David Howard Thornton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(1)
Movies(23)
Rough Cut
Arnold Drewitt
2026
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
Self
2025
American Clown
Self
2025
Namaka
Walter Notch
2025
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Horror Film Expert
2025
Screamboat
Steamboat Willie
2025
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
Self
2025
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
Art the Clown
2024
Terrifier 3
Art the Clown
2024
Stream
Player 2
2024
The Horror We Make
Self
2023
The Mean One
The Mean One
2022
Selfie King
Self
2022
Terrifier 2
Art the Clown
2022
The Dark Offerings
Tim Cobb
2021
The Exigency
Bumbo (voice)
2019
Terrifier
Art the Clown
2018
Night of the Living Dead II
The Dead Place
The New Kid
Terrifier 4
Art the Clown
Stream 2: Sudden Death
Player 2
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
Steamboat Willie
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
Albert Kemper