Doug Jones
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Doug Jones is an American actor best known for his physically transformative performances as fantastical creatures in films such as those directed by Guillermo del Toro.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doug Jones canonical | 16 |
| Doug Jones as Saru | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T550606 — 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: Doug Jones Context triple: [Pan’s Labyrinth, leadActor, Doug Jones]
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A.
Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman is an American actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in projects such as the Hellboy films, the TV series "Sons of Anarchy," and numerous genre and voice-acting performances.
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B.
Dee Bradley Baker
Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor renowned for his extensive work in animation and video games, particularly for his versatile character and creature voices in series like American Dad!, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and many others.
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C.
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is an American actor known for his intense, often unconventional performances in films such as "Platoon," "Spider-Man," and "The Florida Project."
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D.
Mingus Lucien Reedus
Mingus Lucien Reedus is the son of American actor and model Norman Reedus and Danish supermodel Helena Christensen.
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E.
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken is an American actor known for his distinctive voice, eccentric screen presence, and memorable roles in films such as "The Deer Hunter," "Pulp Fiction," and "Catch Me If You Can."
- 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: Doug Jones Target entity description: Doug Jones is an American actor best known for his physically transformative performances as fantastical creatures in films such as those directed by Guillermo del Toro.
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A.
Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman is an American actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in projects such as the Hellboy films, the TV series "Sons of Anarchy," and numerous genre and voice-acting performances.
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B.
Dee Bradley Baker
Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor renowned for his extensive work in animation and video games, particularly for his versatile character and creature voices in series like American Dad!, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and many others.
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C.
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is an American actor known for his intense, often unconventional performances in films such as "Platoon," "Spider-Man," and "The Florida Project."
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D.
Mingus Lucien Reedus
Mingus Lucien Reedus is the son of American actor and model Norman Reedus and Danish supermodel Helena Christensen.
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E.
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken is an American actor known for his distinctive voice, eccentric screen presence, and memorable roles in films such as "The Deer Hunter," "Pulp Fiction," and "Catch Me If You Can."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ mime artist ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)
Crimson Peak ⓘ Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ⓘ Hellboy ⓘ
surface form:
Hellboy (2004 film)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army ⓘ Hocus Pocus ⓘ
surface form:
Hocus Pocus (1993 film)
Hocus Pocus ⓘ
surface form:
Hocus Pocus 2
Legion ⓘ
surface form:
Legion (2010 film)
Mimic (1997 film) ⓘ Pan’s Labyrinth ⓘ
surface form:
Pan's Labyrinth
Star Trek: Discovery ⓘ The Bye Bye Man ⓘ The Shape of Water ⓘ The Strain ⓘ
surface form:
The Strain (TV series)
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-05-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Ball State University ⓘ |
| familyName | Jones ⓘ |
| givenName | Doug ⓘ |
| height | approximately 1.92 m ⓘ |
| knownFor | frequent collaborations with Guillermo del Toro ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Doug Jones self-link ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
extensive use of prosthetic makeup
ⓘ
tall and slender physique ⓘ |
| notableFor |
physically transformative performances
ⓘ
portraying fantastical creatures ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
contortionist ⓘ mime ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
Abe Sapien in Hellboy (2004 film)
ⓘ
Abe Sapien ⓘ
surface form:
Abe Sapien in Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Amphibian Man ⓘ
surface form:
Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water
Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus ⓘ Faun in Pan's Labyrinth ⓘ Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth ⓘ Saru in Star Trek: Discovery ⓘ Silver Surfer ⓘ
surface form:
Silver Surfer (physical performance) in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
|
| spouse | Laurie Pontoni ⓘ |
| workedWith | Guillermo del Toro ⓘ |
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: Doug Jones Description of subject: Doug Jones is an American actor best known for his physically transformative performances as fantastical creatures in films such as those directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pale Man
this entity surface form:
Doug Jones as Saru