Matthew McGrory
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Matthew McGrory was an American actor and extraordinarily tall performer known for roles in horror and fantasy films, including collaborations with director Rob Zombie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matthew McGrory canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9913335 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew McGrory Context triple: [House of 1000 Corpses, castMember, Matthew McGrory]
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A.
Joe Pendleton
Joe Pendleton is the central protagonist of the fantasy-comedy story "Heaven Can Wait," a good-hearted athlete whose premature death leads to a celestial mix-up and a second chance at life in another man's body.
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B.
Charles P. Cabell
Charles P. Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
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C.
William L. Cabell
William L. Cabell was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who later became a prominent political figure and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
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D.
Samuel M. Ralston
Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
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E.
Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon was an influential early American statesman from North Carolina who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a U.S. Senator, known for his strict Jeffersonian principles and opposition to centralized federal 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: Matthew McGrory Target entity description: Matthew McGrory was an American actor and extraordinarily tall performer known for roles in horror and fantasy films, including collaborations with director Rob Zombie.
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A.
Joe Pendleton
Joe Pendleton is the central protagonist of the fantasy-comedy story "Heaven Can Wait," a good-hearted athlete whose premature death leads to a celestial mix-up and a second chance at life in another man's body.
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B.
Charles P. Cabell
Charles P. Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
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C.
William L. Cabell
William L. Cabell was a Confederate general in the American Civil War who later became a prominent political figure and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
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D.
Samuel M. Ralston
Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
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E.
Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon was an influential early American statesman from North Carolina who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a U.S. Senator, known for his strict Jeffersonian principles and opposition to centralized federal power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsInFilm |
1990s
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2000s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Big Fish
NERFINISHED
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Bubble Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ Carnival of Souls (1998) NERFINISHED ⓘ Charmed NERFINISHED ⓘ House of 1000 Corpses NERFINISHED ⓘ Malcolm in the Middle NERFINISHED ⓘ Men in Black II NERFINISHED ⓘ Planet of the Apes (2001) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dead Hate the Living! NERFINISHED ⓘ The Devil's Rejects NERFINISHED ⓘ The Howard Stern Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Karl the Giant in Big Fish
NERFINISHED
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Tiny Firefly in House of 1000 Corpses NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiny Firefly in The Devil's Rejects ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1973-05-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-08-09 ⓘ |
| education |
West Chester University
NERFINISHED
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Widener University School of Law (attended) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | McGrory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy film
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horror film ⓘ |
| givenName | Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMedicalCondition | gigantism ⓘ |
| height | 2.29 m ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with Rob Zombie
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roles in fantasy films ⓘ roles in horror films ⓘ |
| name | Matthew McGrory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAppearance | Guinness World Records-related publicity for height ⓘ |
| notableFor | extraordinary height ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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performer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordHeld | one of the tallest actors in Hollywood ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| workedWith | Rob Zombie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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