Steve James
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Steve James was an American actor and stunt performer best known for his roles in 1980s action films such as the "American Ninja" series and "The Delta Force."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steve James canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5589059 — 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: Steve James Context triple: [The Brother from Another Planet, characterPlayedBy, Steve James]
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A.
John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly is an American actor known for his versatile performances in both dramatic films and broad comedies, including roles in movies like "Chicago," "Boogie Nights," and "Step Brothers."
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B.
Giovanni Ribisi
Giovanni Ribisi is an American actor known for his character roles in films like "Saving Private Ryan," "Avatar," and the TV series "Friends."
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C.
Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise is an American actor and director best known for his acclaimed roles in films like "Forrest Gump" and "Apollo 13," as well as for his extensive philanthropic work supporting military veterans.
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D.
Gil Bellows
Gil Bellows is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in films like The Shawshank Redemption and the television series Ally McBeal.
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E.
Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle is an acclaimed American actor and filmmaker known for his versatile performances in films such as Hotel Rwanda, the Ocean’s series, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- 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: Steve James Target entity description: Steve James was an American actor and stunt performer best known for his roles in 1980s action films such as the "American Ninja" series and "The Delta Force."
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A.
John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly is an American actor known for his versatile performances in both dramatic films and broad comedies, including roles in movies like "Chicago," "Boogie Nights," and "Step Brothers."
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B.
Giovanni Ribisi
Giovanni Ribisi is an American actor known for his character roles in films like "Saving Private Ryan," "Avatar," and the TV series "Friends."
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C.
Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise is an American actor and director best known for his acclaimed roles in films like "Forrest Gump" and "Apollo 13," as well as for his extensive philanthropic work supporting military veterans.
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D.
Gil Bellows
Gil Bellows is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in films like The Shawshank Redemption and the television series Ally McBeal.
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E.
Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle is an acclaimed American actor and filmmaker known for his versatile performances in films such as Hotel Rwanda, the Ocean’s series, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ martial arts film actor ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| coStarredWith |
Chuck Norris
ⓘ
Fred Williamson ⓘ Michael Dudikoff ⓘ Robert Ginty ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | James ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
martial arts film ⓘ |
| givenName | Steve ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role in The Delta Force
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roles in 1980s action films ⓘ roles in the American Ninja series ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Steve James ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
American Ninja
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American Ninja 2: The Confrontation ⓘ American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt ⓘ Avenging Force ⓘ I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ⓘ The Delta Force ⓘ
linked to:
Delta Force
The Exterminator ⓘ
linked to:
Exterminator 2
The Exterminator 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Exterminator 2
To Live and Die in L.A. ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
martial artist ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter |
Curtis Jackson
ⓘ
linked to:
James Moses Black
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedIn |
film industry
ⓘ
television industry ⓘ |
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: Steve James Description of subject: Steve James was an American actor and stunt performer best known for his roles in 1980s action films such as the "American Ninja" series and "The Delta Force."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.