William Jackson Harper
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William Jackson Harper is an American actor best known for his role as Chidi Anagonye on the television series "The Good Place."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Jackson Harper canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2351254 — 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 Jackson Harper Context triple: [Midsommar, portrayedBy, William Jackson Harper]
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A.
Geoffrey Wright
Geoffrey Wright is an Australian film director best known for his gritty and controversial work, including the neo-Nazi skinhead drama "Romper Stomper."
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B.
Holt McCallany
Holt McCallany is an American actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in film and television, including a prominent turn as FBI agent Bill Tench in the series "Mindhunter."
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C.
Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Schreiber is a Canadian-American actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including standout performances in series like "Orange Is the New Black" and "American Gods."
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D.
Corey Hawkins
Corey Hawkins is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Straight Outta Compton" and "Kong: Skull Island," as well as television series such as "24: Legacy."
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E.
Corey Stoll
Corey Stoll is an American actor known for his prominent roles in film and television, including his acclaimed performance as Congressman Peter Russo in the political drama series "House of Cards."
- 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 Jackson Harper Target entity description: William Jackson Harper is an American actor best known for his role as Chidi Anagonye on the television series "The Good Place."
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A.
Geoffrey Wright
Geoffrey Wright is an Australian film director best known for his gritty and controversial work, including the neo-Nazi skinhead drama "Romper Stomper."
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B.
Holt McCallany
Holt McCallany is an American actor best known for his tough, authoritative roles in film and television, including a prominent turn as FBI agent Bill Tench in the series "Mindhunter."
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C.
Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Schreiber is a Canadian-American actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including standout performances in series like "Orange Is the New Black" and "American Gods."
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D.
Corey Hawkins
Corey Hawkins is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Straight Outta Compton" and "Kong: Skull Island," as well as television series such as "24: Legacy."
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E.
Corey Stoll
Corey Stoll is an American actor known for his prominent roles in film and television, including his acclaimed performance as Congressman Peter Russo in the political drama series "House of Cards."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ |
| birthName | William Fitzgerald Harper ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Chidi Anagonye ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedIn | The Good Place ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1980-02-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | College of Santa Fe ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African Americans
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linked to:
Black Americans
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| familyName | Harper ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Chidi Anagonye on The Good Place ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | William Jackson Harper ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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Love Life ⓘ Midsommar ⓘ The Good Place ⓘ The Underground Railroad ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dallas, Texas, United States
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linked to:
Dallas, Texas
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| residence |
New York City (as of late 2010s)
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linked to:
New York City
|
How these facts were elicited
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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 Jackson Harper Description of subject: William Jackson Harper is an American actor best known for his role as Chidi Anagonye on the television series "The Good Place."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.