Dominic West
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Dominic West is a British actor known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as "The Wire" and "The Affair," as well as numerous film and stage performances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dominic West canonical | 46 |
| Dominic West as Richard Croft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1181033 — 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: Dominic West Context triple: [Money Monster, starring, Dominic West]
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A.
John Simm
John Simm is an English actor and musician best known for his roles in television series such as "Life on Mars," "Doctor Who," and "State of Play."
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B.
Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Robbie Lewis in the television series "Inspector Morse" and its spin-off "Lewis."
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C.
Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen is a Welsh actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in projects like "Frost/Nixon," "The Queen," and "Good Omens."
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D.
Russell Tovey
Russell Tovey is an English actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "Being Human," "Looking," and "Years and Years."
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E.
James D'Arcy
James D'Arcy is a British actor known for his roles in films such as "Dunkirk" and "Cloud Atlas" and in television series including "Broadchurch" and "Agent Carter."
- 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: Dominic West Target entity description: Dominic West is a British actor known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as "The Wire" and "The Affair," as well as numerous film and stage performances.
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A.
John Simm
John Simm is an English actor and musician best known for his roles in television series such as "Life on Mars," "Doctor Who," and "State of Play."
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B.
Kevin Whately
Kevin Whately is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Robbie Lewis in the television series "Inspector Morse" and its spin-off "Lewis."
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C.
Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen is a Welsh actor known for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in projects like "Frost/Nixon," "The Queen," and "Good Omens."
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D.
Russell Tovey
Russell Tovey is an English actor known for his work in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "Being Human," "Looking," and "Years and Years."
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E.
James D'Arcy
James D'Arcy is a British actor known for his roles in films such as "Dunkirk" and "Cloud Atlas" and in television series including "Broadchurch" and "Agent Carter."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor (The Appropriate Adult, 2012) ⓘ |
| birthName | Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1969-10-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
ⓘ
Guildhall School of Music and Drama ⓘ Trinity College, Dublin ⓘ
linked to:
Trinity College Dublin
|
| hasSibling | Polly West ⓘ |
| knownFor |
300
ⓘ
Chicago ⓘ Pride ⓘ The Affair ⓘ The Crown ⓘ The Hour ⓘ
linked to:
The Hour (TV series)
The Square ⓘ The Wire ⓘ Tomb Raider (2018 film) ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 2010-06-26 ⓘ |
| name | Dominic West ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (The Affair)
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (The Hour) ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
director ⓘ producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Sheffield
|
| relative |
Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (ancestor)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
|
| residence |
Glin Castle, County Limerick, Ireland
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ |
| role |
Fred Casely in Chicago
ⓘ
Hector Madden in The Hour ⓘ Henrik Vanger in The Square ⓘ Jimmy McNulty in The Wire ⓘ
linked to:
Jimmy McNulty
Jonathan Blake in Pride ⓘ Noah Solloway in The Affair ⓘ Prince Charles in The Crown ⓘ Sab Than in John Carter ⓘ Theron in 300 ⓘ |
| spouse | Catherine FitzGerald ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1991–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: Dominic West Description of subject: Dominic West is a British actor known for his roles in acclaimed television series such as "The Wire" and "The Affair," as well as numerous film and stage performances.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Hour (TV series)
subject linked to:
Sab Than in John Carter
subject linked to:
Jonathan Blake in Pride
subject linked to:
Henrik Vanger in The Square
subject linked to:
Glin Castle, County Limerick, Ireland
subject linked to:
Glin Castle, County Limerick, Ireland
subject linked to:
The Pursuit of Love
subject linked to:
Tomb Raider film series
linked to: Dominic West