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Common

Common

Total Box Office:
 $874.3M
Highest Rated:
96% Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)
Lowest Rated:
7% New Year's Eve (2011)
Birthday:
Mar 13
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bio:
Best known for his individualistic promulgation of jazz-rap during the 1990s -- a decade when gangsta rap threatened to take over much of the urban music scene -- underground rapper Common attained recognition for the sophisticated lyrics and ever-present political subtexts in his raps. Something of…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Run All Night
  • Actor
-- 2014
36% LUV
  • Uncle Vincent
  • Producer
$0.2M 2013
50% Now You See Me
  • Evans
$117.7M 2013
Pawn
  • Actor
$2.1k 2013
96% Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
  • Actor
$0.3M 2012
33% The Odd Life of Timothy Green
  • Coach Cal
$51.9M 2012
90% Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
  • Common
$1.2M 2011
46% Happy Feet Two
  • Seymour
$64.0M 2011
7% New Year's Eve
  • Soldier
$54.5M 2011
Bouncing Cats
  • Actor
-- 2010
67% Date Night
  • Collins
$98.7M 2010
45% Just Wright
  • Scott McKnight
$21.5M 2010
Brave New Voices
  • Actor
-- 2009
Terminator Salvation (Extended)
  • Actor
-- 2009
33% Terminator Salvation
  • Barnes
$125.3M 2009
Common - Universal Mind Control
  • Actor
-- 2008
71% Wanted
  • The Gunsmith
$134.3M 2008
36% Street Kings
  • Coates
$26.4M 2008
Black August - A Celebration of Hip-Hop and Our Freedom Fighters
  • Actor
-- 2008
29% Smokin' Aces
  • Sir Ivy
$35.6M 2007
80% American Gangster
  • Turner Lucas
$130.1M 2007
Freestyle Fanatiks
  • Actor
-- 2007
BET Hip Hop Awards 2007
  • Actor
-- 2007
Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life
  • Actor
-- 2007
WTF: An Okaymentary
  • Actor
-- 2007
Poetry on Fire
  • Actor
-- 2006
92% Dave Chappelle's Block Party
  • Actor
$11.7M 2006
Alicia Keys: Unplugged
  • Actor
-- 2005
The Art of 16 Bars
  • Actor
-- 2005
58% Fade to Black
  • Actor
$1.0M 2004
Letter to the President
  • Actor
-- 2004
Soundz of Spirit
  • Actor
-- 2003
Holistic Wellness for the Hip Hop Generation
  • Actor
-- 2003
5 Sides of a Coin
  • Actor
-- 2003
Lyricist Lounge: Hip Hop Video Classics
  • Actor
-- 2002
NBA Live 2001: The Music Videos
  • Actor
-- 2000

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
Hell on Wheels
  • Elam Ferguson
2011-2013
88% The Mindy Project
  • Policeman
2012-2013

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Quotes from Common's Characters

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    1. Uncle Vincent: I'm all you got.
    From LUV. Submitted by Chris P (8 months ago)

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Five Favorite Films with Common Opens in new window
June 19, 2009

Four New Terminator Salvation Pictures Opens in new window
February 2, 2009

McG Reveals Schwarzenegger Involvement in T4? Opens in new window
July 28, 2008

(Teaser) Trailer Bulletin: Terminator Salvation Opens in new window
July 16, 2008

Trailer Bulletin: Wanted Opens in new window
June 10, 2008

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