Michael O’Neill
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Michael O’Neill is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, often portraying authority figures such as law enforcement and government officials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael O’Neill canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10595280 — 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: Michael O’Neill Context triple: [Extant, mainCast, Michael O’Neill]
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A.
Martin O'Neill
Martin O'Neill is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his successful spells in charge of clubs such as Leicester City, Celtic, and Aston Villa, as well as the Republic of Ireland national team.
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B.
Michael Cheika
Michael Cheika is an Australian rugby union coach and former player best known for leading the Wallabies to the 2015 Rugby World Cup final and previously guiding Leinster and the NSW Waratahs to major titles.
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C.
Paul McGuigan
Paul McGuigan is a British musician best known as the original bassist and a founding member of the rock band Oasis.
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D.
Paul McGuigan
Paul McGuigan is a Scottish film and television director known for stylish crime thrillers and dramas, including works like "Lucky Number Slevin" and episodes of the BBC series "Sherlock."
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E.
Dave Whelan
Dave Whelan is an English businessman and former professional footballer best known for transforming Wigan Athletic into a Premier League club and leading them to major domestic success.
- 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: Michael O’Neill Target entity description: Michael O’Neill is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, often portraying authority figures such as law enforcement and government officials.
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A.
Martin O'Neill
Martin O'Neill is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his successful spells in charge of clubs such as Leicester City, Celtic, and Aston Villa, as well as the Republic of Ireland national team.
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B.
Michael Cheika
Michael Cheika is an Australian rugby union coach and former player best known for leading the Wallabies to the 2015 Rugby World Cup final and previously guiding Leinster and the NSW Waratahs to major titles.
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C.
Paul McGuigan
Paul McGuigan is a British musician best known as the original bassist and a founding member of the rock band Oasis.
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D.
Paul McGuigan
Paul McGuigan is a Scottish film and television director known for stylish crime thrillers and dramas, including works like "Lucky Number Slevin" and episodes of the BBC series "Sherlock."
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E.
Dave Whelan
Dave Whelan is an English businessman and former professional footballer best known for transforming Wigan Athletic into a Premier League club and leading them to major domestic success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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character actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American cinema
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American television ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | acting ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| industry | entertainment industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying authority figures
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portraying government officials ⓘ portraying law enforcement officials ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | frequent casting as authority figures ⓘ |
| notableFor | supporting roles in film and television ⓘ |
| notableWork |
24
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Bates Motel ⓘ Boston Legal ⓘ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ⓘ Council of Dads ⓘ Criminal Minds ⓘ Dallas Buyers Club ⓘ Grey’s Anatomy ⓘ JAG ⓘ Jack Ryan ⓘ NCIS ⓘ Nashville ⓘ Rectify ⓘ S.W.A.T. ⓘ
linked to:
S.W.A.T. (TV series)
Scandal ⓘ Seabiscuit ⓘ The Inside ⓘ The Practice ⓘ The Resident ⓘ
linked to:
The Resident (TV series)
The Unit ⓘ The West Wing ⓘ
linked to:
The West Wing (TV series)
The X-Files ⓘ Traffic ⓘ Transformers ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| portrays |
government agents
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law enforcement officers ⓘ military officers ⓘ political staffers ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael O’Neill Description of subject: Michael O’Neill is an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in film and television, often portraying authority figures such as law enforcement and government officials.
Referenced by (7)
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