# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-thornton
# Generated: 2026-09-02T03:41:12.446Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-thornton"
name: "David Thornton"
slug: "david-thornton"
description: "David Farrington Thornton is an American actor. He has appeared in John Q, Home Alone 3 as Earl Unger, Law & Order, The Notebook, and The Other Woman, among other roles. He is the husband of singer, songwriter and actress Cyndi Lauper."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Thornton_on_RealTVfilms.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-06-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.654057771664374
  historical:           22.118088
  currentAttention:     25.65734918451562
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0861513"
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    title: "Торнтон, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump