
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.
Acted in 19
2020s
- 2026
The Dead Place
The New Kid
Rough Cut
Arnold Drewitt
- 2025
Namaka
Walter Notch
- 2024
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
Art the Clown
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
The Dark Offerings
Tim Cobb
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
No release date
Night of the Living Dead II
Movie
Stream 2: Sudden Death
Player 2
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
Steamboat Willie
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
Arthur
Appearances5
2020s
- 2025
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
Self
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
Self - Art the Clown
- 2023
The Horror We Make
Self
- 2022