Snake Plissken

E409593

antihero fictional character film character soldier

Snake Plissken is a hardened, one-eyed antihero and former Special Forces soldier turned outlaw from John Carpenter’s dystopian action films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Snake Plissken canonical	7
Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken	1
S.D. Bob Plissken	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4036666 — 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: Snake Plissken
Context triple: [Kurt Russell, portrayed, Snake Plissken]

A. Lt. Tragg
Lt. Tragg is a fictional homicide detective in the Perry Mason series, known as the persistent but fair police foil to defense attorney Perry Mason.
B. Commander Schultz
Commander Schultz is a sympathetic and conflicted military officer in Charlie Chaplin’s satirical film "The Great Dictator," who ultimately aids the film’s oppressed protagonists.
C. John Spartan
John Spartan is a tough, rule-breaking 20th-century cop who is cryogenically frozen and revived in a sanitized future to battle his old nemesis in the sci-fi action film "Demolition Man."
D. John Anderton
John Anderton is the troubled chief of a futuristic "Precrime" police unit who becomes a fugitive after being accused of a murder he has yet to commit in the science fiction story Minority Report.
E. Ripley
Ripley is a television miniseries adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels, starring Andrew Scott as the charismatic con artist Tom Ripley.
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: Snake Plissken
Target entity description: Snake Plissken is a hardened, one-eyed antihero and former Special Forces soldier turned outlaw from John Carpenter’s dystopian action films "Escape from New York" and "Escape from L.A."

A. Lt. Tragg
Lt. Tragg is a fictional homicide detective in the Perry Mason series, known as the persistent but fair police foil to defense attorney Perry Mason.
B. Commander Schultz
Commander Schultz is a sympathetic and conflicted military officer in Charlie Chaplin’s satirical film "The Great Dictator," who ultimately aids the film’s oppressed protagonists.
C. John Spartan
John Spartan is a tough, rule-breaking 20th-century cop who is cryogenically frozen and revived in a sanitized future to battle his old nemesis in the sci-fi action film "Demolition Man."
D. John Anderton
John Anderton is the troubled chief of a futuristic "Precrime" police unit who becomes a fugitive after being accused of a murder he has yet to commit in the science fiction story Minority Report.
E. Ripley
Ripley is a television miniseries adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels, starring Andrew Scott as the charismatic con artist Tom Ripley.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	antihero ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ soldier ⓘ
alignment	morally ambiguous ⓘ
appearsIn	Escape from L.A. ⓘ Escape from New York ⓘ
associatedWith	Los Angeles as penal colony ⓘ Manhattan Island maximum-security prison ⓘ linked to: Blackwell's Island
characterType	dystopian action hero ⓘ
combatSkill	hand-to-hand combat ⓘ weapons expertise ⓘ
createdFor	film ⓘ
creator	John Carpenter ⓘ Nick Castle ⓘ
eyeCondition	one-eyed ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1981 ⓘ
franchise	Escape series ⓘ
fullName	S.D. Bob Plissken ⓘ linked to: Snake Plissken
gender	male ⓘ
genre	action ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasFandom	cult following ⓘ
inspiredOtherCharacters	influence on later antihero protagonists ⓘ
loyalty	primarily to himself ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army Special Forces ⓘ linked to: United States Special Forces
missionInEscapeFromLA	retrieve a doomsday device ⓘ
missionInEscapeFromNewYork	rescue the President of the United States ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
nickname	Snake ⓘ
notableFeature	eye patch ⓘ
notableQuote	Call me Snake. ⓘ
occupation	Special Forces soldier ⓘ outlaw ⓘ
personalityTrait	anti-authoritarian ⓘ cynical ⓘ laconic ⓘ
portrayedBy	Kurt Russell ⓘ
rank	Lieutenant ⓘ
secondAppearance	Escape from L.A. ⓘ
secondAppearanceYear	1996 ⓘ
setting	dystopian future ⓘ
statusInStory	convicted criminal ⓘ
visualStyleInfluence	iconic eye patch and leather outfit ⓘ
weaponOfChoice	handgun ⓘ submachine gun ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurt Russell → portrayed → Snake Plissken ⓘ

Escape from L.A. → character → Snake Plissken ⓘ

Escape from L.A. → leadCharacter → Snake Plissken ⓘ

Escape from L.A. → basedOnCharacter → Snake Plissken ⓘ

Escape from New York → mainCharacter → Snake Plissken ⓘ

Escape from New York → protagonist → Snake Plissken ⓘ

Escape from New York → character → Snake Plissken ⓘ

Escape from New York → portrays → Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken ⓘ

linked to: Snake Plissken

Snake Plissken → fullName → S.D. Bob Plissken ⓘ