | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Unity | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Global Citizen Festival | Himself | 2015-09-26 |
Movie | Run All Night: Shoot All Night | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives | None | 2015-10-01 |
Movie | Being Charlie | Travis | 2015-12-01 |
Series | Framework | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | #bars4Justice | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | The 365Black Awards | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | The 9th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | Himself - Presenter | 2015-12-06 |
Movie | Black Women in Hollywood Awards | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | Knock Knock Live | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | LUV | Vincent | 2015-09-01 |
Movie | 72nd Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2015-01-11 |
Movie | The Wiz Live! | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Himself | 2015-01-15 |
Series | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Unknown | 2015-01-19 |
Movie | The Oscars | Unknown | 2015-02-22 |
Movie | The 57th Annual Grammy Awards | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Entourage | Unknown | 2015-06-03 |
Movie | Run All Night | Andrew Price | 2015-03-13 |
Series | CBS This Morning | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Stand Up to Cancer | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | In Performance at the White House: A Salute to the Troops | Himself | 2014-11-07 |
Movie | BET Awards 2014: Genius Talks | Himself | 2014-06-29 |
Movie | Selma | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Every Secret Thing | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | X/Y | Unknown | 2014-04-19 |
Movie | 2014 MTV Video Music Awards | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Real Husbands of Hollywood | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Big Evening Buzz with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Pawn | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Magic Men | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Now with Alex Wagner | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | 44th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2013-02-01 |
Movie | Movie 43 | Bob Mone | 2013-01-25 |
Movie | Bizarre Bracket Behavior | None | 2013-03-20 |
Movie | The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2013-02-23 |
Movie | Now You See Me | Unknown | 2013-05-31 |
Series | The Burn with Jeff Ross | Unknown | 2012-06-01 |
Series | Brazil Avenue | Unknown | 2012-03-26 |
Movie | Ali 70 from Las Vegas | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Larry King Now | Unknown | 2012-07-17 |
Series | Rap Critic Reviews | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | The Mindy Project | Unknown | 2012-09-25 |
Series | Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | The Central Park Five | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Unknown | 2012-08-15 |
Movie | Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap | Himself | 2012-07-20 |
Movie | The 54th Annual Grammy Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Hip Hop Squares | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Soul Mates: Maya Angelou/Common | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | The BET Honors | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Instant Movie Review | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Little Brother: The Street | Himself | 2011-10-16 |
Movie | 2011 Soul Train Awards | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | What's Trending | Unknown | 2011-05-17 |
Movie | 42nd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2011-03-04 |
Series | Big Morning Buzz Live with Nick Lachey | Unknown | 2011-05-09 |
Series | Hell on Wheels | Elam Ferguson | 2011-11-06 |
Movie | VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | New Year's Eve | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Happy Feet 2 | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | 1st Look | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Common Dreams | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | The Hot 10 | Unknown | 2011-02-19 |
Series | Single Ladies | Unknown | 2011-05-30 |
Movie | Madden NFL 12 | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | The Talk | Unknown | 2010-10-18 |
Movie | Step Up 3D | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Date Night | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Music | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Brave New Voices 2010 | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Date Night: Disaster Dates | Himsef | 2010-08-10 |
Movie | The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards | Unknown | 2010-01-31 |
Movie | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Unknown | 2010-10-08 |
Series | Fashion Police | Unknown | 2010-09-10 |
Movie | Just Wright | Unknown | 2010-05-14 |
Movie | Ray Charles America | Himself | 2010-10-03 |
Movie | The National Christmas Tree Lighting | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | The National Christmas Tree Lighting | Himself | 2009-12-10 |
Movie | Terminator Salvation | Unknown | 2009-05-21 |
Series | The Rotten Tomatoes Show | Unknown | 2009-03-05 |
Movie | Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1) | Himself | 2009-04-14 |
Series | Mark at the Movies | Unknown | 2009-10-01 |
Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2009-03-02 |
Movie | Yes We Will! BET's Inaugural Celebration (BET) | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | The Mo'Nique Show | Unknown | 2009-10-05 |
Movie | De bon matin | Unknown | 2009-12-03 |
Series | No disparen al pianista | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | Rising Icons | Unknown | 2009-07-27 |
Movie | Wanted: Weapons of Fate | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | The Electric Company | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Terminator Salvation | Barnes | 2009-05-19 |
Series | Black to the Future | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | MTV Video Music Awards 2009 | Unknown | 2009-09-13 |
Series | The Brian McKnight Show | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | DJ Hero | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Dow Jones | Dow Jones | 2009-09-01 |
Movie | Make Her Say | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | American Gangster: Hip Hop Infusion | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Yes We Can | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | 16th Annual Trumpet Awards | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Max on Set: Wanted | Unknown | 2008 |
Series | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Wanted | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Street Kings | Coates | 2008-04-11 |
Series | The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-05-14 |
Movie | BET Hip Hop Awards 2008 | Himself | 2008-10-23 |
Movie | BET Awards 2007 | Unknown | 2007-06-26 |
Series | Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
Series | Rachael Ray | Unknown | 2007-05-31 |
Movie | Pepsi Smash Superbowl Bash | Himself | 2007-02-03 |
Series | 106 & Park Top 10 Live | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Dead Tone | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | MTV VMA Pre Show Royale | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | BET Hip-Hop Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | ESPY Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
Movie | Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Freedom Writers | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Smokin' Aces: The Big Gun | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | American Gangster | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | 37th NAACP Image Awards | Himself | 2006-03-03 |
Movie | Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable | Himself | 2006-01-27 |
Movie | Smokin' Aces | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | BET Awards 2006 | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Block Party | Himself | 2006-03-03 |
Movie | 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors | Unknown | 2006-10-17 |
Movie | Gangster with a Heart of Gold: The Noonie G. Story | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | September in Brooklyn: The Making of 'Block Party' | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | MTV New Year of Music: New Years Eve 2006 | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops | Himself | 2006 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | The MC: Why We Do It | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | There's a God on the Mic | Himself | 2005-01-15 |
Series | Black in the 80s | Himself | 2005-02-01 |
Movie | React Now: Music & Relief | Himself | 2005-09-10 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
Movie | MTV Video Music Awards 2005 | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | VH1 News Presents: Hip Hop Videos - Sexploitation on the Set | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Be | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Wild 'N Out | Unknown | 2005-07-28 |
Series | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
Movie | Letter to the President | Unknown | 2005-03-29 |
Movie | Soundz of Spirit | None | 2005-02-08 |
Movie | Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Last Call with Carson Daly | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
Series | Game Over | Unknown | 2004-03-10 |
Movie | The 2nd Annual Vibe Awards | Unknown | 2004-11-16 |
Movie | Fade to Black | Unknown | 2004 |
Series | Check 1,2 | Himself | 2003-09-30 |
Series | The Blues | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
Series | MythBusters | Unknown | 2003-10-03 |
Movie | The 30th Annual American Music Awards | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | $2 Bill | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | 5 Sides of a Coin | Unknown | 2003-11-07 |
Series | ESPN Outside the Lines Sunday | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Series | Chappelle's Show | Unknown | 2003-01-22 |
Movie | Hip Hop Babylon 2 | Himself | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | 34th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | X-Play | Unknown | 2003-04-28 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | Beef | Himself - MCA Recording Artist | 2003-08-01 |
Movie | Essence Awards | Himself | 2003 |
Movie | Lyricist Lounge: Hip Hop Video Classics | Unknown | 2003-07-08 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Movie | Orange County | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Brown Sugar | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Driven | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry | Unknown | 2002-06-01 |
Movie | The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | Total Request Live | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | 32nd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | One on One | Unknown | 2001 |
Series | Drop the Beat | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Bamboozled | Unknown | 2000 |
Series | The Lyricist Lounge Show | Unknown | 2000 |
Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
Series | Girlfriends | Unknown | 2000-09-11 |
Movie | Any Given Sunday | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | The Hurricane | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Pete Rock: Soul Survivor | Himself | 1998-03-07 |
Movie | Get on the Bus | Unknown | 1996-10-16 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Series | E! Live from the Red Carpet | Unknown | 1995-03-27 |
Movie | The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards | Himself | 1995-03-07 |
Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | Dateline NBC | Unknown | 1992-03-31 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Unplugged | Unknown | 1989-11-26 |
Series | Crook & Chase | Unknown | 1989 |
Series | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Unknown | 1986-09-08 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
Series | Soul Train | Unknown | 1971-10-02 |
Series | Sesame Street | Unknown | 1969-11-10 |
Series | 60 Minutes | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |