
David Thornton
Highest Rated: 100% Semana santa (2015)
Lowest Rated: 5% Swept Away (2002)
Birthday: Jun 12, 1953
Birthplace: Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
David Thornton is perhaps most recognizable to modern audiences as the inimical but effective defense attorney Lionel Granger. As Granger, Thornton has often gone toe-to-toe with the (revolving door of) assistant District Attorneys on both "Law & Order" and its even more popular spin-off, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." While these procedural police dramas have produced a seemingly endless supply of attorneys to represent their rogues' gallery of defendants, Thornton has been given the opportunity to shine as Lionel Granger on multiple occasions. When he is given more air-time by clients who kill (or try to kill) the ADA assigned to their cases, the Machiavellian Granger never fails to take advantage of these convenient "accidents." Far from typecast as the sleazy lawyer, though, Thornton has had the opportunity to stretch his wings as an actor in critically acclaimed independent films like "Here and There." In that film, he starred as an emotionally detached but sympathetic New Yorker down on his luck and out of his element in Serbia. Thornton has also played key roles in more mainstream fare, such as "The Notebook," a tear-jerker of a romance, and "John Q," an action film starring Denzel Washington that is layered with social commentary.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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100% | 80% | Semana santa | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 49% | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Simon Rudolph (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Trophy Kids | Charlie (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Fake | Tay Murphy (Character) | - | 2010 |
48% | 72% | My Sister's Keeper | Dr. Chance (Character) | $49.2M | 2009 |
19% | 33% | Reunion | Lloyd (Character) | $6.5K | 2009 |
67% | 67% | Here and There | Robert (Character) | - | 2009 |
54% | 67% | Alpha Dog | Butch Mazurski (Character) | $15.2M | 2006 |
71% | No Score Yet | Private Property | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
52% | 56% | Romance & Cigarettes | Urologist (Character) | $540.1K | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Noise | Elliot (Character) | - | 2004 |
53% | 85% | The Notebook | John Hamilton (Character) | $81M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America | Walker (Character) | - | 2003 |
60% | 22% | 100 Mile Rule | Jerry (Character) | - | 2002 |
43% | 44% | XX/XY | Miles (Character) | $103.9K | 2002 |
27% | 83% | Garmento | Ronnie Grossman (Character) | - | 2002 |
5% | 28% | Swept Away | Michael (Character) | $598.6K | 2002 |
23% | 78% | John Q | Jimmy Palumbo (Character) | $71M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl Under the Waves | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
67% | 40% | A Question of Faith | Elmo (Character) | $15K | 2000 |
20% | 40% | Blue Moon | Frank's Father (Character) | $76.1K | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blessed Art Thou | Elmo (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Too Tired to Die | Lulu (Character) | - | 1998 |
73% | 66% | The Last Days of Disco | Bernie (Character) | $3M | 1998 |
12% | 35% | Hush | Gavin (Character) | $13.5M | 1998 |
74% | 77% | High Art | Harry (Character) | $1.9M | 1998 |
12% | 51% | Office Killer | Gary Michaels (Character) | $74.9K | 1997 |
29% | 27% | Home Alone 3 | Earl Unger (Character) | $30.7M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 'Til Christmas | Brian (Character) | - | 1996 |
81% | 48% | Unhook the Stars | Frankie Warren (Character) | $285.5K | 1996 |
18% | 52% | If Lucy Fell | Ted (Character) | $2.2M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breathing Room | Brian (Character) | - | 1996 |
75% | 60% | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | George S. Kaufman (Character) | $2.1M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Off and Running | Reese (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ask Me Again | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diamond Run | Lomax (Character) | - | 1988 |
TV
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68% | 68% | Tommy | Gold (Guest Star) | 2020 |
85% | 85% | Homeland | George Pallis (Guest Star) | 2017 |
95% | 89% | Elementary | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
78% | 89% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lionel Granger (Guest Star) | 2003-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 2002 2000 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
72% | No Score Yet | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
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