Ethan Hawke as James Costa
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Ethan Hawke as James Costa is the character played by Ethan Hawke, a seemingly helpful art dealer who becomes a key figure in the psychological thriller film "Taking Lives."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ethan Hawke as James Costa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23339786 — 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: Ethan Hawke as James Costa Context triple: [Taking Lives, portraysCharacter, Ethan Hawke as James Costa]
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A.
Ethan Hawke as John Harding
Ethan Hawke as John Harding is the central male character in the romantic comedy film "Maggie’s Plan," portraying a conflicted academic whose relationships drive much of the story’s emotional and comedic tension.
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B.
Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke
Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke is the central Secret Service agent protagonist in the mystery–sci-fi television series "Wayward Pines," whose investigation into a small town uncovers disturbing and surreal secrets.
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C.
Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman
Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman is the intense, reclusive tech billionaire and AI visionary he portrays in the science fiction film "Ex Machina."
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D.
Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers
Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers portrays an idealistic yet increasingly compromised young political strategist navigating moral ambiguity in the film "The Ides of March."
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E.
Edward Norton as Jack Teller
Edward Norton as Jack Teller refers to Norton's portrayal of a cunning, duplicitous young thief who partners with Robert De Niro's veteran safecracker in the 2001 heist film "The Score."
- 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: Ethan Hawke as James Costa Target entity description: Ethan Hawke as James Costa is the character played by Ethan Hawke, a seemingly helpful art dealer who becomes a key figure in the psychological thriller film "Taking Lives."
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A.
Ethan Hawke as John Harding
Ethan Hawke as John Harding is the central male character in the romantic comedy film "Maggie’s Plan," portraying a conflicted academic whose relationships drive much of the story’s emotional and comedic tension.
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B.
Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke
Matt Dillon as Ethan Burke is the central Secret Service agent protagonist in the mystery–sci-fi television series "Wayward Pines," whose investigation into a small town uncovers disturbing and surreal secrets.
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C.
Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman
Oscar Isaac as Nathan Bateman is the intense, reclusive tech billionaire and AI visionary he portrays in the science fiction film "Ex Machina."
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D.
Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers
Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers portrays an idealistic yet increasingly compromised young political strategist navigating moral ambiguity in the film "The Ides of March."
-
E.
Edward Norton as Jack Teller
Edward Norton as Jack Teller refers to Norton's portrayal of a cunning, duplicitous young thief who partners with Robert De Niro's veteran safecracker in the 2001 heist film "The Score."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.