Joe Flanigan
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Joe Flanigan is an American actor best known for playing Lt. Colonel John Sheppard on the science fiction television series "Stargate Atlantis."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joe Flanigan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7288390 — 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: Joe Flanigan Context triple: [Stargate Atlantis, portrayedBy, Joe Flanigan]
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A.
Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
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B.
Brian Flanagan
Brian Flanagan is a fictional bartender and main character from the 1988 film "Cocktail," portrayed by Tom Cruise.
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C.
Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean Patrick Flanery is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "The Boondock Saints" and the TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles."
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D.
Kevin Flanagan
Kevin Flanagan is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
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E.
Darin Cunningham
Darin Cunningham is an electronic music producer and DJ best known for his experimental work under the moniker Actress.
- 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: Joe Flanigan Target entity description: Joe Flanigan is an American actor best known for playing Lt. Colonel John Sheppard on the science fiction television series "Stargate Atlantis."
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A.
Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
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B.
Brian Flanagan
Brian Flanagan is a fictional bartender and main character from the 1988 film "Cocktail," portrayed by Tom Cruise.
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C.
Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean Patrick Flanery is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "The Boondock Saints" and the TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles."
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D.
Kevin Flanagan
Kevin Flanagan is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including professionals and public figures in various fields.
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E.
Darin Cunningham
Darin Cunningham is an electronic music producer and DJ best known for his experimental work under the moniker Actress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
television actor ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
John Sheppard
ⓘ
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard ⓘ
linked to:
John Sheppard
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
MGM Television (on Stargate Atlantis)
ⓘ
linked to:
MGM Television
Syfy (via Stargate Atlantis broadcast) ⓘ
linked to:
Syfy
|
| familyName | Flanigan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
ⓘ
television acting ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction television ⓘ |
| givenName | Joe ⓘ |
| hasGenre | science fiction (primary work genre) ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying John Sheppard on Stargate Atlantis ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Joe Flanigan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
6 Bullets
ⓘ
CSI: Miami (TV series, guest role) ⓘ
linked to:
CSI: Miami
Dawson's Creek (TV series, guest role) ⓘ
linked to:
Dawson's Creek
Farewell to Harry ⓘ Ferocious Planet ⓘ Good Day for It ⓘ Judging Amy (TV series, guest role) ⓘ
linked to:
Judging Amy
Profiler (TV series, guest role) ⓘ Stargate Atlantis ⓘ Stargate Atlantis – episode "Conversion" ⓘ Stargate Atlantis – episode "The Eye" ⓘ Stargate Atlantis – episode "The Siege" ⓘ Stargate Atlantis – episode "Vegas" ⓘ Stargate Atlantis – pilot episode "Rising" ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis episode "Rising"
Stargate Atlantis: Season 1 ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis: Season 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis: Season 3 ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis: Season 4 ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis: Season 5 ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate SG-1 (guest appearances) ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate SG-1
Stargate: Atlantis – Rising ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis episode "Rising"
Stargate: Atlantis – The Eye ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis – episode "The Eye"
Stargate: Atlantis – The Siege ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis – episode "The Siege"
Stargate: Atlantis – The Storm ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate: Atlantis – Vegas ⓘ
linked to:
Stargate Atlantis – episode "Vegas"
The Other Sister ⓘ Thoughtcrimes ⓘ Warehouse 13 (TV series, guest role) ⓘ
linked to:
Warehouse 13
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| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| partOf | cast of Stargate Atlantis ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: Joe Flanigan Description of subject: Joe Flanigan is an American actor best known for playing Lt. Colonel John Sheppard on the science fiction television series "Stargate Atlantis."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.