Michael Cerveris
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Michael Cerveris is a Tony Award–winning American actor and singer known for his work on Broadway and in film and television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Cerveris canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5741500 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Cerveris Context triple: [Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (film), starredActor, Michael Cerveris]
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A.
Clarke Peters
Clarke Peters is an American actor, writer, and director best known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as The Wire and Treme, as well as numerous film and stage performances.
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B.
Joel Murray
Joel Murray is an American actor and comedian known for his character roles in film and television, as well as for his voice work in animated projects.
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C.
Bob Gunton
Bob Gunton is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of the strict prison warden Samuel Norton in the film "The Shawshank Redemption."
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D.
Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
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E.
Kevin Dillon
Kevin Dillon is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Johnny "Drama" Chase on the television series "Entourage."
- 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: Michael Cerveris Target entity description: Michael Cerveris is a Tony Award–winning American actor and singer known for his work on Broadway and in film and television.
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A.
Clarke Peters
Clarke Peters is an American actor, writer, and director best known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as The Wire and Treme, as well as numerous film and stage performances.
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B.
Joel Murray
Joel Murray is an American actor and comedian known for his character roles in film and television, as well as for his voice work in animated projects.
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C.
Bob Gunton
Bob Gunton is an American character actor best known for his portrayal of the strict prison warden Samuel Norton in the film "The Shawshank Redemption."
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D.
Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
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E.
Kevin Dillon
Kevin Dillon is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Platoon" and as Johnny "Drama" Chase on the television series "Entourage."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-11-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Phillips Exeter Academy
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Cerveris ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://www.michaelcerveris.com/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Michael Cerveris ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home
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John Wilkes Booth in Assassins ⓘ
linked to:
John Wilkes Booth
Observer September in Fringe ⓘ
linked to:
Fringe
Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ Tommy in The Who's Tommy ⓘ
linked to:
Tommy (rock opera)
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| notableWork |
Assassins
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Evita ⓘ Fringe ⓘ Fun Home ⓘ Hedwig and the Angry Inch ⓘ
linked to:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)
Road Show ⓘ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ
linked to:
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
The Good Wife ⓘ The Who's Tommy ⓘ
linked to:
Tommy (rock opera)
Treme ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
musician ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Broadway
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Off-Broadway ⓘ West End theatre ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Bethesda, Maryland
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| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael Cerveris Description of subject: Michael Cerveris is a Tony Award–winning American actor and singer known for his work on Broadway and in film and television.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.