Ted Levine
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Ted Levine is an American character actor best known for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Buffalo Bill in the film "The Silence of the Lambs."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ted Levine canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T523990 — 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: Ted Levine Context triple: [American Gangster, castMember, Ted Levine]
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A.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is an Icelandic-Norwegian software developer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the Opera web browser company and later founder of the Vivaldi browser.
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B.
Steve Owen
Steve Owen was a legendary NFL head coach best known for leading the New York Giants for nearly a quarter century and pioneering modern defensive strategies.
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C.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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D.
David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
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E.
James Abercrombie
James Abercrombie was a British Army officer who fought in the early campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, including the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- 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: Ted Levine Target entity description: Ted Levine is an American character actor best known for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Buffalo Bill in the film "The Silence of the Lambs."
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A.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is an Icelandic-Norwegian software developer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the Opera web browser company and later founder of the Vivaldi browser.
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B.
Steve Owen
Steve Owen was a legendary NFL head coach best known for leading the New York Giants for nearly a quarter century and pioneering modern defensive strategies.
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C.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
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D.
David Simas
David Simas is an American political strategist and former Obama White House official who serves as a top executive leader at the Obama Foundation.
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E.
James Abercrombie
James Abercrombie was a British Army officer who fought in the early campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, including the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeInField |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| birthName | Frank Theodore Levine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-05-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Marlboro College ⓘ |
| familyName | Levine ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| givenName |
Frank
ⓘ
Theodore ⓘ |
| hasChild |
1 daughter
ⓘ
1 son ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity |
Russian-Jewish descent (paternal)
ⓘ
Welsh descent (maternal) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portrayal of serial killer Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs
ⓘ
portraying complex and often dark characters ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Ted Levine self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Heat
ⓘ
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ⓘ Monk ⓘ Shutter Island ⓘ The Bridge ⓘ The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American film industry
ⓘ
American television industry ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bellaire, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| role |
Monk
ⓘ
surface form:
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in Monk
Detective Mike Bosko in Heat ⓘ Buffalo Bill (Jame Gumb) ⓘ
surface form:
Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb in The Silence of the Lambs
Jai Courtney ⓘ
surface form:
Ken Wheatley in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Lieutenant Hank Wade in The Bridge ⓘ Warden in Shutter Island ⓘ |
| spouse | Kim Phillips ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ted Levine Description of subject: Ted Levine is an American character actor best known for his chilling portrayal of serial killer Buffalo Bill in the film "The Silence of the Lambs."
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bellaire, Ohio
subject surface form:
Detective Mike Bosko