David Howard Thornton
Born: 1979-11-30 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Rough Cut as Arnold Drewitt
- The Dead Place as The New Kid
2025
- Screamboat as Steamboat Willie
- American Clown as Self
- Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3 as Self
- Namaka as Walter Notch
- The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- Big Baby as Hooper
- Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One' as Self
2024
- Terrifier 3 as Art the Clown
- Stream as Player 2
- A Very Special Terrifier Christmas as Art the Clown
2023
- Bupkis as Art the Clown
- The Horror We Make as Self
2022
- Terrifier 2 as Art the Clown
- Selfie King as Self
- The Mean One as The Mean One
2021
- The Dark Offerings as Tim Cobb
2019
- The Exigency as Bumbo (voice)
2018
- Terrifier as Art the Clown