Brian Michael Smith
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LGBT rights activist
film actor
human
television actor
transgender man
transgender rights advocate
voice actor
Brian Michael Smith is an American actor and transgender advocate best known for his groundbreaking role as a transgender firefighter on the television series "9-1-1: Lone Star."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brian Michael Smith canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10225687 — 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: Brian Michael Smith Context triple: [9-1-1: Lone Star, leadActor, Brian Michael Smith]
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A.
Todd Smith
"Todd Smith" is a 2006 studio album by American rapper and actor LL Cool J, showcasing his blend of hip hop and R&B collaborations.
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B.
Jason A. Smith
Jason A. Smith is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who previously served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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C.
Luke Smith
Luke Smith is a genetically engineered, highly intelligent teenage boy who becomes the adopted son and companion of former Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith in the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
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D.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith is the doomed husband and diner owner whose murder becomes the central plot of the 1946 film noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
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E.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Buckingham constituency.
- 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: Brian Michael Smith Target entity description: Brian Michael Smith is an American actor and transgender advocate best known for his groundbreaking role as a transgender firefighter on the television series "9-1-1: Lone Star."
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A.
Todd Smith
"Todd Smith" is a 2006 studio album by American rapper and actor LL Cool J, showcasing his blend of hip hop and R&B collaborations.
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B.
Jason A. Smith
Jason A. Smith is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who previously served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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C.
Luke Smith
Luke Smith is a genetically engineered, highly intelligent teenage boy who becomes the adopted son and companion of former Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith in the Doctor Who spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures."
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D.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith is the doomed husband and diner owner whose murder becomes the central plot of the 1946 film noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
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E.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Buckingham constituency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LGBT rights activist
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ transgender man ⓘ transgender rights advocate ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
LGBTQ+ representation in media
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transgender rights ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
9-1-1: Lone Star
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Blue Bloods ⓘ Chicago P.D. ⓘ Copaganda ⓘ Girls ⓘ Law & Order ⓘ Lemon ⓘ Queen Sugar ⓘ The Detour ⓘ The L Word: Generation Q ⓘ |
| characterIn | 9-1-1: Lone Star ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1983-01-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Kent State University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
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linked to:
Black Americans
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| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| givenName | Brian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the first out Black transgender men in a series regular role on network television
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playing a transgender firefighter on 9-1-1: Lone Star ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Brian Michael Smith ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | 9-1-1: Lone Star ⓘ |
| occupation |
LGBT rights activist
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actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ transgender rights advocate ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
| portrayed | Paul Strickland ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California
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New York City ⓘ |
| role | Paul Strickland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | queer ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | English ⓘ |
| spouse | Daniella Smith ⓘ |
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: Brian Michael Smith Description of subject: Brian Michael Smith is an American actor and transgender advocate best known for his groundbreaking role as a transgender firefighter on the television series "9-1-1: Lone Star."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.