Person

David Howard Thornton

Acting · Born 1979-11-30 · Huntsville, Alabama, USA

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.

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  Terrifier

  Art the Clown

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  Terrifier 3

  Art the Clown

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  Terrifier 2

  Art the Clown

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  Screamboat

  Steamboat Willie

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  Bupkis

  Art the Clown

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  Terrifier 4

  Art the Clown

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  American Clown

  Self

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  Rough Cut

  Arnold Drewitt

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  Stream

  Player 2

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  Stream 2: Sudden Death

  Player 2

• 2026The Dead PlaceThe New Kid
• 2026Rough CutArnold Drewitt
• 2025Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'Self
• 2025Big BabyHooper
• 2025American ClownSelf
• 2025NamakaWalter Notch
• 2025The Evolution of Horror Cinema WorldwideHorror Film Expert
• 2025ScreamboatSteamboat Willie
• 2025Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3Self
• 2024A Very Special Terrifier ChristmasArt the Clown
• 2024Terrifier 3Art the Clown
• 2024StreamPlayer 2
• 2023The Horror We MakeSelf
• 2023BupkisArt the Clown
• 2022The Mean OneThe Mean One
• 2022Selfie KingSelf
• 2022Terrifier 2Art the Clown
• 2021The Dark OfferingsTim Cobb
• 2019The ExigencyBumbo (voice)
• 2018TerrifierArt the Clown
• —Night of the Living Dead II
• —Terrifier 4Art the Clown
• —Stream 2: Sudden DeathPlayer 2
• —Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays DeadSteamboat Willie
• —The Autopsy of Albert KemperAlbert Kemper
• —Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie VernonArthur