Jean-Marc Barr
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Jean-Marc Barr is a French-American actor and director best known for his leading role in "The Big Blue" and frequent collaborations with filmmaker Lars von Trier.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jean-Marc Barr canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5732028 — 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: Jean-Marc Barr Context triple: [Dogville, hasCastMember, Jean-Marc Barr]
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A.
James Thierrée
James Thierrée is a Swiss-born actor, director, and contemporary circus performer known for his inventive, physical, and often surreal stage productions that blend mime, dance, and acrobatics.
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B.
Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel is a French actor known for his intense, charismatic performances in both European cinema and Hollywood films such as "La Haine," "Black Swan," and "Irreversible."
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C.
Jean Yanne
Jean Yanne was a French actor, filmmaker, humorist, and satirist known for his provocative wit and roles in both popular comedies and auteur cinema.
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D.
Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif is an American character actor known for his intense, often unsettling roles in films and television, including voicing the killer doll Chucky in the Child’s Play franchise and appearing in acclaimed works like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Deadwood.
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E.
Joseph Noiret
Joseph Noiret was a Belgian poet, painter, and art critic best known as a founding figure of the postwar avant-garde COBRA movement.
- 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: Jean-Marc Barr Target entity description: Jean-Marc Barr is a French-American actor and director best known for his leading role in "The Big Blue" and frequent collaborations with filmmaker Lars von Trier.
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A.
James Thierrée
James Thierrée is a Swiss-born actor, director, and contemporary circus performer known for his inventive, physical, and often surreal stage productions that blend mime, dance, and acrobatics.
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B.
Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel is a French actor known for his intense, charismatic performances in both European cinema and Hollywood films such as "La Haine," "Black Swan," and "Irreversible."
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C.
Jean Yanne
Jean Yanne was a French actor, filmmaker, humorist, and satirist known for his provocative wit and roles in both popular comedies and auteur cinema.
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D.
Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif is an American character actor known for his intense, often unsettling roles in films and television, including voicing the killer doll Chucky in the Child’s Play franchise and appearing in acclaimed works like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Deadwood.
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E.
Joseph Noiret
Joseph Noiret was a Belgian poet, painter, and art critic best known as a founding figure of the postwar avant-garde COBRA movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Breaking the Waves
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Dancer in the Dark ⓘ Dogville ⓘ Europa ⓘ Manderlay ⓘ Nymphomaniac ⓘ The Big Blue ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Lars von Trier ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-09-27 ⓘ |
| directed |
Being Light
ⓘ
Lovers ⓘ Too Much Flesh ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama ⓘ |
| familyName | Barr ⓘ |
| genre | art film ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Marc ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity |
American
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French ⓘ |
| hasEyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| hasHairColor | brown ⓘ |
| knownFor | The Big Blue ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| name | Jean-Marc Barr ⓘ |
| nationality | French-American ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Big Blue ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bitburg ⓘ |
| playedRole |
Jacques Mayol in The Big Blue
ⓘ
linked to:
Jacques Mayol
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| portrayed | diver ⓘ |
| residence | France ⓘ |
| workedWith | Luc Besson ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean-Marc Barr Description of subject: Jean-Marc Barr is a French-American actor and director best known for his leading role in "The Big Blue" and frequent collaborations with filmmaker Lars von Trier.
Referenced by (9)
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