Actor
David Howard Thornton
November 30, 1979 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Michael Leavy
4 titles together
Terrifier, Stream, Stream 2: Sudden Death
Samantha Scaffidi
3 titles together
Terrifier, Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3
Jason Leavy
3 titles together
Terrifier, Stream, The Dark Offerings
Lauren LaVera
3 titles together
Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3, Terrifier 4
Kailey Hyman
3 titles together
Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3, Screamboat
Catherine Corcoran
2 titles together
Terrifier, Big Baby
Full filmography · 19
Night of the Living Dead II
cast
Upcoming
Terrifier 4
as Art the Clown
Upcoming
Stream 2: Sudden Death
as Player 2
Upcoming
Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
as Steamboat Willie
Upcoming
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
as Arthur
Upcoming
The Dead Place
as The New Kid
2026
Rough Cut
as Arnold Drewitt
2026
Big Baby
as Hooper
2025
Namaka
as Walter Notch
2025
Screamboat
as Steamboat Willie
20255
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
as Art the Clown
2024
Terrifier 3
as Art the Clown
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