David Howard Thornton

Biography

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.

Known For

Rough Cut 2026

The Dead Place 2026 ★ 10.0

Screamboat 2025 ★ 5.1

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide 2025

Big Baby 2025

Namaka 2025

Terrifier 3 2024 ★ 6.8

Stream 2024 ★ 5.5

A Very Special Terrifier Christmas 2024 ★ 3.0

Bupkis 2023 ★ 6.3

Terrifier 2 2022 ★ 6.7

The Mean One 2022 ★ 6.2

The Dark Offerings 2021

The Exigency 2019 ★ 8.0

Terrifier 2018 ★ 6.3

Terrifier 4

Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon

Stream 2: Sudden Death

Night of the Living Dead II

Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead