David Thornton (actor) - Actor David Thornton

David Thornton (born June 12, 1953) is an American actor. He has appeared in John Q, Home Alone 3, Law & Order, The Notebook, and The Other Woman, among other roles. He is the husband of Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper.

Personal life

Thornton is the son of Dr. Robert Donald Thornton, an international authority on the Scottish poet Robert Burns who taught English at Harvard University for 45 years. He graduated from Hamilton College and Yale Drama School and studied at Lee Strasberg's Actors' Studio.

Thornton met singer Cyndi Lauper on the set of the film Off and Running. They married in November 1991 and have a son, Declyn Wallace Thornton (b. 1997).