- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 30, 1979
- Place of Birth
- Huntsville, Alabama, USA
David Howard Thornton
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
movieThe Dead Place
2026 · The New Kid
movieRough Cut
2026 · Arnold Drewitt
movieChristmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
2025 · Self
movieBig Baby
2025 · Hooper
movieAmerican Clown
2025 · Self
movieNamaka
2025 · Walter Notch
movieThe Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025 · Horror Film Expert
movieScreamboat
2025 · Steamboat Willie
movieArt Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
2025 · Self
movieA Very Special Terrifier Christmas
2024 · Art the Clown
movieTerrifier 3
2024 · Art the Clown
movieStream
2024 · Player 2
movieThe Horror We Make
2023 · Self
tvBupkis
2023 · Art the Clown
movieThe Mean One
2022 · The Mean One
movieSelfie King
2022 · Self
movieTerrifier 2
2022 · Art the Clown
movieThe Dark Offerings
2021 · Tim Cobb
movieThe Exigency
2019 · Bumbo (voice)
movieTerrifier
2018 · Art the Clown
movieNight of the Living Dead II
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movieTerrifier 4
— · Art the Clown
movieStream 2: Sudden Death
— · Player 2
movieScreamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
— · Steamboat Willie
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
movieThe Autopsy of Albert Kemper
— · Albert Kemper
movieBehind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
— · Arthur