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.
Filmography
The Dead Place
2026
as The New Kid
Rough Cut
2026
as Arnold Drewitt
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
2025
as Self
Big Baby
2025
as Hooper
American Clown
2025
as Self
Namaka
2025
as Walter Notch
Screamboat
2025
as Steamboat Willie
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
2025
as Self
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
2024
as Art the Clown
Terrifier 3
2024
as Art the Clown
Stream
2024
as Player 2
The Horror We Make
2023
as Self
The Mean One
2022
as The Mean One
Selfie King
2022
as Self
Terrifier 2
2022
as Art the Clown
The Dark Offerings
2021
as Tim Cobb
The Exigency
2019
as Bumbo (voice)
Terrifier
2018
as Art the Clown
Night of the Living Dead II
Unreleased
Terrifier 4
Unreleased
as Art the Clown
Stream 2: Sudden Death
Unreleased
as Player 2
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
Unreleased
as Steamboat Willie
- No poster
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
Unreleased
as Albert Kemper
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
Unreleased
as Arthur