Adrian Lester
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Adrian Lester is a British actor and director acclaimed for his powerful stage performances in both classical and contemporary theatre, as well as notable roles in film and television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adrian Lester canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3955981 — 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: Adrian Lester Context triple: [Hamlet (stage performances), hasNotablePerformer, Adrian Lester]
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A.
Blake Ritson
Blake Ritson is a British actor and director known for his roles in television dramas such as "Da Vinci's Demons" and "Upstairs Downstairs," as well as for his extensive voice work in audiobooks and video games.
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B.
John Simm
John Simm is an English actor and musician best known for his roles in television series such as "Life on Mars," "Doctor Who," and "State of Play."
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C.
David Bamber
David Bamber is an English actor known for his character roles in British television and film, including his portrayal of Mr. Collins in the 1995 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
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D.
Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays is a British actor known for his versatile character roles in film and television, including prominent performances in projects like "Line of Duty," "Ashes to Ashes," and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."
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E.
Aidan Turner
Aidan Turner is an Irish actor best known for his roles in the television series "Poldark" and "Being Human," as well as in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" film trilogy.
- 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: Adrian Lester Target entity description: Adrian Lester is a British actor and director acclaimed for his powerful stage performances in both classical and contemporary theatre, as well as notable roles in film and television.
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A.
Blake Ritson
Blake Ritson is a British actor and director known for his roles in television dramas such as "Da Vinci's Demons" and "Upstairs Downstairs," as well as for his extensive voice work in audiobooks and video games.
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B.
John Simm
John Simm is an English actor and musician best known for his roles in television series such as "Life on Mars," "Doctor Who," and "State of Play."
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C.
David Bamber
David Bamber is an English actor known for his character roles in British television and film, including his portrayal of Mr. Collins in the 1995 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
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D.
Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays is a British actor known for his versatile character roles in film and television, including prominent performances in projects like "Line of Duty," "Ashes to Ashes," and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."
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E.
Aidan Turner
Aidan Turner is an Irish actor best known for his roles in the television series "Poldark" and "Being Human," as well as in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" film trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Evening Standard Theatre Award
NERFINISHED
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Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Adrian Anthony Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1968-08-14 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Black British ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| knownFor |
classical theatre
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contemporary theatre ⓘ film roles ⓘ stage acting ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Adrian Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ballet Shoes
NERFINISHED
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Case 39 NERFINISHED ⓘ Company (Donmar Warehouse, 1995) NERFINISHED ⓘ Doogal NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry V (National Theatre, 2003) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hustle NERFINISHED ⓘ Life ⓘ Love’s Labour’s Lost (2000 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Queen of Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Othello (National Theatre, 2013) NERFINISHED ⓘ Primary Colors NERFINISHED ⓘ Riviera NERFINISHED ⓘ The Day After Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghost Squad NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rook NERFINISHED ⓘ Trigger Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Undercover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ producer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Birmingham, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lolita Chakrabarti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatreCompany |
Royal National Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Adrian Lester Description of subject: Adrian Lester is a British actor and director acclaimed for his powerful stage performances in both classical and contemporary theatre, as well as notable roles in film and television.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.