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Acting

Common

Career: Active from 1998 to 2026, busiest in 2018 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: The Hate U Give
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Common Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.6, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.6, average 2.5
Mystery
3.2, average 4.0
Scare
1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Tense & Suspenseful 3
Dark Comedy Drama 2
Character Study 2
Gritty Realism 2
Revenge Narrative 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Ensemble Cast 2
Dark Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association

79

Executive Producer

2020s

15 titles · average score 61

Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association

73

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

76

Executive Producer

Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott

75

Music

Breathe

26

as Darius

Silo

80

TV show · as Robert Sims

Fool's Paradise

35

as The Dagger

Alice

46

as Frank

StoryBots: Answer Time

67

TV show · as Mr. Wonderful

Ava

37

as Michael

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

77

TV show · as Westley

Never Have I Ever

83

TV show · as Dr. Chris Jackson

Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices

55

TV show

2010s

43 titles · average score 60

The Informer

62

as Grens

Hunter Killer

52

as RA John Fisk

Saint Judy

66

as Benjamin Adebayo

The Hate U Give

82

as Uncle Carlos

All About Nina

71

as Rafe

Smallfoot

65

as Stonekeeper (voice)

John Wick: Chapter 2

79

as Cassian

Megan Leavey

73

as Gunny Martin

LUV

48

as Uncle Vincent

Hell on Wheels

75

TV show · as Elam Ferguson

Just Wright

54

as Scott McKnight

Date Night

60

as Collins

2000s

11 titles · average score 64

Terminator Salvation

49

as Barnes

Wanted

66

as The Gunsmith

Street Kings

55

as Coates

American Gangster

79

as Turner Lucas

Smokin' Aces

50

as Sir Ivy

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

73

TV show

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

as Self (segment "Two Words") / Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")

Chappelle's Show

85

TV show

Scrubs

81

TV show · as Common

One on One

50

TV show · as Darius

Girlfriends

49

TV show · as Omar

1990s

5 titles · average score 41

TRL

31

TV show

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

as Common

The Chris Rock Show

38

TV show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

47

TV show

Later... with Jools Holland

46

TV show

1980s

2 titles · average score 67

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Common (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

50

TV show