Actor
David Howard Thornton
Born November 30, 1979 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA19 films
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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First watchTerrifier 320246.8as Art the ClownFive years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives.View filmEssential films
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19 films as actor- TBANight of the Living Dead II
- TBATerrifier 4Art the Clown
- TBAStream 2: Sudden DeathPlayer 2
- TBAScreamboat 2: Nothing Stays DeadSteamboat Willie
- TBAThe Autopsy of Albert KemperAlbert Kemper
- TBABehind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie VernonArthur
- 2026The Dead PlaceThe New Kid
- 2026Rough CutArnold Drewitt
- 2025Big BabyHooper
- 2025NamakaWalter Notch
- 2025ScreamboatSteamboat Willie
- 2024A Very Special Terrifier ChristmasArt the Clown
- 2024Terrifier 3Art the Clown
- 2024StreamPlayer 2
- 2022The Mean OneThe Mean One
- 2022Terrifier 2Art the Clown
- 2021The Dark OfferingsTim Cobb
- 2019The ExigencyBumbo (voice)
- 2018TerrifierArt the Clown