Marc Maron
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Marc Maron is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster best known for his influential podcast "WTF with Marc Maron" and his roles in television and film.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marc Maron canonical | 45 |
| Marc Maron (character) | 1 |
| Marc Maron (fictionalized version) | 1 |
| Marc Maron discography | 1 |
| Marc Maron’s monologues | 1 |
| Marcus David Maron | 1 |
| WTF with Marc Maron podcast interviews | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1226046 — 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: Marc Maron Context triple: [Respect (2021 film), castMember, Marc Maron]
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A.
B. J. Novak
B. J. Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director best known for his work on the U.S. version of "The Office."
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B.
Joel McHale
Joel McHale is an American actor, comedian, and television host best known for leading the satirical series "The Soup" and starring on the sitcom "Community."
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C.
Bill Burr
Bill Burr is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster known for his abrasive, observational humor and candid takes on social and cultural issues.
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D.
Glenn Howerton
Glenn Howerton is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring as Dennis Reynolds on the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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E.
Michael Ian Black
Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director known for his work on "The State," "Stella," and numerous stand-up and television appearances.
- 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: Marc Maron Target entity description: Marc Maron is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster best known for his influential podcast "WTF with Marc Maron" and his roles in television and film.
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A.
B. J. Novak
B. J. Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director best known for his work on the U.S. version of "The Office."
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B.
Joel McHale
Joel McHale is an American actor, comedian, and television host best known for leading the satirical series "The Soup" and starring on the sitcom "Community."
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C.
Bill Burr
Bill Burr is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster known for his abrasive, observational humor and candid takes on social and cultural issues.
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D.
Glenn Howerton
Glenn Howerton is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring as Dennis Reynolds on the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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E.
Michael Ian Black
Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director known for his work on "The State," "Stella," and numerous stand-up and television appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ podcaster ⓘ radio personality ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Almost Famous
ⓘ
GLOW (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
GLOW
Joker (2019 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Joker
Maron (TV series) ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Attempting Normal
ⓘ
Waiting for the Punch ⓘ |
| birthName |
Marcus David Maron
ⓘ
linked to:
Marc Maron
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963-09-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Boston University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
acting
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ podcasting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy podcast
ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | podcast interview format in comedy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
WTF with Marc Maron podcast interviews
ⓘ
linked to:
Marc Maron
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
podcast ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | Marc Maron ⓘ |
| notableAward | Primetime Emmy Award nomination (as producer of WTF with Marc Maron) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
End Times Fun
ⓘ
From Bleak to Dark ⓘ GLOW ⓘ Maron ⓘ Thinky Pain ⓘ WTF with Marc Maron ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
podcaster ⓘ radio host ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| performedAt |
Comedy Cellar
ⓘ
Comedy Store ⓘ
linked to:
The Comedy Store
|
| placeOfBirth |
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Jersey City
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| positionHeld | host of WTF with Marc Maron ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| spouse | Mishna Wolff ⓘ |
| startTime | 2009 (for WTF with Marc Maron) ⓘ |
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: Marc Maron Description of subject: Marc Maron is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster best known for his influential podcast "WTF with Marc Maron" and his roles in television and film.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Respect
subject linked to:
Joker
linked to: Marc Maron
linked to: Marc Maron
linked to: Marc Maron
linked to: Marc Maron
linked to: Marc Maron
linked to: Marc Maron
subject linked to:
Spencer Confidential