Tim DeKay
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Tim DeKay is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as White Collar and Carnivàle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tim DeKay canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3988794 — 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: Tim DeKay Context triple: [Carnivàle, starring, Tim DeKay]
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A.
Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
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B.
Mark DeBarge
Mark DeBarge is an American R&B singer and musician best known as a member of the family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s.
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C.
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
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D.
Justin Deas
Justin Deas is an American actor best known for his multiple Daytime Emmy-winning roles on soap operas such as Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and Santa Barbara.
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E.
Greg Corbin
Greg Corbin is a character from the animated television series "American Dad!", known as Stan Smith’s liberal, openly gay neighbor and local news anchor.
- 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: Tim DeKay Target entity description: Tim DeKay is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as White Collar and Carnivàle.
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A.
Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
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B.
Mark DeBarge
Mark DeBarge is an American R&B singer and musician best known as a member of the family group DeBarge, popular in the 1980s.
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C.
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
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D.
Justin Deas
Justin Deas is an American actor best known for his multiple Daytime Emmy-winning roles on soap operas such as Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and Santa Barbara.
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E.
Greg Corbin
Greg Corbin is a character from the animated television series "American Dad!", known as Stan Smith’s liberal, openly gay neighbor and local news anchor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Big Eden
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Carnivàle ⓘ Control ⓘ Party of Five ⓘ Tell Me You Love Me ⓘ White Collar ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1963-06-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Lansing, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Lansing, New York
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Le Moyne College
ⓘ
Mason Gross School of the Arts ⓘ Rutgers University ⓘ |
| familyName | DeKay ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Timothy ⓘ |
| hasChild |
daughter
ⓘ
son ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0214801 ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying Jonesy on Carnivàle
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portraying Peter Burke on White Collar ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| name | Tim DeKay ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Eden
ⓘ
Carnivàle ⓘ Control ⓘ Party of Five ⓘ Tell Me You Love Me ⓘ White Collar ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
television director ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Elisa Taylor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tim DeKay Description of subject: Tim DeKay is an American actor best known for his television roles in series such as White Collar and Carnivàle.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.