Reed Birney
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Reed Birney is an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including a Tony Award-winning performance in "The Humans."
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| Reed Birney canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13564165 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reed Birney Context triple: [Erik Blake, portrayedBy, Reed Birney]
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A.
Stanley Hoffman
Stanley Hoffman is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hoffman.
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B.
Brock Peters
Brock Peters was an American actor renowned for his powerful performances in films such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Star Trek," as well as his distinctive deep voice in voice-over work.
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C.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
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D.
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
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E.
John Houseman
John Houseman was a Romanian-born American actor and influential film and theater producer best known for co-founding the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and for his Oscar-winning role in "The Paper Chase."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reed Birney Target entity description: Reed Birney is an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including a Tony Award-winning performance in "The Humans."
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A.
Stanley Hoffman
Stanley Hoffman is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hoffman.
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B.
Brock Peters
Brock Peters was an American actor renowned for his powerful performances in films such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Star Trek," as well as his distinctive deep voice in voice-over work.
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C.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
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D.
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook was an American actor renowned for his Emmy- and Tony-winning career in film, television, and theater, particularly for his acclaimed portrayal of Mark Twain in his long-running one-man show.
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E.
John Houseman
John Houseman was a Romanian-born American actor and influential film and theater producer best known for co-founding the Mercury Theatre with Orson Welles and for his Oscar-winning role in "The Paper Chase."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.