David Howard Thornton
Biography
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.
Known For
All Movies (24)
- The Dead Place2026 · as The New Kid
- Rough Cut2026 · as Arnold Drewitt
- Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'2025 · as Self
- Big Baby2025 · as Hooper
- American Clown2025 · as Self
- Namaka2025 · as Walter Notch
- The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide2025 · as Horror Film Expert
- Screamboat2025 · as Steamboat Willie
- Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 32025 · as Self
- A Very Special Terrifier Christmas2024 · as Art the Clown
- Terrifier 32024 · as Art the Clown
- Stream2024 · as Player 2
- The Horror We Make2023 · as Self
- The Mean One2022 · as The Mean One
- Selfie King2022 · as Self
- Terrifier 22022 · as Art the Clown
- The Dark Offerings2021 · as Tim Cobb
- The Exigency2019 · as Bumbo (voice)
- Terrifier2018 · as Art the Clown
- Night of the Living Dead II—
- Terrifier 4— · as Art the Clown
- Stream 2: Sudden Death— · as Player 2
- Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead— · as Steamboat Willie
- The Autopsy of Albert Kemper— · as Albert Kemper
All TV Shows (1)
- Bupkis2023 · as Art the Clown