Kris Paronto
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Kris Paronto is a former U.S. Army Ranger and private security contractor best known for his role defending the American diplomatic compound during the 2012 Benghazi attack, as later depicted in the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kris Paronto canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749357 — 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: Kris Paronto Context triple: [13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, mainCharacter, Kris Paronto]
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Nunivak Cupik
Nunivak Cupik are an Alaska Native Yupik people indigenous to Nunivak Island, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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B.
Julanne Johnston
Julanne Johnston was an American silent film actress best known for her role opposite Douglas Fairbanks in the classic 1924 fantasy film "The Thief of Bagdad."
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C.
Kevin Yagher
Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
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D.
Ray Nicolette
Ray Nicolette is a fictional ATF agent who appears in Elmore Leonard’s crime novels and their film adaptations, notably portrayed by Michael Keaton in "Jackie Brown" and "Out of Sight."
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E.
Ian Hendrickson-Smith
Ian Hendrickson-Smith is an American jazz saxophonist and flutist known for his work as a versatile session musician and performer with various prominent bands and artists.
- 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: Kris Paronto Target entity description: Kris Paronto is a former U.S. Army Ranger and private security contractor best known for his role defending the American diplomatic compound during the 2012 Benghazi attack, as later depicted in the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
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A.
Nunivak Cupik
Nunivak Cupik are an Alaska Native Yupik people indigenous to Nunivak Island, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditional subsistence lifestyle.
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B.
Julanne Johnston
Julanne Johnston was an American silent film actress best known for her role opposite Douglas Fairbanks in the classic 1924 fantasy film "The Thief of Bagdad."
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C.
Gregory Widen
Gregory Widen is an American screenwriter and director best known for creating the film "Highlander" and writing the screenplay for the firefighter drama "Backdraft."
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D.
Kevin Yagher
Kevin Yagher is an American special effects and makeup artist and director best known for his work on horror and fantasy films and for creating iconic genre characters.
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E.
Ray Nicolette
Ray Nicolette is a fictional ATF agent who appears in Elmore Leonard’s crime novels and their film adaptations, notably portrayed by Michael Keaton in "Jackie Brown" and "Out of Sight."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ military veteran ⓘ public speaker ⓘ |
| appearedOn | U.S. television news programs ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coAuthor |
John Tiegen
ⓘ
Mark Geist ⓘ Mitchell Zuckoff ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| education | attended college in the United States ⓘ |
| employer | Central Intelligence Agency contractor program ⓘ |
| familyName | Paronto ⓘ |
| genre | military non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Kris ⓘ |
| hasRole | CIA security contractor in Benghazi ⓘ |
| hasSocialMediaPresence |
Facebook
ⓘ
Instagram ⓘ Twitter ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
|
| hasWebsite | official personal website ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Army Ranger ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | 75th Ranger Regiment ⓘ |
| name | Kris Paronto ⓘ |
| notableFor | defending U.S. facilities during the 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ |
| notableWork | 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi ⓘ |
| occupation |
U.S. Army Ranger
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Army Rangers
author ⓘ motivational speaker ⓘ private security contractor ⓘ |
| participantIn | 2012 Benghazi attack ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative commentator ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Pablo Schreiber ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi ⓘ |
| serviceNumberOfDeployments | multiple deployments to the Middle East ⓘ |
| speaksAbout |
combat experience
ⓘ
leadership ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
| subjectOf | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Benghazi, Libya
ⓘ
linked to:
Benghazi
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| writesAbout |
Benghazi attack
ⓘ
linked to:
2012 Benghazi attack
military service ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Kris Paronto Description of subject: Kris Paronto is a former U.S. Army Ranger and private security contractor best known for his role defending the American diplomatic compound during the 2012 Benghazi attack, as later depicted in the film "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi
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basedOnAccountsOf
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Kris Paronto
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subject linked to:
book "13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi"