David Hayman
E506027
David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Hayman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5092181 — 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 Hayman Context triple: [Sid and Nancy, starring, David Hayman]
-
A.
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern was an English actor renowned for his distinguished stage and screen career, often noted for his Shakespearean roles and character work in British film and television.
-
B.
Michael Gough
Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
-
C.
Richard Briers
Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
-
D.
Ron Todd
Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
-
E.
Sir Robert Morley
Sir Robert Morley was a 14th-century English naval commander and nobleman who played a prominent role in Edward III’s early campaigns during the Hundred Years’ War.
- 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 Hayman Target entity description: David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
-
A.
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern was an English actor renowned for his distinguished stage and screen career, often noted for his Shakespearean roles and character work in British film and television.
-
B.
Michael Gough
Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
-
C.
Richard Briers
Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
-
D.
Ron Todd
Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
-
E.
Sir Robert Morley
Sir Robert Morley was a 14th-century English naval commander and nobleman who played a prominent role in Edward III’s early campaigns during the Hundred Years’ War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
ⓘ
film director ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
British film industry
ⓘ
British television industry ⓘ Scottish theatre ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-02-09 ⓘ |
| directed | The Near Room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hayman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Scottish people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
intense character roles
ⓘ
socially conscious drama ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | David Hayman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character acting
ⓘ
gritty performances ⓘ |
| notableRole | Detective Superintendent Michael Walker in Trial & Retribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sid and Nancy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Near Room NERFINISHED ⓘ Trial & Retribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ stage director ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
Sid and Nancy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Near Room NERFINISHED ⓘ Trial & Retribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Scotland ⓘ |
| workFocus |
politically engaged drama
ⓘ
social issues ⓘ |
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 Hayman Description of subject: David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sid and Nancy