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David Howard Thornton

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David Howard Thornton

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Nov 30, 1979 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Huntsville, Alabama, USA

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.

Known For

Acting
2025The Evolution of Horror Cinema WorldwideHorror Film Expert
2025ScreamboatSteamboat Willie
2025NamakaWalter Notch
2025Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3Self
2025American ClownSelf
2025Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'Self
2024StreamPlayer 2
2024Terrifier 3Art the Clown
2024A Very Special Terrifier ChristmasArt the Clown
2023The Horror We MakeSelf
2023BupkisArt the Clown
2022The Mean OneThe Mean One
2022Selfie KingSelf
2022Terrifier 2Art the Clown
2021The Dark OfferingsTim Cobb
2019The ExigencyBumbo (voice)
2018TerrifierArt the Clown
-Night of the Living Dead II
-The Dead PlaceThe New Kid
-Terrifier 4Art the Clown
-Stream 2: Sudden DeathPlayer 2
-Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays DeadSteamboat Willie
-The Autopsy of Albert KemperAlbert Kemper
-Rough CutArnold Drewitt