Patrick O'Connell

E904880

American actor human

Patrick O'Connell is an American actor and the father of musicians Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Patrick O'Connell canonical	5
Patrick O’Connell	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10846819 — 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: Patrick O'Connell
Context triple: [Finneas O'Connell, father, Patrick O'Connell]

A. Sean McDonough
Sean McDonough is an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling Major League Baseball and college sports on national television.
B. Roger O'Connor
Roger O'Connor was an Irish nationalist and writer known for his radical political views in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
C. Padraic McKinley
Padraic McKinley is a film editor best known for his work on the action thriller movie "Homefront."
D. Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the online advertising company DoubleClick.
E. Patrick Fagan
Patrick Fagan is a British behavioral scientist and consultant known for applying psychological insights to marketing, political campaigning, and public communication.
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: Patrick O'Connell
Target entity description: Patrick O'Connell is an American actor and the father of musicians Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish.

A. Sean McDonough
Sean McDonough is an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling Major League Baseball and college sports on national television.
B. Roger O'Connor
Roger O'Connor was an Irish nationalist and writer known for his radical political views in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
C. Padraic McKinley
Padraic McKinley is a film editor best known for his work on the action thriller movie "Homefront."
D. Kevin O'Connor
Kevin O'Connor is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the online advertising company DoubleClick.
E. Patrick Fagan
Patrick Fagan is a British behavioral scientist and consultant known for applying psychological insights to marketing, political campaigning, and public communication.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (20)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American actor ⓘ human ⓘ
child	Billie Eilish ⓘ Finneas O'Connell ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish American ⓘ
fatherOf	Billie Eilish ⓘ Finneas O'Connell ⓘ
genre	film acting ⓘ television acting ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
notableRelative	Billie Eilish ⓘ Finneas O'Connell ⓘ Maggie Baird ⓘ
notableWork	Baskets ⓘ Iron Man ⓘ The West Wing ⓘ linked to: The West Wing (TV series)
occupation	actor ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Maggie Baird ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Finneas O'Connell → father → Patrick O'Connell ⓘ

The Brothers → stars → Patrick O'Connell ⓘ

Maggie Baird → spouse → Patrick O'Connell ⓘ

subject linked to: O'Connell

Billie Eilish → parent → Patrick O'Connell ⓘ

subject linked to: O'Connell

O'Connell → hasNotableBearer → Patrick O'Connell ⓘ

Maggie Baird → spouse → Patrick O’Connell ⓘ

linked to: Patrick O'Connell

Maggie Baird → hasRelative → Patrick O’Connell ⓘ