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