David Howard Thornton
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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
Credits
Big Baby (2025)
as Hooper
Terrifier 3 (2024)
as Art the Clown
Terrifier 2 (2022)
as Art the Clown
Terrifier (2018)
as Art the Clown
Screamboat (2025)
as Steamboat Willie
Terrifier 4 (—)
as Art the Clown
Stream (2024)
as Player 2
Rough Cut (2026)
as Arnold Drewitt
The Mean One (2022)
as The Mean One
Stream 2: Sudden Death (—)
as Player 2
Selfie King (2022)
as Self
The Exigency (2019)
as Bumbo (voice)
American Clown (2025)
as Self
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon (—)
as Arthur
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3 (2025)
as Self
Namaka (2025)
as Walter Notch
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper (—)
as Albert Kemper
Night of the Living Dead II (—)
Actor
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead (—)
as Steamboat Willie
The Dead Place (2026)
as The New Kid
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One' (2025)
as Self
The Dark Offerings (2021)
as Tim Cobb
The Horror We Make (2023)
as Self
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas (2024)
as Art the Clown