About
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.
Filmography
The Dead Place2026 · The New Kid
Rough Cut2026 · Arnold Drewitt
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'2025 · Self
Big Baby2025 · Hooper
American Clown2025 · Self
Namaka2025 · Walter Notch
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide2025 · Horror Film Expert
Screamboat2025 · Steamboat Willie
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 32025 · Self
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas2024 · Art the Clown
Terrifier 32024 · Art the Clown
Stream2024 · Player 2
The Horror We Make2023 · Self
The Mean One2022 · The Mean One
Selfie King2022 · Self
Terrifier 22022 · Art the Clown
The Dark Offerings2021 · Tim Cobb
The Exigency2019 · Bumbo (voice)
Terrifier2018 · Art the Clown