James Russo
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James Russo is an American character actor known for his intense, often tough-guy roles in crime dramas and thrillers across film and television.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Russo canonical | 12 |
| Tony "The Tiger" Russo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4625970 — 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)
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Target entity: James Russo Context triple: [Donnie Brasco, starring, James Russo]
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A.
Jeff Russo
Jeff Russo is an American composer and musician best known for his atmospheric scores for film, television, and video games, including series like Fargo and Star Trek: Discovery.
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B.
Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi is an American actor best known for his long-running role as FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner on the television series "The X-Files."
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C.
Alan Di Fiore
Alan Di Fiore is a Canadian screenwriter and producer known for his work in film and television, including co-writing the thriller "Money Monster."
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D.
Robert Mammone
Robert Mammone is an Australian actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in war dramas and action-oriented productions.
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E.
Michael Ferraro
Michael Ferraro is a co-founder of Blue Sky Studios, the acclaimed animation company behind films such as the Ice Age series.
- 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: James Russo Target entity description: James Russo is an American character actor known for his intense, often tough-guy roles in crime dramas and thrillers across film and television.
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A.
Jeff Russo
Jeff Russo is an American composer and musician best known for his atmospheric scores for film, television, and video games, including series like Fargo and Star Trek: Discovery.
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B.
Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi is an American actor best known for his long-running role as FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner on the television series "The X-Files."
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C.
Alan Di Fiore
Alan Di Fiore is a Canadian screenwriter and producer known for his work in film and television, including co-writing the thriller "Money Monster."
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D.
Robert Mammone
Robert Mammone is an Australian actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in war dramas and action-oriented productions.
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E.
Michael Ferraro
Michael Ferraro is a co-founder of Blue Sky Studios, the acclaimed animation company behind films such as the Ice Age series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century film
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21st-century film ⓘ American television ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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crime drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasRoleType |
antagonist roles
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supporting actor ⓘ villain roles ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration |
Brian De Palma
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Kevin Costner ⓘ Michael Mann ⓘ |
| notableFor |
crime drama roles
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intense screen presence ⓘ thriller roles ⓘ tough-guy roles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beverly Hills Cop
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Donnie Brasco ⓘ Extremities ⓘ Once Upon a Time in America ⓘ Open Range ⓘ Public Enemies ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| typicallyPlays |
criminal characters
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law enforcement characters ⓘ tough supporting roles ⓘ |
| workDomain |
film
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television ⓘ |
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: James Russo Description of subject: James Russo is an American character actor known for his intense, often tough-guy roles in crime dramas and thrillers across film and television.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: James Russo