Jon Cryer
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Jon Cryer is an American actor best known for his role as Alan Harper on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men" and for his work in films like "Pretty in Pink."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jon Cryer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10526307 — 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: Jon Cryer Context triple: [Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, starring, Jon Cryer]
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A.
Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear is an acclaimed English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in the James Bond franchise and the series "Penny Dreadful."
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B.
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Eddie Kaye Thomas is an American actor best known for his role as Paul Finch in the "American Pie" film series and for numerous television and stage appearances.
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C.
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
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D.
Tim Reid
Tim Reid is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on television series such as "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Simon & Simon," and "Frank's Place."
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E.
Richard Holbrook
Richard Holbrook is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Holbrook.
- 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: Jon Cryer Target entity description: Jon Cryer is an American actor best known for his role as Alan Harper on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men" and for his work in films like "Pretty in Pink."
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A.
Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear is an acclaimed English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in the James Bond franchise and the series "Penny Dreadful."
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B.
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Eddie Kaye Thomas is an American actor best known for his role as Paul Finch in the "American Pie" film series and for numerous television and stage appearances.
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C.
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
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D.
Tim Reid
Tim Reid is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on television series such as "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Simon & Simon," and "Frank's Place."
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E.
Richard Holbrook
Richard Holbrook is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Holbrook.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ producer ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hollywood Walk of Fame star
NERFINISHED
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Jonathan Niven Cryer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Alan Harper
NERFINISHED
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Duckie Dale NERFINISHED ⓘ Lex Luthor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coStarredWith |
Ashton Kutcher
NERFINISHED
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Charlie Sheen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-04-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bronx High School of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Cryer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Jonathan ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Jon Cryer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | co-lead role on Two and a Half Men ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arrow
NERFINISHED
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Batwoman NERFINISHED ⓘ DC's Legends of Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Hot Shots! NERFINISHED ⓘ Hot Shots! Part Deux NERFINISHED ⓘ NCIS NERFINISHED ⓘ Partners (1995 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pretty in Pink NERFINISHED ⓘ Supergirl NERFINISHED ⓘ Superman IV: The Quest for Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ The Famous Teddy Z NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trouble with Normal NERFINISHED ⓘ Two and a Half Men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television actor ⓘ television producer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| parent |
Donald David Cryer
NERFINISHED
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Gretchen Cryer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lisa Joyner
NERFINISHED
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Sarah Trigger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Jon Cryer Description of subject: Jon Cryer is an American actor best known for his role as Alan Harper on the sitcom "Two and a Half Men" and for his work in films like "Pretty in Pink."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.