Stephen Fry
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LGBT rights activist
actor
author
broadcaster
comedian
essayist
film director
human
novelist
playwright
poet
screenwriter
television presenter
voice actor
writer
Stephen Fry is a British actor, comedian, writer, and broadcaster known for his work in television, film, literature, and radio, as well as his wit and public intellectual presence.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Fry canonical | 62 |
| @stephenfry | 1 |
| Stephen Fry's America | 1 |
| Stephen John Fry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T467732 — 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: Stephen Fry Context triple: [Footlights, hasNotableAlumni, Stephen Fry]
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A.
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths was a British character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Withnail & I" and as Uncle Vernon Dursley in the "Harry Potter" series.
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B.
Peter Straughan
Peter Straughan is a British screenwriter known for his work on acclaimed films such as the adaptation of John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
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C.
Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant is a British actor best known for his charming, self-deprecating roles in romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
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D.
Michael Palin
Michael Palin is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter best known as a core member of the surreal comedy group Monty Python and later for his acclaimed travel documentaries.
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E.
Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinguished stage and screen career, including notable performances in classical theatre and numerous film and television roles.
- 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: Stephen Fry Target entity description: Stephen Fry is a British actor, comedian, writer, and broadcaster known for his work in television, film, literature, and radio, as well as his wit and public intellectual presence.
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A.
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths was a British character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Withnail & I" and as Uncle Vernon Dursley in the "Harry Potter" series.
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B.
Peter Straughan
Peter Straughan is a British screenwriter known for his work on acclaimed films such as the adaptation of John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
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C.
Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant is a British actor best known for his charming, self-deprecating roles in romantic comedies such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," and "Love Actually."
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D.
Michael Palin
Michael Palin is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter best known as a core member of the surreal comedy group Monty Python and later for his acclaimed travel documentaries.
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E.
Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinguished stage and screen career, including notable performances in classical theatre and numerous film and television roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT rights activist
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actor ⓘ author ⓘ broadcaster ⓘ comedian ⓘ essayist ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television presenter ⓘ voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
audiobooks
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film ⓘ radio ⓘ television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
LGBT rights
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mental health awareness ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| appointed |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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surface form:
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1998)
|
| awardReceived |
British Comedy Award
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Emmy Award ⓘ Rose d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ |
| birthName |
Stephen Fry
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Stephen John Fry
|
| coStarredWith |
Hugh Laurie
ⓘ
Rowan Atkinson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-08-24 ⓘ |
| diagnosedWith | bipolar disorder ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Norwich City College
ⓘ
Queens’ College, Cambridge ⓘ
surface form:
Queens' College, Cambridge
|
| familyName | Fry ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| height | 196 cm (approximate) ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| hostOf |
Fry's English Delight
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QI ⓘ Stephen Fry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Stephen Fry's America
|
| knownFor |
witty public intellectual presence
ⓘ
work in film ⓘ work in literature ⓘ work in radio ⓘ work in television ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 2015-01-17 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club
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surface form:
Cambridge Footlights
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| name | Stephen Fry self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
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Blackadder ⓘ Harry Potter audiobook narration (UK) ⓘ Jeeves and Wooster (TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
Jeeves and Wooster
Making History ⓘ Moab Is My Washpot ⓘ More Fool Me ⓘ QI ⓘ The Fry Chronicles ⓘ Hippopotamus ⓘ
surface form:
The Hippopotamus
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) narrator
The Hobbit film trilogy ⓘ
surface form:
The Hobbit film series
The Liar ⓘ V for Vendetta ⓘ Oscar Wilde ⓘ
surface form:
Wilde
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| placeOfBirth |
Hampstead
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| politicalAlignment | liberal ⓘ |
| religiousBelief | atheism ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Elliott Spencer ⓘ |
| twitterHandle |
Stephen Fry
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
@stephenfry
|
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: Stephen Fry Description of subject: Stephen Fry is a British actor, comedian, writer, and broadcaster known for his work in television, film, literature, and radio, as well as his wit and public intellectual presence.
Referenced by (65)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Stephen John Fry
this entity surface form:
Stephen Fry's America
this entity surface form:
@stephenfry
subject surface form:
Peter’s Friends