Common Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Common been in? This complete Common filmography lists 68 credited roles (52 films, 16 TV series), in chronological order from 1984 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

Common movies in order

• Brown Sugar (2002) as Self
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005) as Self
• Smokin' Aces (2006) as Sir Ivy
• American Gangster (2007) as Turner Lucas
• Street Kings (2008) as Coates
• Wanted (2008) as The Gunsmith
• Terminator Salvation (2009) as Barnes
• Date Night (2010) as Collins
• Just Wright (2010) as Scott McKnight
• Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011) as Self
• Happy Feet Two (2011) as Seymour (voice)
• New Year's Eve (2011) as Soldier
• Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) as Self
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) as Coach Cal
• LUV (2013) as Uncle Vincent
• Movie 43 (2013) as Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
• Pawn (2013) as Jeff Porter
• Now You See Me (2013) as Evans
• Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records (2013) as Self
• X/Y (2014) as Jason
• Every Secret Thing (2014) as Devlin Hatch
• Selma (2014) as James Bevel
• Run All Night (2015) as Mr. Price
• Entourage (2015) as Common
• Unity (2015) as Narrator (voice)
• Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)
• The Wiz Live! (2015) as The Bouncer
• Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016) as Jabari
• Being Charlie (2016) as Travis
• Suicide Squad (2016) as Monster T
• John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) as Cassian
• Chasing Trane (2017) as Self - Musician
• A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017) as Daniel
• Megan Leavey (2017) as Gunny Martin
• Girls Trip (2017) as Common
• Love Beats Rhymes (2017) as Coltrane
• The Tale (2018) as Martin
• Ocean's Eight (2018) as Common
• Smallfoot (2018) as Stonekeeper (voice)
• Saint Judy (2018) as Benjamin Adebayo
• All About Nina (2018) as Rafe
• Hunter Killer (2018) as RA John Fisk
• The Hate U Give (2018) as Uncle Carlos
• Here and Now (2018) as Ben
• The Kitchen (2019) as Gary Silvers
• The Informer (2019) as Grens
• One World: Together at Home (2020) as Self
• Ava (2020) as Michael
• Alice (2022) as Frank
• Fool's Paradise (2023) as The Dagger
• Breathe (2024) as Darius
• Wick Is Pain (2025) as Self

Common TV shows

• MTV Video Music Awards (1984) as Self - Presenter
• American Masters (1986) as Self
• The Simpsons (1989) as Common (voice)
• Girlfriends (2000) as Omar
• Scrubs (2001) as Common
• Chappelle's Show (2003)
• Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (2005)
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007) as Self
• Hell on Wheels (2011) as Elam Ferguson
• The Mindy Project (2012) as Security Guard
• Lip Sync Battle (2015) as Self
• The Chi (2018) as Rafiq
• Never Have I Ever (2020) as Dr. Chris Jackson
• jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• StoryBots: Answer Time (2022) as Mr. Wonderful
• Silo (2023) as Robert Sims

Filmography data via TMDB, refreshed automatically as new roles are announced.