J. B. Smoove
E447440
American actor
American comedian
American film actor
American television actor
American writer
actor
comedian
film actor
human
screenwriter
stand-up comedian
television actor
voice actor
writer
J. B. Smoove is an American comedian, actor, and writer best known for his energetic, improvisational style and his role as Leon Black on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| J. B. Smoove canonical | 5 |
| J.B. Smoove | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4504933 — 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: J. B. Smoove Context triple: [Curb Your Enthusiasm, notableCastMember, J. B. Smoove]
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A.
Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard is an American actor and singer known for his roles in films like "Hustle & Flow" and the TV series "Empire."
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B.
Orlando Jones
Orlando Jones was an early 18th-century Virginia planter and colonial official connected to the prominent Jones and Dandridge families.
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C.
Orlando Jones
Orlando Jones is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television and film, including his prominent part in the supernatural drama series "Sleepy Hollow."
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D.
Hill Harper
Hill Harper is an American actor and author best known for his role as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on the television series CSI: NY.
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E.
Martin Lawrence
Martin Lawrence is an American comedian and actor best known for his energetic stand-up, his hit sitcom "Martin," and his leading roles in the "Bad Boys" film series alongside Will Smith.
- 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: J. B. Smoove Target entity description: J. B. Smoove is an American comedian, actor, and writer best known for his energetic, improvisational style and his role as Leon Black on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
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A.
Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard is an American actor and singer known for his roles in films like "Hustle & Flow" and the TV series "Empire."
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B.
Orlando Jones
Orlando Jones was an early 18th-century Virginia planter and colonial official connected to the prominent Jones and Dandridge families.
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C.
Orlando Jones
Orlando Jones is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television and film, including his prominent part in the supernatural drama series "Sleepy Hollow."
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D.
Hill Harper
Hill Harper is an American actor and author best known for his role as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on the television series CSI: NY.
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E.
Martin Lawrence
Martin Lawrence is an American comedian and actor best known for his energetic stand-up, his hit sitcom "Martin," and his leading roles in the "Bad Boys" film series alongside Will Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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American comedian ⓘ American film actor ⓘ American television actor ⓘ American writer ⓘ actor ⓘ comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| appearedInCommercial | Caesars Sportsbook advertising campaign ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacter | Leon Black from Curb Your Enthusiasm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Jerry Angelo Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-12-16 ⓘ |
| education | Norfolk State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Saturday Night Live NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African-American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAppearance |
Date Night
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hall Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ Pootie Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ Spider-Man: Far From Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Spider-Man: No Way Home NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sitter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
improvisational comedy
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observational comedy ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Jerry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | one daughter ⓘ |
| hasPublishedWork | memoir "The Book of Leon: Philosophy of a Fool" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hosted |
Four Courses with J. B. Smoove
NERFINISHED
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Last Comic Standing (as co-host or participant in hosting segments) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | energetic improvisational comedy style ⓘ |
| name | J. B. Smoove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Curb Your Enthusiasm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Plymouth, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter | Caesar in Caesars Sportsbook commercials ⓘ |
| positionHeld | writer for Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| spouse | Shahidah Omar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startedCareerAs | stand-up comedian in New York City ⓘ |
| studied | engineering and graphic design at Norfolk State University ⓘ |
| styleOfHumor |
high-energy performance
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improvisation-heavy routines ⓘ |
| televisionAppearance |
Curb Your Enthusiasm
NERFINISHED
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Everybody Hates Chris NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Comic Standing NERFINISHED ⓘ Real Husbands of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ Saturday Night Live NERFINISHED ⓘ The Millers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionRole | Leon Black NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceRole | Frank the Plant in Harley Quinn (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1990s–present ⓘ |
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: J. B. Smoove Description of subject: J. B. Smoove is an American comedian, actor, and writer best known for his energetic, improvisational style and his role as Leon Black on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
J.B. Smoove