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Common

Biography

Common

Actor Producer Composer & sound

Born
March 13, 1972
Age
54 years old
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Years active
1986 – present
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84

Credits

57

Movies

23

TV series

41

Years active

6.7

Avg. rating

0

Awards won

The life and career of Common

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Career timeline

  1. 1972 · Born

    Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA

  2. 1986 · Screen debut

    American Masters (TV)

  3. 1989 · Breakthrough

    The Simpsons (TV)

  4. 2026 · Latest release

    Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association (TV)

Career in numbers

Titles per decade
Most frequent genres
  • Comedy28
  • Drama25
  • Crime16
  • Thriller14
  • Documentary14
  • Action13
Highest-rated title Silo 2023 8.2 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Known for

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Common in our catalogue.

Filmography

  1. — Hate to See You Go Upcoming Movie
  2. 2026 Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association as Narrator (voice) TV
  3. 2025 Wick Is Pain as Self Movie
  4. 2024 Hip-Hop and the White House Movie
  5. 2024 Breathe as Darius Movie
  6. 2023 Fool's Paradise as The Dagger Movie
  7. 2023 Silo as Robert Sims TV
  8. 2022 StoryBots: Answer Time as Mr. Wonderful TV
  9. 2022 Alice as Frank Movie
  10. 2020 Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices TV
  11. 2020 Ava as Michael Movie
  12. 2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Westley TV
  13. 2020 Never Have I Ever as Dr. Chris Jackson TV
  14. 2019 The Informer as Grens Movie
  15. 2019 The Kitchen as Gary Silvers Movie
  16. 2018 Here and Now as Ben Movie
  17. 2018 Hunter Killer as RA John Fisk Movie
  18. 2018 The Hate U Give as Uncle Carlos Movie
  19. 2018 All About Nina as Rafe Movie
  20. 2018 Saint Judy as Benjamin Adebayo Movie
  21. 2018 Smallfoot as Stonekeeper (voice) Movie
  22. 2018 Ocean's Eight as Common Movie
  23. 2018 The Tale as Martin Movie
  24. 2018 The Chi as Rafiq TV
  25. 2017 Love Beats Rhymes as Coltrane Movie
  26. 2017 Girls Trip as Common Movie
  27. 2017 Misdirection: The Real Magic as Narrator Movie
  28. 2017 Megan Leavey as Gunny Martin Movie
  29. 2017 A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Daniel Movie
  30. 2017 John Wick: Chapter 2 as Cassian Movie
  31. 2016 Suicide Squad as Monster T Movie
  32. 2016 VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens Movie
  33. 2016 Being Charlie as Travis Movie
  34. 2016 Barbershop: The Next Cut as Jabari Movie
  35. 2016 Two Trains Runnin' as Narrator Movie
  36. 2015 The Wiz Live! as The Bouncer Movie
  37. 2015 Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives Movie
  38. 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV
  39. 2015 Unity as Narrator (voice) Movie
  40. 2015 Entourage as Common Movie
  41. 2015 Lip Sync Battle as Self TV
  42. 2015 Run All Night as Mr. Price Movie
  43. 2014 Selma as James Bevel Movie
  44. 2014 Every Secret Thing as Devlin Hatch Movie
  45. 2014 X/Y as Jason Movie
  46. 2013 Now You See Me as Evans Movie
  47. 2013 Pawn as Jeff Porter Movie
  48. 2013 Movie 43 as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch") Movie
  49. 2013 LUV as Uncle Vincent Movie
  50. 2012 The Mindy Project as Security Guard TV
  51. 2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Coach Cal Movie
  52. 2012 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap as Self Movie
  53. 2011 New Year's Eve as Soldier Movie
  54. 2011 Happy Feet Two as Seymour (voice) Movie
  55. 2011 Hell on Wheels as Elam Ferguson TV
  56. 2011 Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest as Self Movie
  57. 2010 Just Wright as Scott McKnight Movie
  58. 2010 Date Night as Collins Movie
  59. 2009 Terminator Salvation as Barnes Movie
  60. 2008 Wanted as The Gunsmith Movie
  61. 2008 Street Kings as Coates Movie
  62. 2007 American Gangster as Turner Lucas Movie
  63. 2006 Smokin' Aces as Sir Ivy Movie
  64. 2005 Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out TV
  65. 2005 Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down") Movie
  66. 2003 Chappelle's Show TV
  67. 2001 Scrubs as Common TV
  68. 2001 One on One as Darius TV
  69. 2000 Girlfriends as Omar TV
  70. 1998 TRL TV
  71. 1997 The Chris Rock Show TV
  72. 1992 Later... with Jools Holland TV
  73. 1989 The Simpsons as Common (voice) TV
  74. 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV
  75. 1986 American Masters as Self TV
  1. — Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association Upcoming Movie
  2. 2026 Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association TV
  3. 2025 SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Movie
  4. 2024 Justice, USA TV
  5. 2022 Alice Movie
  6. 2022 Glitter Ain't Gold Movie
  7. 2016 An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win Movie
  8. 2016 Two Trains Runnin' Movie
  1. 2022 Alice Movie

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Quick facts

How old is Common?

Common is 54 years old, born on March 13, 1972.

Where was Common born?

Common was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

What was Common’s first screen role?

The earliest title in our catalogue featuring Common is American Masters (1986).

How many movies and series has Common made?

Our catalogue lists 80 titles for Common: 57 movies and 23 TV series.

What is Common’s highest-rated title?

Among titles with enough votes, Silo has the highest audience rating, with 8.2/10 on TMDB.

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