Peter Strauss
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Peter Strauss is an American actor best known for his work in television miniseries and films, including prominent roles in dramas throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Strauss canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5447387 — 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: Peter Strauss Context triple: [Operation Finale, starring, Peter Strauss]
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A.
Bob Giraldi
Bob Giraldi is an American film and music video director known for his influential work in the 1980s, including iconic videos for major artists like Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
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B.
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel is an American actor known for his intense, often morally complex roles in films by directors like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, including classics such as "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," and "Reservoir Dogs."
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C.
Michael York
Michael York is an English actor known for his roles in films such as "Cabaret," "Logan's Run," and the "Austin Powers" series.
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D.
David Strathairn
David Strathairn is an American character actor known for his nuanced performances in film, television, and theater, including acclaimed roles in works like "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Nomadland."
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E.
Jason Patric
Jason Patric is an American film and stage actor known for roles in movies such as "The Lost Boys," "Sleepers," and "Speed 2: Cruise Control."
- 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: Peter Strauss Target entity description: Peter Strauss is an American actor best known for his work in television miniseries and films, including prominent roles in dramas throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Bob Giraldi
Bob Giraldi is an American film and music video director known for his influential work in the 1980s, including iconic videos for major artists like Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
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B.
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel is an American actor known for his intense, often morally complex roles in films by directors like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, including classics such as "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," and "Reservoir Dogs."
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C.
Michael York
Michael York is an English actor known for his roles in films such as "Cabaret," "Logan's Run," and the "Austin Powers" series.
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D.
David Strathairn
David Strathairn is an American character actor known for his nuanced performances in film, television, and theater, including acclaimed roles in works like "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Nomadland."
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E.
Jason Patric
Jason Patric is an American film and stage actor known for roles in movies such as "The Lost Boys," "Sleepers," and "Speed 2: Cruise Control."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-02-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Northwestern University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| hasPartInTheSeries | television miniseries ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| name | Peter Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic roles in the 1970s and 1980s
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roles in television miniseries ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kane & Abel
NERFINISHED
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Masada NERFINISHED ⓘ Rich Man, Poor Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Rich Man, Poor Man Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jericho Mile NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Tycoon (1976 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Secret of NIMH NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Lawyers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Beverly Baker Paulding
NERFINISHED
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Nicole Fons NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Ticotin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceWork | The Secret of NIMH NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Peter Strauss Description of subject: Peter Strauss is an American actor best known for his work in television miniseries and films, including prominent roles in dramas throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.