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.
Known for
2026Rough Cut
Arnold Drewitt
2025The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Horror Film Expert
2025Screamboat
Steamboat Willie
2025Namaka
Walter Notch
2025Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
Self
2025American Clown
Self
2025Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
Self
2024Stream
Player 2
2024Terrifier 3
Art the Clown
2024A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
Art the Clown
2023The Horror We Make
Self
2022The Mean One
The Mean One
2022Selfie King
Self
2022Terrifier 2
Art the Clown
2021The Dark Offerings
Tim Cobb
2019The Exigency
Bumbo (voice)
2018Terrifier
Art the Clown
Night of the Living Dead II
The Dead Place
The New Kid
Terrifier 4
Art the Clown
Stream 2: Sudden Death
Player 2