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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Terrifier (2018) — Art the Clown
2. Terrifier 2 (2022) — Art the Clown
3. Terrifier 3 (2024) — Art the Clown
4. Screamboat (2025) — Steamboat Willie
5. The Mean One (2022) — The Mean One
6. Stream (2024) — Player 2
7. Bupkis (2023) — Art the Clown
8. Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3 (2025) — Self
9. The Exigency (2019) — Bumbo (voice)
10. A Very Special Terrifier Christmas (2024) — Art the Clown
11. The Dead Place (2026) — The New Kid
12. Night of the Living Dead II
13. The Horror We Make (2023) — Self
14. The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide (2025) — Horror Film Expert
15. Selfie King (2022) — Self
16. The Dark Offerings (2021) — Tim Cobb
17. Namaka (2025) — Walter Notch
18. Terrifier 4 — Art the Clown
19. Stream 2: Sudden Death — Player 2
20. Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead — Steamboat Willie
21. The Autopsy of Albert Kemper — Albert Kemper
22. Rough Cut (2026) — Arnold Drewitt
23. American Clown (2025) — Self
24. Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One' (2025) — Self
25. Big Baby (2025) — Hooper
26. Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon — Arthur