Mr. Nice

E432047

biographical crime film film

Mr. Nice is a 2010 biographical crime film in which Rhys Ifans portrays real-life Welsh drug smuggler Howard Marks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mr Nice	2
Mr. Nice canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4334243 — 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: Mr. Nice
Context triple: [Rhys Ifans, notableWork, Mr. Nice]

A. Mr. Franks
Mr. Franks is a music producer best known for his work with the hip-hop collective Legend.
B. Mr. Green
Mr. Green is a musical act associated with Malik B., known for its work in hip-hop.
C. Winston Silver
Winston Silver is a lighter, lower-tar and nicotine variant of the Winston brand of cigarettes.
D. Cosmo Brown
Cosmo Brown is the wisecracking, musically gifted best friend and sidekick to Don Lockwood in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
E. Mr. Man
"Mr. Man" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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: Mr. Nice
Target entity description: Mr. Nice is a 2010 biographical crime film in which Rhys Ifans portrays real-life Welsh drug smuggler Howard Marks.

A. Mr. Franks
Mr. Franks is a music producer best known for his work with the hip-hop collective Legend.
B. Mr. Green
Mr. Green is a musical act associated with Malik B., known for its work in hip-hop.
C. Winston Silver
Winston Silver is a lighter, lower-tar and nicotine variant of the Winston brand of cigarettes.
D. Cosmo Brown
Cosmo Brown is the wisecracking, musically gifted best friend and sidekick to Don Lockwood in the classic Hollywood musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
E. Mr. Man
"Mr. Man" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical crime film ⓘ film ⓘ
basedOn	Mr Nice (autobiography) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Howard Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ
castMember	Andrew Tiernan NERFINISHED ⓘ Chloë Sevigny NERFINISHED ⓘ Crispin Glover NERFINISHED ⓘ David Thewlis NERFINISHED ⓘ Elsa Pataky NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamie Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Om Puri NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhys Ifans NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Bernard Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Bernard Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	E1 Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Bernard Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	biographical film ⓘ crime film ⓘ drama film ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin	nickname of Howard Marks ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Howard Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ
MPAARating	R ⓘ
musicBy	Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	Howard Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ drug trade ⓘ
producer	Don Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Starger NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	2010 ⓘ
releaseEvent	world premiere at South by Southwest ⓘ
releaseRegion	United Kingdom theatrical release ⓘ
runtime	121 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Bernard Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
starring	Rhys Ifans NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	Welsh drug smuggler Howard Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ cannabis trafficking ⓘ drug smuggling ⓘ
titleCharacter	Howard Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhys Ifans → notableWork → Mr. Nice ⓘ

Howard Marks → notableWork → Mr. Nice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mr Nice

Howard Marks → alias → Mr. Nice ⓘ