David Howard Thornton
Known for: Acting
Born: November 30, 1979
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
24 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
10.0
The Dead Place
2026
NR
Rough Cut
2026
NR
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
2025
4.0
Big Baby
2025
NR
American Clown
2025
NR
Namaka
2025
5.0
Screamboat
2025
6.7
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
2025
3.0
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
2024
6.8
Terrifier 3
2024
5.4
Stream
2024
NR
The Horror We Make
2023
6.3
Bupkis
2023
6.2
The Mean One
2022
NR
Selfie King
2022
6.7
Terrifier 2
2022
NR
The Dark Offerings
2021
8.0
The Exigency
2019
6.3
Terrifier
2018
NR
Night of the Living Dead II
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NR
Terrifier 4
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NR
Stream 2: Sudden Death
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NR
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
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The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
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NR
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
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