Norbert Leo Butz
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Norbert Leo Butz is a Tony Award–winning American stage actor and singer best known for his leading roles in major Broadway musicals such as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Catch Me If You Can.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Norbert Leo Butz canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5161821 — 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: Norbert Leo Butz Context triple: [Wicked, originalFiyeroActor, Norbert Leo Butz]
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A.
Ralph Schuckett
Ralph Schuckett was an American keyboardist, composer, and producer best known for his session work in the 1970s and contributions to pop and rock recordings.
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B.
Norman Bluhm
Norman Bluhm was an American abstract expressionist painter known for his dynamic, gestural canvases that bridged action painting and lyrical abstraction.
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C.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
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D.
Martin Julian Buerger
Martin Julian Buerger was an influential American crystallographer and mineralogist known for pioneering contributions to X-ray diffraction and crystal structure analysis.
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E.
Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger is the alter ego of American comedian Gregg Turkington, known for his deliberately awkward, anti-comedy stand-up persona and offbeat comedy albums.
- 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: Norbert Leo Butz Target entity description: Norbert Leo Butz is a Tony Award–winning American stage actor and singer best known for his leading roles in major Broadway musicals such as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Catch Me If You Can.
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A.
Ralph Schuckett
Ralph Schuckett was an American keyboardist, composer, and producer best known for his session work in the 1970s and contributions to pop and rock recordings.
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B.
Norman Bluhm
Norman Bluhm was an American abstract expressionist painter known for his dynamic, gestural canvases that bridged action painting and lyrical abstraction.
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C.
Walter Naegle
Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
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D.
Martin Julian Buerger
Martin Julian Buerger was an influential American crystallographer and mineralogist known for pioneering contributions to X-ray diffraction and crystal structure analysis.
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E.
Neil Hamburger
Neil Hamburger is the alter ego of American comedian Gregg Turkington, known for his deliberately awkward, anti-comedy stand-up persona and offbeat comedy albums.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
musical theatre actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Drama Desk Award
ⓘ
Outer Critics Circle Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-01-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Webster University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Butz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | musical theatre ⓘ |
| fullName | Norbert Leo Butz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
ⓘ
show tunes ⓘ |
| givenName | Norbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Carl Hanratty in Catch Me If You Can
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Fiyero in Wicked NERFINISHED ⓘ Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Davis in Rent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Fish
NERFINISHED
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Bloodline NERFINISHED ⓘ Catch Me If You Can NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirty Rotten Scoundrels NERFINISHED ⓘ Fosse/Verdon NERFINISHED ⓘ My Fair Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ Rent NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Five Years NERFINISHED ⓘ Thou Shalt Not NERFINISHED ⓘ Wicked NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
singer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sibling | Teresa Butz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Michelle Federer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1990s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Norbert Leo Butz Description of subject: Norbert Leo Butz is a Tony Award–winning American stage actor and singer best known for his leading roles in major Broadway musicals such as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Catch Me If You Can.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wicked