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David Howard Thornton
Born
30 November 1979
Place
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Acting

David Howard Thornton

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.

As actor

The Dead Place

2026 · The New Kid

Rough Cut

2026 · Arnold Drewitt

Screamboat

2025 · Steamboat Willie

Namaka

2025 · Walter Notch

Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3

2025 · Self - Art the Clown

American Clown

2025 · Self

Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'

2025 · Self

Big Baby

2025 · Hooper

Stream

2024 · Player 2

Terrifier 3

2024 · Art the Clown

A Very Special Terrifier Christmas

2024 · Art the Clown

The Horror We Make

2023 · Self

The Mean One

2022 · The Mean One

Selfie King

2022 · Self

Terrifier 2

2022 · Art the Clown

The Dark Offerings

2021 · Tim Cobb

The Exigency

2019 · Bumbo (voice)

Terrifier

2018 · Art the Clown

Night of the Living Dead II

Terrifier 4

Art the Clown

Stream 2: Sudden Death

Player 2

Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead

Steamboat Willie

The Autopsy of Albert Kemper

Albert Kemper

Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon

Arthur