Timothy Curry
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Timothy Curry is an American actor and singer best known for his iconic role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Timothy Curry canonical | 2 |
| Timothy James Curry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2800485 — 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: Timothy Curry Context triple: [Curry, hasNotableBearer, Timothy Curry]
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A.
John Curran
John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
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B.
Joel Fry
Joel Fry is a British actor and musician known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Game of Thrones," "Cruella," and various UK comedies.
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C.
Will Firth
Will Firth is the son of English actor Colin Firth and is known primarily for his connection to his father's prominent film career.
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D.
Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear is an acclaimed English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in the James Bond franchise and the series "Penny Dreadful."
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E.
Darren Gilshenan
Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and comedian known for his work in television, film, and theatre, particularly in character and comic roles.
- 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: Timothy Curry Target entity description: Timothy Curry is an American actor and singer best known for his iconic role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
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A.
John Curran
John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter known for character-driven dramas such as "Chappaquiddick," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," and "The Painted Veil."
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B.
Joel Fry
Joel Fry is a British actor and musician known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Game of Thrones," "Cruella," and various UK comedies.
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C.
Will Firth
Will Firth is the son of English actor Colin Firth and is known primarily for his connection to his father's prominent film career.
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D.
Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear is an acclaimed English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in the James Bond franchise and the series "Penny Dreadful."
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E.
Darren Gilshenan
Darren Gilshenan is an Australian actor and comedian known for his work in television, film, and theatre, particularly in character and comic roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Curry ⓘ |
| genre |
pop music
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rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Timothy ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Timothy Curry self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show
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surface form:
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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| notableWork |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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cult film ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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singer ⓘ |
| partOf | cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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United States of America ⓘ |
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: Timothy Curry Description of subject: Timothy Curry is an American actor and singer best known for his iconic role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.