William Fichtner
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William Fichtner is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous or morally complex roles in films such as "Heat," "Armageddon," and "Black Hawk Down," as well as the TV series "Prison Break."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Fichtner canonical | 19 |
| William Edward Fichtner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1597444 — 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: William Fichtner Context triple: [The Perfect Storm, starring, William Fichtner]
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A.
Luke Goss
Luke Goss is an English actor and former drummer best known for his roles in genre films such as "Blade II" and "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
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B.
Richard Gant
Richard Gant is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or tough-minded figures.
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C.
Tim Roth
Tim Roth is an English actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in films such as "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction," and "Rob Roy," as well as his collaborations with directors like Quentin Tarantino.
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D.
Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds is an Irish actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, with notable roles in works such as "Rome," "There Will Be Blood," and "Game of Thrones."
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E.
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn is an American actor known for his intense, rugged performances in films such as "The Right Stuff," "The Silence of the Lambs," and "Backdraft."
- 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: William Fichtner Target entity description: William Fichtner is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous or morally complex roles in films such as "Heat," "Armageddon," and "Black Hawk Down," as well as the TV series "Prison Break."
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A.
Luke Goss
Luke Goss is an English actor and former drummer best known for his roles in genre films such as "Blade II" and "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
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B.
Richard Gant
Richard Gant is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or tough-minded figures.
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C.
Tim Roth
Tim Roth is an English actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in films such as "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction," and "Rob Roy," as well as his collaborations with directors like Quentin Tarantino.
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D.
Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds is an Irish actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, with notable roles in works such as "Rome," "There Will Be Blood," and "Game of Thrones."
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E.
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn is an American actor known for his intense, rugged performances in films such as "The Right Stuff," "The Silence of the Lambs," and "Backdraft."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-11-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
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SUNY Brockport ⓘ |
| familyName | Fichtner ⓘ |
| fullName |
William Fichtner
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
William Edward Fichtner
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasChild | one son ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0001209 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying intense characters
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portraying morally complex characters ⓘ portraying villains ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Armageddon (1998 film)
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surface form:
Armageddon
Black Hawk Down ⓘ Contact ⓘ Crash ⓘ Crossing Lines ⓘ Drive Angry ⓘ Heat ⓘ Invasion ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion (TV series)
Mom (TV series) ⓘ Prison Break ⓘ Prison Break ⓘ
surface form:
Prison Break: The Final Break
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film) ⓘ The Dark Knight ⓘ The Perfect Storm ⓘ Ultraviolet ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Mitchel Air Force Base
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surface form:
Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, New York, United States
|
| playedCharacter | Alexander Mahone ⓘ |
| playedCharacterInWork |
Alexander Mahone in Prison Break
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Bank Manager in The Dark Knight ⓘ Colonel Willie Sharp in Armageddon ⓘ Eric Sacks in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film) ⓘ Roger Van Zant in Heat ⓘ SFC Jeff Sanderson in Black Hawk Down ⓘ The Accountant in Drive Angry ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| spouse |
Betsy Aidem
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Kymberly Kalil ⓘ |
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: William Fichtner Description of subject: William Fichtner is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous or morally complex roles in films such as "Heat," "Armageddon," and "Black Hawk Down," as well as the TV series "Prison Break."
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William Edward Fichtner
subject surface form:
Contact (1997 film)