Michael Moriarty
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Michael Moriarty is an American-Canadian actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including his Emmy-winning work on the series "Law & Order."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Moriarty canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8574302 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Michael Moriarty Context triple: [A Return to Salem's Lot, starring, Michael Moriarty]
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A.
Jim Moriarty
Jim Moriarty is the brilliant and ruthless criminal mastermind who serves as Sherlock Holmes’s primary nemesis in the Sherlock Holmes stories and their adaptations.
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B.
P.H. Moriarty
P.H. Moriarty is a British actor best known for his tough-guy roles in films such as "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "The Long Good Friday."
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C.
Michael Cage
Michael Cage is a former American professional basketball player and dominant rebounder who starred in college before enjoying a long NBA career primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
Brian Moriarty
Brian Moriarty is an American game designer best known for his influential work on classic interactive fiction titles such as "Trinity" and "Wishbringer," as well as LucasArts' "Loom."
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E.
Robert Barrat
Robert Barrat was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
- 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: Michael Moriarty Target entity description: Michael Moriarty is an American-Canadian actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including his Emmy-winning work on the series "Law & Order."
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A.
Jim Moriarty
Jim Moriarty is the brilliant and ruthless criminal mastermind who serves as Sherlock Holmes’s primary nemesis in the Sherlock Holmes stories and their adaptations.
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B.
P.H. Moriarty
P.H. Moriarty is a British actor best known for his tough-guy roles in films such as "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "The Long Good Friday."
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C.
Michael Cage
Michael Cage is a former American professional basketball player and dominant rebounder who starred in college before enjoying a long NBA career primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
Brian Moriarty
Brian Moriarty is an American game designer best known for his influential work on classic interactive fiction titles such as "Trinity" and "Wishbringer," as well as LucasArts' "Loom."
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E.
Robert Barrat
Robert Barrat was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedForWork |
Golden Globe Award for his performance in "Holocaust"
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for "Holocaust" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-04-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dartmouth College
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London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Michael Moriarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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Canadian ⓘ |
| notableFilmWork |
Bang the Drum Slowly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Who'll Stop the Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense character roles
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portrayal of Benjamin Stone on Law & Order ⓘ |
| notableTelevisionWork |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Law & Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bang the Drum Slowly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ Law & Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Q – The Winged Serpent NERFINISHED ⓘ The Glass Menagerie NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stuff NERFINISHED ⓘ Who'll Stop the Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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musician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Canada ⓘ |
| televisionSeries | Law & Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Michael Moriarty Description of subject: Michael Moriarty is an American-Canadian actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including his Emmy-winning work on the series "Law & Order."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.