David Howard Thornton
Biography
David Howard Thornton (born November 30, 1979) is a European-American actor. He is an actor 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.
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Acting History
2026
Terrifier 4 as Art the Clown
2025Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One' as Self
2025American Clown as Self
2025Namaka as Walter Notch
2025The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
2025Screamboat as Steamboat Willie
2025Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3 as Self
2025Jokers Wild as Joker
2024A Very Special Terrifier Christmas as Art the Clown
2024Terrifier 3 as Art the Clown
2024Stream as Player 2
2023The Horror We Make as Self
2023Bupkis as Art the Clown
2022The Mean One as The Mean One
2022Selfie King as Self
2022Terrifier 2 as Art the Clown
2021The Dark Offerings as Tim Cobb
2019The Exigency as Bumbo (voice)
2018Terrifier as Art the Clown
—Night of the Living Dead II
—Stream 2 as Player 2
—The Autopsy of Albert Kemper as Albert Kemper
—Rough Cut as Arnold Drewitt
—Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead as Steamboat Willie
—The Dead Place as The New Kid