Martin Freeman
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Martin Freeman is an English actor known for his roles in "The Office" (UK), "Sherlock," and as Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit" film trilogy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Martin Freeman canonical | 53 |
| Martin John Christopher Freeman | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T382112 — 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: Martin Freeman Context triple: [Love Actually, hasCastMember, Martin Freeman]
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A.
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor known for his intense, transformative performances in film and television, including roles in "Peaky Blinders," "28 Days Later," and numerous Christopher Nolan movies.
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B.
Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes is an English actor known for his roles in films such as "Shakespeare in Love" and various historical and dramatic productions in both cinema and television.
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C.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch is an acclaimed English actor known for his roles in the television series "Sherlock" and films such as "The Imitation Game" and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's "Doctor Strange."
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D.
Paul Bettany
Paul Bettany is an English actor known for his roles in films such as "A Beautiful Mind" and for portraying Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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E.
Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall is an English character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including notable roles in the Harry Potter series, Mike Leigh’s dramas, and various acclaimed British productions.
- 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: Martin Freeman Target entity description: Martin Freeman is an English actor known for his roles in "The Office" (UK), "Sherlock," and as Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit" film trilogy.
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A.
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor known for his intense, transformative performances in film and television, including roles in "Peaky Blinders," "28 Days Later," and numerous Christopher Nolan movies.
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B.
Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes is an English actor known for his roles in films such as "Shakespeare in Love" and various historical and dramatic productions in both cinema and television.
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C.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch is an acclaimed English actor known for his roles in the television series "Sherlock" and films such as "The Imitation Game" and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's "Doctor Strange."
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D.
Paul Bettany
Paul Bettany is an English actor known for his roles in films such as "A Beautiful Mind" and for portraying Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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E.
Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall is an English character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including notable roles in the Harry Potter series, Mike Leigh’s dramas, and various acclaimed British productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie ⓘ |
| birthName |
Martin John Christopher Freeman
ⓘ
linked to:
Martin Freeman
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-09-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Central School of Speech and Drama ⓘ |
| familyName | Freeman ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Martin ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Grace Freeman
ⓘ
Joe Freeman ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Martin Freeman ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Black Panther (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Panther
Breeders (TV series) ⓘ Captain America: Civil War ⓘ Fargo (TV series) ⓘ Love Actually ⓘ Sherlock (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock
StartUp (TV series) ⓘ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) ⓘ The Hobbit film trilogy ⓘ The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ⓘ The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ⓘ The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ⓘ The Office (UK TV series) ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Aldershot, Hampshire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Aldershot
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| role |
Alfie in The All Together
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Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur Dent
Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy ⓘ
linked to:
Bilbo Baggins
Chris in Swinging with the Finkels ⓘ Dan in Breeders (TV series) ⓘ Dr. John Watson in Sherlock ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Watson
Everett K. Ross in Black Panther (film) ⓘ
linked to:
Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross
Everett K. Ross in Captain America: Civil War ⓘ Gary in What's Your Number? ⓘ Lester Nygaard in Fargo (TV series) ⓘ Michael in Love Actually ⓘ Paul Maddens in Nativity! ⓘ Paul Worsley in The Eichmann Show ⓘ Phil Rask in StartUp (TV series) ⓘ Richard III in The Hollow Crown ⓘ
linked to:
The Hollow Crown
Tim Canterbury in The Office (UK) ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Halpert in The Office (U.S. TV series)
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| spouse | Amanda Abbington ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1990s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Martin Freeman Description of subject: Martin Freeman is an English actor known for his roles in "The Office" (UK), "Sherlock," and as Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit" film trilogy.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Martin Freeman
subject linked to:
Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross
subject linked to:
Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross
linked to: Martin Freeman
subject linked to:
StartUp (TV series)
subject linked to:
Lester Nygaard in Fargo (TV series)
subject linked to:
Michael in Love Actually
subject linked to:
What’s Your Number?