Anthony LaPaglia
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Anthony LaPaglia is an Australian actor best known for his Emmy-winning role on the television series "Without a Trace" and acclaimed performances in films such as "Lantana" and "Balibo."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthony LaPaglia canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5148438 — 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 LaPaglia Context triple: [Lantana, castMember, Anthony LaPaglia]
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A.
Jonathan LaPaglia
Jonathan LaPaglia is an Australian actor and television host best known for roles in series like "The District" and as the host of "Australian Survivor."
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B.
Ben Mendelsohn
Ben Mendelsohn is an Australian actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including prominent villains in major Hollywood productions.
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C.
Guy Pearce
Guy Pearce is an Australian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Memento," "L.A. Confidential," and "The King's Speech."
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D.
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush is an acclaimed Australian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Shine," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "The King’s Speech," for which he has received numerous prestigious awards.
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E.
Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe is an Academy Award–winning New Zealand–born actor renowned for intense, transformative performances in films such as Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind.
- 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 LaPaglia Target entity description: Anthony LaPaglia is an Australian actor best known for his Emmy-winning role on the television series "Without a Trace" and acclaimed performances in films such as "Lantana" and "Balibo."
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A.
Jonathan LaPaglia
Jonathan LaPaglia is an Australian actor and television host best known for roles in series like "The District" and as the host of "Australian Survivor."
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B.
Ben Mendelsohn
Ben Mendelsohn is an Australian actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including prominent villains in major Hollywood productions.
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C.
Guy Pearce
Guy Pearce is an Australian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Memento," "L.A. Confidential," and "The King's Speech."
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D.
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush is an acclaimed Australian actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "Shine," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "The King’s Speech," for which he has received numerous prestigious awards.
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E.
Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe is an Academy Award–winning New Zealand–born actor renowned for intense, transformative performances in films such as Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
NERFINISHED
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Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor |
AFI/AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lantana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Frasier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | Jack Malone in Without a Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1959-01-31 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Italian ⓘ |
| familyName | LaPaglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSpouse | Gia Carides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Anthony LaPaglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Anthony ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Golden Globe Award ⓘ |
| notableTheatreWork | A View from the Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Good Marriage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Annabelle: Creation NERFINISHED ⓘ Balibo NERFINISHED ⓘ Betsy’s Wedding NERFINISHED ⓘ Empire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Happy Feet NERFINISHED ⓘ Happy Feet Two NERFINISHED ⓘ Lantana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mixed Nuts NERFINISHED ⓘ So I Married an Axe Murderer NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer of Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ The Client NERFINISHED ⓘ Without a Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter |
Detective Leon Zat in Lantana
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Roger East in Balibo ⓘ voice of Boss Skua in Happy Feet ⓘ |
| relative |
Jonathan LaPaglia
NERFINISHED
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Michael LaPaglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| sibling |
Jonathan LaPaglia
NERFINISHED
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Michael LaPaglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Gia Carides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–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: Anthony LaPaglia Description of subject: Anthony LaPaglia is an Australian actor best known for his Emmy-winning role on the television series "Without a Trace" and acclaimed performances in films such as "Lantana" and "Balibo."
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.