Stephen Collins
E249815
Stephen Collins is an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, including the 1985 comedy "Brewster's Millions" and the family drama series "7th Heaven."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Collins canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2253709 — 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 Collins Context triple: [Brewster's Millions (1985 film), starring, Stephen Collins]
-
A.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
-
B.
Andrew D. Martin
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
-
C.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
-
D.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
-
E.
Brian Clarke
Brian Clarke is a British artist and leading contemporary stained glass designer known for his innovative architectural glass works and collaborations with prominent cultural figures.
- 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 Collins Target entity description: Stephen Collins is an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, including the 1985 comedy "Brewster's Millions" and the family drama series "7th Heaven."
-
A.
Christopher Weaver
Christopher Weaver is an American entrepreneur and video game industry pioneer best known as the founder of ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.
-
B.
Andrew D. Martin
Andrew D. Martin is an American political scientist and academic administrator who serves as the chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.
-
C.
Michael V. Drake
Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
-
D.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
-
E.
Brian Clarke
Brian Clarke is a British artist and leading contemporary stained glass designer known for his innovative architectural glass works and collaborations with prominent cultural figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
7th Heaven
ⓘ
Brewster's Millions ⓘ Star Trek: The Motion Picture ⓘ Tales of the Gold Monkey ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-10-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Amherst College ⓘ |
| familyName | Collins ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
drama television ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| knownFor | role as Reverend Eric Camden on 7th Heaven ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1985 ⓘ |
| name | Stephen Collins self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
7th Heaven
ⓘ
Brewster's Millions (stage play) ⓘ
surface form:
Brewster's Millions
Star Trek: The Motion Picture ⓘ Tales of the Gold Monkey ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
musician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Des Moines, Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
|
| playedCharacter |
Eric Camden
ⓘ
Richard Pryor's lawyer in Brewster's Millions ⓘ |
| spouse | Faye Grant ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1970s–2010s ⓘ |
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 Collins Description of subject: Stephen Collins is an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, including the 1985 comedy "Brewster's Millions" and the family drama series "7th Heaven."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
subject surface form:
State of Play (2009 film)