David Howard Thornton

Actor

Born November 30, 1979 in 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.

Acting

The Dead Place
Film, 2026
as The New Kid
Rough Cut
Film, 2026
as Arnold Drewitt
Big Baby
Film, 2025
as Hooper
Namaka
Film, 2025
as Walter Notch
Screamboat
Film, 2025
as Steamboat Willie
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
Film, 2024
as Art the Clown
Terrifier 3
Film, 2024
as Art the Clown
Stream
Film, 2024
as Player 2
Bupkis
TV series, 2023
as Art the Clown
The Mean One
Film, 2022
as The Mean One
Terrifier 2
Film, 2022
as Art the Clown
The Dark Offerings
Film, 2021
as Tim Cobb
The Exigency
Film, 2019
as Bumbo (voice)
Terrifier
Film, 2018
as Art the Clown
Night of the Living Dead II
Film
Terrifier 4
Film
as Art the Clown
Stream 2: Sudden Death
Film
as Player 2
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
Film
as Steamboat Willie
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
Film
as Albert Kemper
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
Film
as Arthur