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Common
Known for: ActingLonnie 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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Silo
as Robert Sims 
John Wick 2
as Cassian 
Lovec ubijalec
as RA John Fisk 
Ameriški gangster
as Turner Lucas 
Mojstri iluzij
as Evans 
Odred odpisanih
as Monster T 
Terminator: Odrešitev
as Barnes 
Iskan
as The Gunsmith 
Nočni lov
as Mr. Price 
Date Night
as Collins 
Mala noga
as Stonekeeper (voice) 
Vesele nogice 2
as Seymour (voice) 
Obveščevalec
as Grens 
Brivci: Nov začetek
as Jabari 
Kralji ulice
as Coates 
Smokin' Aces
as Sir Ivy 
Sovraštvo, ki ga sejete
as Uncle Carlos 
Ava
as Michael 
The Kitchen
as Gary Silvers 
Breathe
as Darius 
Megan Leavey
as Gunny Martin 
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Coach Cal 
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self 
Selma
as James Bevel 
Wick Is Pain
as Self 
All About Nina
as Rafe 
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association
as Narrator (voice) 
Saint Judy
as Benjamin Adebayo 
Ljubezenski prekršek
as Scott McKnight 
Love Beats Rhymes
as Coltrane 
The Tale
as Martin 
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence 
Every Secret Thing
as Devlin Hatch 
Being Charlie
as Travis 
Pawn
as Jeff Porter 
Here and Now
as Ben 
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
as Daniel 
Alice
as Frank 
Unity
as Narrator (voice) 
LUV
as Uncle Vincent 
You're Watching Video Music Box
as Self (archive footage) 
The Wiz Live!
as The Bouncer 
X/Y
as Jason 
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician 
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
as Self 
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self 
Two Trains Runnin'
as Narrator 
A Most Beautiful Thing
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
5 Sides of a Coin
as Himself 
Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth
as Himself
as Narrator 
Brave New Voices 2010
as Himself - Host 
Misdirection: The Real Magic
as Narrator