Philip Glenister
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Philip Glenister is a British actor best known for his roles in television dramas such as "Life on Mars," "Ashes to Ashes," and numerous other UK series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Glenister canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8156087 — 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: Philip Glenister Context triple: [State of Play (2003 TV serial), portrayedBy, Philip Glenister]
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A.
Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Robbie Lewis in the television series "Inspector Morse" and its spin-off "Lewis."
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B.
Charles Dance
Charles Dance is an English actor known for his commanding screen presence and roles in films and television series such as "Game of Thrones," "The Crown," and numerous British dramas.
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C.
Sam Troughton
Sam Troughton is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including a prominent role in the BBC drama series "Robin Hood."
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D.
Peter Firth
Peter Firth is an English actor best known for his roles in the film "Equus" and the television series "Spooks" (MI-5).
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E.
Ian Hanmore
Ian Hanmore is a Scottish character actor known for his work in British film and television, including roles in series like Game of Thrones and Doctor Who.
- 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: Philip Glenister Target entity description: Philip Glenister is a British actor best known for his roles in television dramas such as "Life on Mars," "Ashes to Ashes," and numerous other UK series.
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A.
Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Robbie Lewis in the television series "Inspector Morse" and its spin-off "Lewis."
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B.
Charles Dance
Charles Dance is an English actor known for his commanding screen presence and roles in films and television series such as "Game of Thrones," "The Crown," and numerous British dramas.
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C.
Sam Troughton
Sam Troughton is a British actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including a prominent role in the BBC drama series "Robin Hood."
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D.
Peter Firth
Peter Firth is an English actor best known for his roles in the film "Equus" and the television series "Spooks" (MI-5).
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E.
Ian Hanmore
Ian Hanmore is a Scottish character actor known for his work in British film and television, including roles in series like Game of Thrones and Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| brother | Robert Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Captain Smollett in Treasure Island (2012 TV miniseries)
NERFINISHED
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DCI William Bell in State of Play ⓘ Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Hunt in Life on Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ Quigley in Mad Dogs NERFINISHED ⓘ Reverend Anderson in Outcast NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupert Galfrid Bingham in Cranford ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963-02-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Central School of Speech and Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | television drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Charlotte Glenister
NERFINISHED
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Millie Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Philip Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | portraying tough, often abrasive characters ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ashes to Ashes
NERFINISHED
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Belgravia NERFINISHED ⓘ Big School NERFINISHED ⓘ Clocking Off NERFINISHED ⓘ Cranford NERFINISHED ⓘ Demons NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidden NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Life on Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ Living the Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad Dogs NERFINISHED ⓘ Outcast NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Play NERFINISHED ⓘ Treasure Island (2012 TV miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Harrow, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | John Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| sibling | Robert Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Beth Goddard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
British film
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British television ⓘ |
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: Philip Glenister Description of subject: Philip Glenister is a British actor best known for his roles in television dramas such as "Life on Mars," "Ashes to Ashes," and numerous other UK series.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.