David Strathairn
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David Strathairn is an American character actor known for his nuanced performances in film, television, and theater, including acclaimed roles in works like "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Nomadland."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Strathairn canonical | 20 |
| David Russell Strathairn | 1 |
| David Strathairn as Martin | 1 |
| Tay Strathairn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1227524 — 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: David Strathairn Context triple: [L.A. Confidential, castMember, David Strathairn]
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A.
George Norton
George Norton was a British colonial-era lawyer and educator best known for establishing Presidency College in Madras, one of India’s earliest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
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B.
Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
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C.
Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels is an American actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, with notable roles in works ranging from dramas like "The Newsroom" to comedies like "Dumb and Dumber."
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D.
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper is an American character actor known for his intense, nuanced performances in films such as "American Beauty," "Adaptation," and "Seabiscuit."
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E.
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.
- 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: David Strathairn Target entity description: David Strathairn is an American character actor known for his nuanced performances in film, television, and theater, including acclaimed roles in works like "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Nomadland."
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A.
George Norton
George Norton was a British colonial-era lawyer and educator best known for establishing Presidency College in Madras, one of India’s earliest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
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B.
Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
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C.
Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels is an American actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theater, with notable roles in works ranging from dramas like "The Newsroom" to comedies like "Dumb and Dumber."
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D.
Chris Cooper
Chris Cooper is an American character actor known for his intense, nuanced performances in films such as "American Beauty," "Adaptation," and "Seabiscuit."
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David Strathairn Description of subject: David Strathairn is an American character actor known for his nuanced performances in film, television, and theater, including acclaimed roles in works like "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Nomadland."
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
this entity surface form:
David Russell Strathairn
this entity surface form:
Tay Strathairn
subject surface form:
Lincoln (2012 film)
subject surface form:
The Bourne Ultimatum
this entity surface form:
David Strathairn as Martin
subject surface form:
Z: The Beginning of Everything