Denis Leary
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Denis Leary is an American actor and comedian known for his acerbic stand-up style and roles in projects like the TV series "Rescue Me" and the "Ice Age" film franchise.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Denis Leary canonical | 17 |
| Dennis Leary | 1 |
| Mitch Leary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1951943 — 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: Denis Leary Context triple: [Draft Day, starring, Denis Leary]
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A.
Martin Mull
Martin Mull is an American actor, comedian, and musician known for his dry wit and roles in television comedies and films.
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B.
Ted Danson
Ted Danson is an American actor best known for his iconic role as bartender Sam Malone on the television sitcom "Cheers" and for his extensive work in film and television comedy.
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C.
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
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D.
Tim Healy
Tim Healy was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer, and writer who became the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State.
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E.
Don Johnson
Don Johnson is an American actor best known for his charismatic leading role in the 1980s TV series "Miami Vice" and numerous film and television appearances.
- 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: Denis Leary Target entity description: Denis Leary is an American actor and comedian known for his acerbic stand-up style and roles in projects like the TV series "Rescue Me" and the "Ice Age" film franchise.
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A.
Martin Mull
Martin Mull is an American actor, comedian, and musician known for his dry wit and roles in television comedies and films.
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B.
Ted Danson
Ted Danson is an American actor best known for his iconic role as bartender Sam Malone on the television sitcom "Cheers" and for his extensive work in film and television comedy.
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C.
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
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D.
Tim Healy
Tim Healy was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer, and writer who became the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State.
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E.
Don Johnson
Don Johnson is an American actor best known for his charismatic leading role in the 1980s TV series "Miami Vice" and numerous film and television appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ producer ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe nomination
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Globe Award nomination
Emmy Award ⓘ
surface form:
Primetime Emmy Award nomination
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Emerson College ⓘ |
| employer | Emerson College ⓘ |
| familyName | Leary ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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observational comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Denis ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Devin Leary
ⓘ
Jack Leary ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acerbic stand-up comedy style
ⓘ
role of Tommy Gavin in Rescue Me ⓘ voice of Diego in Ice Age film series ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Denis Leary self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Demolition Man
ⓘ
Ice Age (2002 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Ice Age
Lock 'n Load ⓘ No Cure for Cancer ⓘ Rescue Me ⓘ Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll ⓘ
surface form:
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
Spider-Man ⓘ The Amazing Spider-Man ⓘ The Job ⓘ The Ref ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ producer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partOf |
cast of Demolition Man
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cast of Ice Age ⓘ cast of Rescue Me ⓘ cast of The Amazing Spider-Man ⓘ cast of The Ref ⓘ |
| positionHeld | teacher at Emerson College ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Ann Lembeck ⓘ |
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: Denis Leary Description of subject: Denis Leary is an American actor and comedian known for his acerbic stand-up style and roles in projects like the TV series "Rescue Me" and the "Ice Age" film franchise.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dennis Leary
this entity surface form:
Mitch Leary