David Howard Thornton
Acting1979Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Biography
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
Acting History
Future
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
as Steamboat Willie
The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
as Albert Kemper
Stream 2: Sudden Death
as Player 2
The Dead Place
as The New Kid
Rough Cut
as Arnold Drewitt
2026
Terrifier 4
as Art the Clown
2025
American Clown
as Self
Screamboat
as Steamboat Willie
Jokers Wild
as Joker
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
as Horror Film Expert
Namaka
as Walter Notch
2024
2023
The Horror We Make
as Self
Bupkis
TVas Art the Clown
2022
2021
The Dark Offerings
as Tim Cobb
2019
The Exigency
as Bumbo (voice)
2018
Terrifier
as Art the Clown