Stephen Tompkinson
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Stephen Tompkinson is an English actor best known for his television roles in series such as "Ballykissangel," "Drop the Dead Donkey," and "Wild at Heart."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stephen Tompkinson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13109196 — 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: Stephen Tompkinson Context triple: [Ballykissangel, leadActor, Stephen Tompkinson]
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A.
Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp is a British comedian, actor, and writer known for his work in stand-up, television, radio panel shows, and as a former host of BBC Radio 4’s "The News Quiz."
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B.
Stephen Mangan
Stephen Mangan is an English actor and comedian known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "Green Wing" and "Episodes."
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C.
Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan is a British character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including roles in projects like "Ray Donovan," "Happy-Go-Lucky," and numerous Guy Ritchie films.
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D.
Jason Watkins
Jason Watkins is a British character actor known for his versatile performances in television dramas and comedies, including acclaimed roles in series such as "The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies" and "The Crown."
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E.
Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, and presenter best known for his work on British television series such as "Gavin & Stacey" and "The Trip."
- 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: Stephen Tompkinson Target entity description: Stephen Tompkinson is an English actor best known for his television roles in series such as "Ballykissangel," "Drop the Dead Donkey," and "Wild at Heart."
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A.
Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp is a British comedian, actor, and writer known for his work in stand-up, television, radio panel shows, and as a former host of BBC Radio 4’s "The News Quiz."
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B.
Stephen Mangan
Stephen Mangan is an English actor and comedian known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "Green Wing" and "Episodes."
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C.
Eddie Marsan
Eddie Marsan is a British character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including roles in projects like "Ray Donovan," "Happy-Go-Lucky," and numerous Guy Ritchie films.
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D.
Jason Watkins
Jason Watkins is a British character actor known for his versatile performances in television dramas and comedies, including acclaimed roles in series such as "The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies" and "The Crown."
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E.
Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, and presenter best known for his work on British television series such as "Gavin & Stacey" and "The Trip."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn | British television industry ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Ballykissangel
NERFINISHED
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DCI Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ Drop the Dead Donkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Wild at Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Tompkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
comedy
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crime drama ⓘ drama ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkedIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role as DCI Alan Banks in DCI Banks
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role as Damien Day in Drop the Dead Donkey ⓘ role as Danny Trevanion in Wild at Heart ⓘ role as Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Stephen Tompkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comedic television roles
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leading roles in British television drama ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ballykissangel
NERFINISHED
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Brassed Off NERFINISHED ⓘ DCI Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ Drop the Dead Donkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Grafters NERFINISHED ⓘ In Deep NERFINISHED ⓘ The Manageress NERFINISHED ⓘ The Split NERFINISHED ⓘ Trollied NERFINISHED ⓘ Truckers NERFINISHED ⓘ Wild at Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| portrayed |
DCI Alan Banks
NERFINISHED
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Damien Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Trevanion NERFINISHED ⓘ Father Peter Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Stephen Tompkinson Description of subject: Stephen Tompkinson is an English actor best known for his television roles in series such as "Ballykissangel," "Drop the Dead Donkey," and "Wild at Heart."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.