Anthony Stewart Head

E444349

actor film actor human stage actor television actor

Anthony Stewart Head is a British actor best known for playing the Watcher Rupert Giles on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Anthony Head	9
Anthony Stewart Head canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4459515 — 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: Anthony Stewart Head
Context triple: [Buffy the Vampire Slayer, stars, Anthony Stewart Head]

A. Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
B. Iain Glen
Iain Glen is a Scottish actor best known internationally for his role as Ser Jorah Mormont in the television series "Game of Thrones."
C. Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham is a Scottish character actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and theatre, often portraying authoritative or villainous roles.
D. Adrian Scarborough
Adrian Scarborough is a British character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in film, television, and theatre, often in period dramas and dark comedies.
E. Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside is a Canadian actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in science fiction and action films such as "Total Recall," "Starship Troopers," and "Top Gun."
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: Anthony Stewart Head
Target entity description: Anthony Stewart Head is a British actor best known for playing the Watcher Rupert Giles on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

A. Anthony Ainley
Anthony Ainley was an English actor best known for playing the villainous Time Lord known as the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
B. Iain Glen
Iain Glen is a Scottish actor best known internationally for his role as Ser Jorah Mormont in the television series "Game of Thrones."
C. Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham is a Scottish character actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and theatre, often portraying authoritative or villainous roles.
D. Adrian Scarborough
Adrian Scarborough is a British character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in film, television, and theatre, often in period dramas and dark comedies.
E. Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside is a Canadian actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in science fiction and action films such as "Total Recall," "Starship Troopers," and "Top Gun."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ
appearedIn	Buffy the Vampire Slayer NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominion NERFINISHED ⓘ Free Agents NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters NERFINISHED ⓘ Repo! The Genetic Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ The Iron Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterPortrayed	Rupert Giles NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Daisy Head NERFINISHED ⓘ Emily Head NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1954-02-20 ⓘ
educatedAt	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Head NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ drama ⓘ fantasy television ⓘ
givenName	Anthony ⓘ
hasSibling	Murray Head NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVoiceRoleIn	animation and video games ⓘ
knownFor	playing Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
name	Anthony Stewart Head NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableWork	Buffy the Vampire Slayer NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChildren	2 ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ singer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ
parent	Helen Shingler NERFINISHED ⓘ Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head NERFINISHED ⓘ
partner	Sarah Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedIn	West End productions ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Camden Town, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
playedRole	Brother in Doctor Who episode School Reunion ⓘ Prime Minister in Little Britain ⓘ Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer ⓘ Uther Pendragon in Merlin ⓘ
residence	Bath, Somerset, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearsActive	1970s–present ⓘ

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