Josh Radnor
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Josh Radnor is an American actor, director, and writer best known for playing Ted Mosby on the television sitcom "How I Met Your Mother."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Josh Radnor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9565049 — 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: Josh Radnor Context triple: [How I Met Your Mother, starsActor, Josh Radnor]
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A.
Simon Helberg
Simon Helberg is an American actor and comedian best known for playing aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz on the hit sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
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B.
Mark Kunis
Mark Kunis is the father of actress Mila Kunis, known publicly mainly through his relationship to his famous daughter.
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C.
Michael Urie
Michael Urie is an American actor best known for his role as Marc St. James on the television series "Ugly Betty" and for his extensive work in theater and film.
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D.
Hugh Dennis
Hugh Dennis is a British comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on the sketch show "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" and the sitcom "Outnumbered."
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E.
Rob McElhenney
Rob McElhenney is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring as Mac on the long-running sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
- 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: Josh Radnor Target entity description: Josh Radnor is an American actor, director, and writer best known for playing Ted Mosby on the television sitcom "How I Met Your Mother."
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A.
Simon Helberg
Simon Helberg is an American actor and comedian best known for playing aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz on the hit sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
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B.
Mark Kunis
Mark Kunis is the father of actress Mila Kunis, known publicly mainly through his relationship to his famous daughter.
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C.
Michael Urie
Michael Urie is an American actor best known for his role as Marc St. James on the television series "Ugly Betty" and for his extensive work in theater and film.
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D.
Hugh Dennis
Hugh Dennis is a British comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on the sketch show "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" and the sitcom "Outnumbered."
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E.
Rob McElhenney
Rob McElhenney is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring as Mac on the long-running sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Kenyon College
NERFINISHED
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New York University Tisch School of the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearedIn | television series "How I Met Your Mother" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Radnor & Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Joshua Thomas Radnor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coStarredWith |
Alyson Hannigan
NERFINISHED
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Cobie Smulders NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Segel NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Patrick Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1974-07-29 ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College
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Master of Fine Arts in acting from NYU Tisch School of the Arts ⓘ |
| directed |
feature film "Happythankyoumoreplease"
NERFINISHED
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feature film "Liberal Arts" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kenyon College
NERFINISHED
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New York University ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| genreOfMusic | folk ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Ted Mosby on the television series "How I Met Your Mother" ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Josh Radnor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Happythankyoumoreplease"
NERFINISHED
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"How I Met Your Mother" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Liberal Arts" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ musician ⓘ producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Columbus, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedCharacter | Ted Mosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| wrote |
screenplay for "Happythankyoumoreplease"
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screenplay for "Liberal Arts" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Josh Radnor Description of subject: Josh Radnor is an American actor, director, and writer best known for playing Ted Mosby on the television sitcom "How I Met Your Mother."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.