David Mann
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David Mann is an American actor and comedian best known for his recurring roles in Tyler Perry’s stage plays and films, particularly as the character Mr. Brown.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Mann canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7961750 — 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: David Mann Context triple: [Madea’s Big Happy Family, featuresActor, David Mann]
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A.
Robert Mann
Robert Mann was a 19th-century American man best known as the son of influential education reformer Horace Mann.
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B.
Don Hahn
Don Hahn is an American film producer best known for overseeing several of Disney’s most acclaimed animated features, including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
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C.
Hank Corwin
Hank Corwin is an acclaimed American film editor known for his impressionistic, nonlinear cutting style on films such as The Tree of Life, The Big Short, and Vice.
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D.
Charles Lachman
Charles Lachman was a businessman and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the American cosmetics company Revlon.
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E.
Lee Weiner
Lee Weiner is an American political activist best known as one of the Chicago Seven defendants charged with conspiracy and inciting riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests.
- 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: David Mann Target entity description: David Mann is an American actor and comedian best known for his recurring roles in Tyler Perry’s stage plays and films, particularly as the character Mr. Brown.
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A.
Robert Mann
Robert Mann was a 19th-century American man best known as the son of influential education reformer Horace Mann.
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B.
Don Hahn
Don Hahn is an American film producer best known for overseeing several of Disney’s most acclaimed animated features, including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.
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C.
Hank Corwin
Hank Corwin is an acclaimed American film editor known for his impressionistic, nonlinear cutting style on films such as The Tree of Life, The Big Short, and Vice.
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D.
Charles Lachman
Charles Lachman was a businessman and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the American cosmetics company Revlon.
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E.
Lee Weiner
Lee Weiner is an American political activist best known as one of the Chicago Seven defendants charged with conspiracy and inciting riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Mr. Brown ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Tyler Perry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Mann ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
gospel ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portrayal of Mr. Brown
ⓘ
recurring roles in Tyler Perry’s stage plays ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | David Mann ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Mr. Brown in House of Payne
ⓘ
Mr. Brown in Meet the Browns (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown in Meet the Browns (film) ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Brown
Mr. Brown in Tyler Perry’s stage plays ⓘ
linked to:
Tyler Perry stage plays
|
| notableWork |
Mann & Wife (TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mann and Wife
Meet the Browns (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (TV series)
The Manns (reality TV series) ⓘ Tyler Perry’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman (stage play) ⓘ
linked to:
Tyler Perry stage plays
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne ⓘ
linked to:
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself (stage play) ⓘ
linked to:
I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play)
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion (stage play) ⓘ
linked to:
Madea’s Family Reunion
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ gospel singer ⓘ |
| performingPartner | Tamela Mann ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Tamela Mann ⓘ |
| workFocus | faith-based entertainment ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: David Mann Description of subject: David Mann is an American actor and comedian best known for his recurring roles in Tyler Perry’s stage plays and films, particularly as the character Mr. Brown.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.