David Howard Thornton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 30, 1979, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
- Movies
- 18
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.
Upcoming David Howard Thornton Movies
Night of the Living Dead II
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Terrifier 4
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Stream 2: Sudden Death
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Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
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Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | The Dead Place | The New Kid |
| 2026 | Rough Cut | Arnold Drewitt |
| 2025 | Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One' | Self |
| 2025 | Big Baby | Hooper |
| 2025 | American Clown | Self |
| 2025 | Namaka | Walter Notch |
| 2025 | Screamboat | Steamboat Willie |
| 2025 | Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3 | Self - Art the Clown |
| 2024 | A Very Special Terrifier Christmas | Art the Clown |
| 2024 | Terrifier 3 | Art the Clown |
| 2024 | Stream | Player 2 |
| 2023 | The Horror We Make | Self |
| 2022 | The Mean One | The Mean One |
| 2022 | Selfie King | Self |
| 2022 | Terrifier 2 | Art the Clown |
| 2021 | The Dark Offerings | Tim Cobb |
| 2019 | The Exigency | Bumbo (voice) |
| 2018 | Terrifier | Art the Clown |
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