David Howard Thornton
David Howard Thornton (born November 30, 1979) is an American actor. He is an actor 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
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025
as Horror Film Expert
Screamboat
2025
as Steamboat Willie
A Work of Art
2024
as Art the Clown
Terrifier 3
2024
as Art the Clown
Stream
2024
as Player 2
The Horror We Make
2023
as Self
Bupkis
2023
as Art the Clown
Terrifier 2: Behind the Scenes
2022
as Self/Art the Clown
The Mean One
2022
as The Mean One
Selfie King
2022
as Self
Terrifier 2
2022
as Art the Clown
The Dark Offerings
2021
as Tim Cobb
Terrifier
2018
as Art the Clown
Night of the Living Dead II
Terrifier 4
as Art the Clown
Namaka
as Walter Notch
The Dead Place
as The New Kid