David Howard Thornton

Acting·Nov 30, 1979·Huntsville, Alabama, USA

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David Howard Thornton (born November 30, 1979) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur and actor. He is known for work in stage, film, and voice over. He is best known for his roles as Art the Clown in the Terrifier films, Grandpa Who in the 1st- 5th national tours of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical, the voice of Shizoku and others in the video game Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom, The Joker in the YouTube series Nightwing Escalation, and as the eponymous character in the Christmas horror parody film The Mean One.

Film	Credit
The Dead Place2026 · The New Kid	The New Kid
Rough Cut2026 · Arnold Drewitt	Arnold Drewitt
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'2025 · Self	Self
Big Baby2025 · Hooper	Hooper
American Clown2025 · Self	Self
Namaka2025 · Walter Notch	Walter Notch
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide2025 · Horror Film Expert	Horror Film Expert
Screamboat2025 · Steamboat Willie	Steamboat Willie
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 32025 · Self	Self
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas2024 · Art the Clown	Art the Clown
Terrifier 32024 · Art the Clown	Art the Clown
Stream2024 · Player 2	Player 2
The Horror We Make2023 · Self	Self
The Mean One2022 · The Mean One	The Mean One
Selfie King2022 · Self	Self
Terrifier 22022 · Art the Clown	Art the Clown
The Dark Offerings2021 · Tim Cobb	Tim Cobb
The Exigency2019 · Bumbo (voice)	Bumbo (voice)
Terrifier2018 · Art the Clown	Art the Clown
Night of the Living Dead IIActor	Actor
Terrifier 4Art the Clown	Art the Clown
Stream 2: Sudden DeathPlayer 2	Player 2
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays DeadSteamboat Willie	Steamboat Willie
TThe Autopsy of Albert KemperAlbert Kemper	Albert Kemper
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie VernonArthur	Arthur