William McChord Hurt
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William McChord Hurt was an American actor known for his intense, introspective performances and acclaimed roles in films such as "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "Broadcast News," and "The Big Chill."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William McChord Hurt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9245018 — 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: William McChord Hurt Context triple: [William Hurt, fullName, William McChord Hurt]
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A.
David Hennings
David Hennings is a film cinematographer known for his work on major studio comedies and other feature films, including "Horrible Bosses."
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B.
Robert Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and "Gladiator."
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C.
Fred Ward
Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
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D.
Noel Willman
Noel Willman was a British actor and director known for his work on stage and screen, including directing major West End and Broadway productions.
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E.
Joel Harlow
Joel Harlow is an Academy Award-winning American makeup artist and special effects designer known for his work on films such as "Star Trek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."
- 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: William McChord Hurt Target entity description: William McChord Hurt was an American actor known for his intense, introspective performances and acclaimed roles in films such as "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "Broadcast News," and "The Big Chill."
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A.
David Hennings
David Hennings is a film cinematographer known for his work on major studio comedies and other feature films, including "Horrible Bosses."
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B.
Robert Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and "Gladiator."
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C.
Fred Ward
Fred Ward was an American character actor known for his rugged, everyman roles in films such as "Tremors," "The Right Stuff," and "Short Cuts."
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D.
Noel Willman
Noel Willman was a British actor and director known for his work on stage and screen, including directing major West End and Broadway productions.
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E.
Joel Harlow
Joel Harlow is an Academy Award-winning American makeup artist and special effects designer known for his work on films such as "Star Trek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ Obie Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | prostate cancer ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-03-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-03-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Juilliard School
ⓘ
Tufts University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | William McChord Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor for Broadcast News
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actor for Children of a Lesser God NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | intense, introspective performances ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A History of Violence
NERFINISHED
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Altered States NERFINISHED ⓘ Avengers: Endgame NERFINISHED ⓘ Avengers: Infinity War NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Widow NERFINISHED ⓘ Body Heat NERFINISHED ⓘ Broadcast News NERFINISHED ⓘ Captain America: Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Children of a Lesser God NERFINISHED ⓘ Dark City NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorky Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Into the Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiss of the Spider Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Lost in Space NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriana NERFINISHED ⓘ The Accidental Tourist NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Chill NERFINISHED ⓘ The Doctor NERFINISHED ⓘ The Good Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ The Incredible Hulk NERFINISHED ⓘ The Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| partner |
Marlee Matlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sandra Jennings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| placeOfDeath | Portland, Oregon, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Beth Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1970s–2022 ⓘ |
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: William McChord Hurt Description of subject: William McChord Hurt was an American actor known for his intense, introspective performances and acclaimed roles in films such as "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "Broadcast News," and "The Big Chill."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.