J. T. Walsh
E525731
J. T. Walsh was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in numerous films of the 1980s and 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| J. T. Walsh canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4559259 — 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: J. T. Walsh Context triple: [A Few Good Men, portrayedBy, J. T. Walsh]
-
A.
John McShain
John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
-
B.
John McIntire
John McIntire was an American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in Western films and television, as well as voice work in classic Disney animated features.
-
C.
James T. Walsh
James T. Walsh is an American Republican politician who represented a central New York district in the U.S. House of Representatives for two decades.
-
D.
Hugh McDevitt
Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
-
E.
Glen Selvy
Glen Selvy is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Running Dog," depicted as a disillusioned former government operative entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler.
- 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: J. T. Walsh Target entity description: J. T. Walsh was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in numerous films of the 1980s and 1990s.
-
A.
John McShain
John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
-
B.
John McIntire
John McIntire was an American character actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in Western films and television, as well as voice work in classic Disney animated features.
-
C.
James T. Walsh
James T. Walsh is an American Republican politician who represented a central New York district in the U.S. House of Representatives for two decades.
-
D.
Hugh McDevitt
Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
-
E.
Glen Selvy
Glen Selvy is a central character in Don DeLillo’s novel "Running Dog," depicted as a disillusioned former government operative entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a rumored pornographic film of Adolf Hitler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1998 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| birthName | James Thomas Patrick Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cremated ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-09-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-02-27 ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| knownFor |
intense supporting performances
ⓘ
villainous roles ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | J. T. Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Few Good Men
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Backdraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Chips NERFINISHED ⓘ Breakdown NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Morning, Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoffa NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Games NERFINISHED ⓘ Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Needful Things NERFINISHED ⓘ Outbreak NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Rock West NERFINISHED ⓘ Sling Blade NERFINISHED ⓘ Tequila Sunrise NERFINISHED ⓘ The Client NERFINISHED ⓘ The Grifters NERFINISHED ⓘ The Negotiator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | La Mesa, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Jack Nicholson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kurt Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Cruise 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: J. T. Walsh Description of subject: J. T. Walsh was an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in numerous films of the 1980s and 1990s.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.