David Howard Thornton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1979-11-30 (age 46)

From: Huntsville, Alabama, USA

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.

Filmography (26)

MOVIE★ 10.0
The Dead Place
2026
as The New Kid
MOVIE
Rough Cut
2026
as Arnold Drewitt
MOVIE
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
2025
as Self
MOVIE
Big Baby
2025
as Hooper
MOVIE
American Clown
2025
as Self
MOVIE
Namaka
2025
as Walter Notch
MOVIE
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025
as Horror Film Expert
MOVIE★ 5.1
Screamboat
2025
as Steamboat Willie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.0
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
2024
as Art the Clown
MOVIE★ 6.8
Terrifier 3
2024
as Art the Clown
MOVIE★ 5.4
Stream
2024
as Player 2
MOVIE
The Horror We Make
2023
as Self
TV★ 6.3
Bupkis
2023
as Art the Clown
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Mean One
2022
as The Mean One
MOVIE
Selfie King
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Terrifier 2
2022
as Art the Clown
MOVIE
The Dark Offerings
2021
as Tim Cobb
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Exigency
2019
as Bumbo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Terrifier
2018
as Art the Clown
MOVIE
Terrifier 4
—
as Art the Clown
MOVIE
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
—
as Arthur
MOVIE
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
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as Albert Kemper
MOVIE
Stream 2: Sudden Death
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as Player 2
MOVIE
Night of the Living Dead II
—
MOVIE
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
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as Steamboat Willie