Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Best Featured Actor in a Play canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T197204 — 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: Best Featured Actor in a Play Context triple: [Tony Award, categoryIncludes, Best Featured Actor in a Play]
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A.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious annual honor presented by SAG-AFTRA to recognize exceptional lead performances by male actors in motion pictures.
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B.
Tony Award
The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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C.
Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
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D.
Best Actress
Best Actress is a major Academy Award category that honors the most outstanding leading performance by a female actor in a given year.
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E.
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
The BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious British film accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding performances by male actors in leading roles.
- 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: Best Featured Actor in a Play Target entity description: Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
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A.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious annual honor presented by SAG-AFTRA to recognize exceptional lead performances by male actors in motion pictures.
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B.
Tony Award
The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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C.
Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
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D.
Best Actress
Best Actress is a major Academy Award category that honors the most outstanding leading performance by a female actor in a given year.
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E.
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
The BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a prestigious British film accolade presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to honor outstanding performances by male actors in leading roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
ⓘ
theatre award category ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play ⓘ |
| awardCategoryGender | male ⓘ |
| awardCategoryMedium | play ⓘ |
| awardCategoryScope | Broadway ⓘ |
| awardCategoryType | supporting role ⓘ |
| awardFor | supporting male acting performance in a Broadway play ⓘ |
| awardFrequency | annually ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibilityCriterion |
performance in a Broadway production
ⓘ
performance in a supporting or featured role ⓘ performer identifies as male for award purposes ⓘ |
| field |
performing arts
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwardedForSeason | 1946–1947 Broadway season ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| notableFor | recognizing outstanding supporting performances in Broadway plays ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Awards
ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Award
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| presentedAt | annual Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Best Actor in a Play
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Best Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ Best Featured Actress in a Play ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| typicalCeremonyLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Best Featured Actor in a Play Description of subject: Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
Referenced by (3)
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