David Howard Thornton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 30, 1979
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon TBA
as Arthur
- The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper TBA
as Albert Kemper
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead TBA
as Steamboat Willie
Stream 2: Sudden Death TBA
as Player 2
Terrifier 4 TBA
as Art the Clown
Night of the Living Dead II TBA
Actor
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 - Art the Clown
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
Credits from TMDB.