Roger Guenveur Smith
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Roger Guenveur Smith is an American actor, writer, and director known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee and his powerful performances in film, television, and theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roger Guenveur Smith canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9790081 — 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: Roger Guenveur Smith Context triple: [Dope, castMember, Roger Guenveur Smith]
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A.
Diane Weyermann
Diane Weyermann was an influential American film producer and executive known for championing and overseeing numerous acclaimed social-issue documentaries.
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B.
Martha Fricker
Martha Fricker is a woman known primarily as the sister of Edith Fricker.
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C.
Aja Naomi King
Aja Naomi King is an American actress best known for her role as Michaela Pratt on the television series "How to Get Away with Murder" and for her work in various film and television dramas.
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D.
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American playwright renowned for socially conscious works such as "Ruined" and "Sweat."
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E.
Jeremy O. Harris
Jeremy O. Harris is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his provocative, critically acclaimed play "Slave Play" and his work exploring race, sexuality, and power.
- 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: Roger Guenveur Smith Target entity description: Roger Guenveur Smith is an American actor, writer, and director known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee and his powerful performances in film, television, and theater.
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A.
Diane Weyermann
Diane Weyermann was an influential American film producer and executive known for championing and overseeing numerous acclaimed social-issue documentaries.
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B.
Martha Fricker
Martha Fricker is a woman known primarily as the sister of Edith Fricker.
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C.
Aja Naomi King
Aja Naomi King is an American actress best known for her role as Michaela Pratt on the television series "How to Get Away with Murder" and for her work in various film and television dramas.
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D.
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American playwright renowned for socially conscious works such as "Ruined" and "Sweat."
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E.
Jeremy O. Harris
Jeremy O. Harris is an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his provocative, critically acclaimed play "Slave Play" and his work exploring race, sexuality, and power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
A Different World
NERFINISHED
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All About the Benjamins NERFINISHED ⓘ All My Children NERFINISHED ⓘ American Gangster NERFINISHED ⓘ Birth of a Nation (2016 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Deep Cover NERFINISHED ⓘ Do the Right Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ Dope NERFINISHED ⓘ Final Destination NERFINISHED ⓘ Get on the Bus NERFINISHED ⓘ He Got Game NERFINISHED ⓘ K Street NERFINISHED ⓘ King of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Malcolm X NERFINISHED ⓘ Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ Poetic Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ School Daze NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer of Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Spike Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-07-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Occidental College
NERFINISHED
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Yale University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African-American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| genre | one-man show ⓘ |
| givenName | Roger ⓘ |
| knownFor | frequent collaborations with Spike Lee ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Roger Guenveur Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Obie Award
NERFINISHED
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Peabody Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Huey P. Newton Story
NERFINISHED
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Frederick Douglass Now NERFINISHED ⓘ Inside the Creole Mafia NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan and John NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodney King NERFINISHED ⓘ Who Killed Bob Marley? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berkeley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Roger Guenveur Smith Description of subject: Roger Guenveur Smith is an American actor, writer, and director known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee and his powerful performances in film, television, and theater.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.