Mark Strong
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Mark Strong is a British actor known for his intense screen presence and frequent roles as complex villains or stern mentors in films such as "Kingsman," "Sherlock Holmes," and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Strong canonical | 61 |
| Jack Davenport | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T382177 — 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: Mark Strong Context triple: [Kingsman: The Secret Service, castMember, Mark Strong]
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A.
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
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B.
Peter Macon
Peter Macon is an American actor best known for playing the Moclan officer Lt. Cmdr. Bortus on the science fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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C.
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin Whitrow was a British character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of Mr. Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
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D.
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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E.
David Bamber
David Bamber is an English actor known for his character roles in British television and film, including his portrayal of Mr. Collins in the 1995 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
- 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: Mark Strong Target entity description: Mark Strong is a British actor known for his intense screen presence and frequent roles as complex villains or stern mentors in films such as "Kingsman," "Sherlock Holmes," and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
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A.
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
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B.
Peter Macon
Peter Macon is an American actor best known for playing the Moclan officer Lt. Cmdr. Bortus on the science fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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C.
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin Whitrow was a British character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of Mr. Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
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D.
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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E.
David Bamber
David Bamber is an English actor known for his character roles in British television and film, including his portrayal of Mr. Collins in the 1995 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| birthName | Marco Giuseppe Salussolia ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Dr. Thaddeus Sivana in Shazam! (2019 film)
ⓘ
Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010 film) ⓘ Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) ⓘ Lord Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) ⓘ Merlin in the Kingsman film series ⓘ Sinestro in Green Lantern (2011 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Green Lantern
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963-08-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
ⓘ
Royal Holloway, University of London ⓘ |
| eyeColor | brown ⓘ |
| hairColor | bald ⓘ |
| hasChild | two sons ⓘ |
| hasWorkedWith |
actor Colin Firth
ⓘ
linked to:
Colin Firth
actor Gary Oldman ⓘ
linked to:
Gary Oldman
actor Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Downey Jr.
director Guy Ritchie ⓘ
linked to:
Guy Ritchie
director Matthew Vaughn ⓘ director Tomas Alfredson ⓘ
linked to:
Tomas Alfredson
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Mark Strong ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense screen presence
ⓘ
portraying complex villains ⓘ portraying stern mentor characters ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
deep voice
ⓘ
frequent casting as antagonists ⓘ |
| notableWork |
1917 (2019 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
1917 (film)
Body of Lies ⓘ Deep State (TV series) ⓘ Green Lantern (2011 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Green Lantern
Kick-Ass (2010 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Kick-Ass
Kingsman: The Golden Circle ⓘ Kingsman: The Secret Service ⓘ Our Friends in the North ⓘ Shazam! (2019 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Shazam!
Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) ⓘ The Imitation Game ⓘ The Long Firm ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) ⓘ Zero Dark Thirty ⓘ
linked to:
Zero Dark Thirty (2012 film)
|
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | London, England ⓘ |
| spouse | Liza Marshall ⓘ |
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: Mark Strong Description of subject: Mark Strong is a British actor known for his intense screen presence and frequent roles as complex villains or stern mentors in films such as "Kingsman," "Sherlock Holmes," and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mark Strong
subject linked to:
Merlin
subject linked to:
Ido Ostrowsky
subject linked to:
Jim Prideaux in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film)
subject linked to:
Frank D'Amico in Kick-Ass (2010 film)
subject linked to:
Deep State (TV series)
subject linked to:
Shazam! (as executive at associated company)