Lou Diamond Phillips
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Lou Diamond Phillips is an American actor and director best known for his breakout role as Ritchie Valens in "La Bamba" and a diverse career spanning film, television, and stage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lou Diamond Phillips canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6954551 — 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: Lou Diamond Phillips Context triple: [Prodigal Son, leadActor, Lou Diamond Phillips]
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A.
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including prominent performances in projects like "Law & Order," "Miss Congeniality," and various dramatic and action films.
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B.
Adam Beach
Adam Beach is a Canadian First Nations actor known for his roles in films such as "Smoke Signals," "Windtalkers," and "Flags of Our Fathers," as well as various television series.
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C.
Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama is an American actor, producer, and television personality best known for his role as Fez on "That '70s Show" and for his extensive work in film and voice acting.
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D.
Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
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E.
Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe is an American actor known for his roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire" and TV series such as "Parks and Recreation" and "9-1-1: Lone Star."
- 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: Lou Diamond Phillips Target entity description: Lou Diamond Phillips is an American actor and director best known for his breakout role as Ritchie Valens in "La Bamba" and a diverse career spanning film, television, and stage.
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A.
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including prominent performances in projects like "Law & Order," "Miss Congeniality," and various dramatic and action films.
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B.
Adam Beach
Adam Beach is a Canadian First Nations actor known for his roles in films such as "Smoke Signals," "Windtalkers," and "Flags of Our Fathers," as well as various television series.
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C.
Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama is an American actor, producer, and television personality best known for his role as Fez on "That '70s Show" and for his extensive work in film and voice acting.
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D.
Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
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E.
Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe is an American actor known for his roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire" and TV series such as "Parks and Recreation" and "9-1-1: Lone Star."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Louis Diamond Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Philippines
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1962-02-17 ⓘ |
| education | University of Texas at Arlington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Cherokee
NERFINISHED
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Filipino ⓘ Irish ⓘ Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | drama ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
action film
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drama film ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Ritchie Valens in La Bamba ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Lou Diamond Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStageRole | The King and I (Broadway revival) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Courage Under Fire
NERFINISHED
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La Bamba NERFINISHED ⓘ Longmire NERFINISHED ⓘ Prodigal Son NERFINISHED ⓘ Stand and Deliver NERFINISHED ⓘ The 33 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Hit NERFINISHED ⓘ The King and I NERFINISHED ⓘ Young Guns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Olongapo
NERFINISHED
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Subic Bay Naval Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedCharacter | King Mongkut of Siam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed | Ritchie Valens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | La Bamba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Julie Cypher
NERFINISHED
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Kelly Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne Boismier Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
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: Lou Diamond Phillips Description of subject: Lou Diamond Phillips is an American actor and director best known for his breakout role as Ritchie Valens in "La Bamba" and a diverse career spanning film, television, and stage.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.