Common

Common

Actor (b. 1972)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Common (69.5%) is the average audience approval rating across 24 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Common's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

24
Movies
69.5%
Avg ThumbScore
Thriller
Top Genre

Audiences rate Common’s films lower than 69% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

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Frequent Collaborators

Morgan Freeman (2)Keanu Reeves (2)Taraji P. Henson (2)Joel Kinnaman (2)Regina Hall (2)

Lonnie 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.

Born 1972-03-13 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

On ThumbScore, Common appears in 24 films with an average audience score of 69.5%, most frequently in the Thriller genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Common movie, ranked by audience score

John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
👍 90%
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give
2018
👍 87%
Selma
Selma
2014
👍 84%
Now You See Me
Now You See Me
2013
👍 82%
Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation
2009
👍 80%
Megan Leavey
Megan Leavey
2017
👍 80%
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Barbershop: The Next Cut
2016
👍 76%
Date Night
Date Night
2010
👍 73%
Hunter Killer
Hunter Killer
2018
👍 73%
Just Wright
Just Wright
2010
👍 73%
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
👍 73%
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Aces
2006
👍 68%
Street Kings
Street Kings
2008
👍 68%
Smallfoot
Smallfoot
2018
👍 68%
Wanted
Wanted
2008
👍 66%
Happy Feet Two
Happy Feet Two
2011
👍 65%
Every Secret Thing
Every Secret Thing
2014
👍 65%
Run All Night
Run All Night
2015
👍 62%
Pawn
Pawn
2013
👍 61%
Ava
Ava
2020
👍 60%
The Informer
The Informer
2019
👍 60%
The Kitchen
The Kitchen
2019
👍 56%
Breathe
Breathe
2024
👍 51%
Love Beats Rhymes
Love Beats Rhymes
2017
👍 48%