D.J. Cotrona
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D.J. Cotrona is an American actor best known for his roles in action and genre films and television series, including portraying Flint in the G.I. Joe franchise and superhero Freddy Freeman in "Shazam!".
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| D.J. Cotrona canonical | 4 |
| D. J. Cotrona | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3129903 — 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: D.J. Cotrona Context triple: [G.I. Joe: Retaliation, stars, D.J. Cotrona]
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A.
Donte DiVincenzo
Donte DiVincenzo is an American professional basketball player and NCAA champion known for his standout performances at Villanova University and subsequent NBA career.
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B.
Alex Lacamoire
Alex Lacamoire is a Grammy- and Tony-winning music director, arranger, and orchestrator best known for his work on hit Broadway musicals such as Hamilton, In the Heights, and Dear Evan Hansen.
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C.
Tavon Garris
Tavon Garris is a character in the crime drama television series "The Shield," involved in the gritty, morally complex world surrounding the show's central police unit.
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D.
Chris Tierney
Chris Tierney is an American former professional soccer player best known as a long-serving left back and set-piece specialist for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.
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E.
Iman Shumpert
Iman Shumpert is an American former NBA shooting guard and small forward best known for his defensive play and for winning an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.
- 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: D.J. Cotrona Target entity description: D.J. Cotrona is an American actor best known for his roles in action and genre films and television series, including portraying Flint in the G.I. Joe franchise and superhero Freddy Freeman in "Shazam!".
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A.
Donte DiVincenzo
Donte DiVincenzo is an American professional basketball player and NCAA champion known for his standout performances at Villanova University and subsequent NBA career.
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B.
Alex Lacamoire
Alex Lacamoire is a Grammy- and Tony-winning music director, arranger, and orchestrator best known for his work on hit Broadway musicals such as Hamilton, In the Heights, and Dear Evan Hansen.
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C.
Tavon Garris
Tavon Garris is a character in the crime drama television series "The Shield," involved in the gritty, morally complex world surrounding the show's central police unit.
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D.
Chris Tierney
Chris Tierney is an American former professional soccer player best known as a long-serving left back and set-piece specialist for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.
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E.
Iman Shumpert
Iman Shumpert is an American former NBA shooting guard and small forward best known for his defensive play and for winning an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| basedIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| birthName | Donald Joseph Cotrona ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Cotrona ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization |
action films
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genre television ⓘ |
| givenName | Donald ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| name | D.J. Cotrona ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dear John
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From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series ⓘ G.I. Joe: Retaliation ⓘ Shazam! ⓘ Skin ⓘ Windfall ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| playedCharacterIn |
Flint in G.I. Joe: Retaliation
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linked to:
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Freddy Freeman in Shazam! ⓘ Seth Gecko in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Flint
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Freddy Freeman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: D.J. Cotrona Description of subject: D.J. Cotrona is an American actor best known for his roles in action and genre films and television series, including portraying Flint in the G.I. Joe franchise and superhero Freddy Freeman in "Shazam!".
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: D.J. Cotrona
linked to: D.J. Cotrona