Personal life
Thornton was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He is the son of Robert Donald Thornton (1917-2006), an international authority on the Scottish poet Robert Burns, who taught English at Harvard University among other institutions, and Grace Ellen, née Baker.Who Was Who In America 2006-2007, vol. XVIII, Kerry Nugent Morrison, Marquis Who's Who, 2007, p. 241 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 (born 1997). In 2005, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Thornton in ''Thornton v. Baron'', which is considered a landmark decision in the New York real estate industry, specifically dealing with rent stabilization in New York.Filmography
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* 1953 births Living people People from Cheraw, South Carolina American male film actors American male television actors Hamilton College (New York) alumni Male actors from South Carolina 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors {{US-tv-actor-1950s-stub