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Mini Biography:
Chicago-bred rapper who, in recent years, has become one of the more prominent... moreTrivia:
Was known as Common Sense prior to 1995, when a ska band with that name sued him... moreAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(314 articles)
Has The A-Team’s B.A. Baracus Been Cast? (From FilmShaft.com. 2 July 2009, 10:54 PM, PDT)
Will The Game Play B.A. Baracus in 'The A-Team'?
(From CinemaSpy. 2 July 2009, 9:00 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Common SenseUS TV Schedule:
| Thur. July 9 | 2:10 AM | MAX | Street Kings | more |
Filmography
Actor:
- Justice League: Mortal (2011) (pre-production) (rumored) .... Green Lantern / John Stewart
- The A-Team (2010) (pre-production) (rumored) .... Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus
- Just Wright (2010) (pre-production)
- Date Night (2010) (filming)
- Terminator Salvation (2009) (VG) (voice) .... Barnes
- Terminator Salvation (2009) .... Barnes
... aka T4: Salvation (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Terminator salvation - L'inizio della fine (Italy)
... aka Terminator: Die Erlösung (Germany) - Wanted: Weapons of Fate (2009) (VG) (voice) .... Brummel
- Wanted (2008) .... Gunsmith
- Street Kings (2008) .... Coates
- American Gangster (2007) .... Turner Lucas
- Smokin' Aces (2006) .... Sir Ivy
... aka Mi$e à prix (France) - "One on One" .... Darius (1 episode, 2004)
- Cabin Fever (2004) TV episode .... Darius - "Game Over" (2004) TV series (voice) .... Common
- "Girlfriends" .... Omar (1 episode, 2003)
- Take This Poem and Call Me in the Morning (2003) TV episode .... Omar
Soundtrack:
- "So You Think You Can Dance" (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
- Top 16 Perform (2009) TV episode (performer: "What a World")
- Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated (2008) TV episode (performer: "Universal Mind Control") - "No disparen al pianista" (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #2.13 (2009) TV episode (performer: "Go/Sex 4 Sugar") - "Grey's Anatomy" (1 episode, 2009)
- Stand by Me (2009) TV episode (performer: "Everywhere" (uncredited)) - Freedom Writers (2007) (performer: "A Dream") ("A Dream")
- Smokin' Aces (2006) (performer: "Play Your Cards Right") ("Play Your Cards Right")
... aka Mi$e à prix (France) - Block Party (2005) (writer: "Get Em High", "Love of My Life") (performer: "Get Em High", "Move Somethin'", "Jesus Walks", "Love of My Life", "Umi Says", "Get By")
... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title) - Brown Sugar (2002) (writer: "Act Too (Love of My Life)", "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)", "I Used to Love H.E.R.") (performer: "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)", "I Used to Love H.E.R.")
... aka Seven Days - Orange County (2002) (performer: "The Light") ("The Light")
- Bamboozled (2000) (writer: "The Light" Remix) (performer: "The Light" Remix)
- "Drop the Beat" (2000) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Any Given Sunday (1999) (writer: "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY") (performer: "ANY GIVEN SUNDAY")
- The Hurricane (1999) (writer: "The Hurricane") (performer: "The Hurricane")
- Get on the Bus (1996) (writer: "The Remedy") (performer: "The Remedy")
Music Department:
- 16th Annual Trumpet Awards (2008) (TV) (composer: additional music)
Thanks:
- Smokin' Aces: The Big Gun (2007) (V) (special thanks)
Self:
- "No disparen al pianista" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #2.13 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "The Bonnie Hunt Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 22 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "Tavis Smiley" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2007-2009)
- Episode dated 20 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 14 March 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 17 January 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - "Black to the Future" (2009) TV series .... Himself
- "The Electric Company" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Lights, Camera, Beetles! (2009) TV episode .... Himself - The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2009) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- Yes We Will! BET's Inaugural Celebration (BET) (2009) (TV) .... Himself/Performer
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
- Episode dated 11 December 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 17 January 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself - "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" .... Himself / ... (4 episodes, 2005-2008)
- Episode #6.170 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest
- Episode dated 1 November 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 1 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest
- Episode dated 6 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (4 episodes, 2005-2008)
- Episode dated 4 December 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 23 July 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 12 January 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 13 May 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Max on Set: Wanted (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 9 April 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- City of Fallen Angels: Making 'Street Kings' (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2005-2008)
... aka "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (Australia)
- Episode dated 23 January 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 22 July 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 10 May 2006 (????) TV episode .... Himself - BET Hip Hop Awards 2008 (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- Yes We Can (2008) (V) .... Himself
- A Night for Vets: An MTV Concert for the Brave (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- "Entertainment Tonight" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka "E.T." (USA: informal title)
... aka "ET Weekend" (Australia: weekend title)
... aka "Entertainment This Week" (weekend title)
... aka "This Week in Entertainment" (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 18 October 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- Notorious B.I.G. Bigger Than Life (2007) .... Himself
- MTV VMA Pre Show Royale (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "Total Request Live" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2005-2007)
... aka "TRL Weekend" (USA: informal alternative title)
... aka "TRL" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka "Total Request with Carson Daly" (USA: alternative title)
- Episode dated 7 August 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 28 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Pepsi Smash Superbowl Bash (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" (USA: complete title)
... aka "SNL 25" (USA: alternative title)
... aka "SNL" (USA: informal title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live '80" (USA: sixth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 15" (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 20" (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 25" (USA: twentiefifth season title)
... aka "Saturday Night" (USA: first season title)
- Jeremy Piven/AFI (2007) TV episode .... Himself - "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode #3.79 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - ESPY Awards (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- September in Brooklyn: The Making of 'Block Party' (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop and the Cops (2006) .... Himself
- BET Awards 2006 (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- Gangster with a Heart of Gold: The Noonie G. Story (2006) (voice) .... Narrator
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka "Oprah" (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 29 November 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out" .... Musical Performance (1 episode, 2005)
- Christina Milian (2005) TV episode .... Musical Performance - "$2 Bill" (1 episode, 2005)
- Kanye West (2005) TV episode - "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka "Live with Regis & Kelly" (USA: new title)
... aka "Live with Regis" (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 7 October 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- "Driven" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Kanye West (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Block Party (2005) .... Himself
... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title) - React Now: Music & Relief (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- MTV Video Music Awards 2005 (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- "106 & Park Top 10 Live" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2005)
... aka "106 & Park" (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 25 August 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 8 March 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2003-2005)
... aka "Def Poetry Jam" (USA: promotional title)
... aka "Def Poetry" (USA: short title)
- Episode #5.8 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #4.9 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.2 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "Unplugged" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka "MTV Unplugged"
- Alicia Keys (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Be (2005) (V) .... Himself
- Letter to the President (2005) (V) .... Himself - Recording Artist
- Kanye West: College Dropout - Video Anthology (2005) (V) .... Airline Employee (segment "All Falls Down")/Himself (segment "Two Words")
- "Black in the 80s" (2005) TV mini-series .... Himself
- The MC: Why We Do It (2005) (V) .... Himself
- There's a God on the Mic (2005) .... Himself
- Fade to Black (2004) .... Himself
- "Scrubs" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Her Story (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Soul Food" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Fear Eats the Soul (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Chappelle's Show" .... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 2004)
... aka "Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes" (USA: third season title)
- Episode #2.7 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest - Soundz of Spirit (2003)
- Hip Hop Babylon 2 (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- Beef (2003) .... Himself
- 5 Sides of a Coin (2003) .... Himself
- Lyricist Lounge: Hip Hop Video Classics (2003) (V) (as Common Sense) .... Himself
- The 30th Annual American Music Awards (2003) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- Essence Awards (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- Brown Sugar (2002) .... Himself
... aka Seven Days - "Soul Train" .... Guest (1 episode, 2001)
- Episode #20.18 (2001) TV episode .... Guest - "The Lyricist Lounge Show" (2000) TV series .... Himself
- The 1995 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (1995) (TV) (as Common Sense) .... Himself
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