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David Howard Thornton
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 fo…
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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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2026
The Dead Place
Movie The New Kid
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2026
Rough Cut
Movie Arnold Drewitt
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2025
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
Movie Self
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2025
Big Baby
Movie Hooper
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2025
American Clown
Movie Self
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2025
Namaka
Movie Walter Notch
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2025
Screamboat
Movie Steamboat Willie
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2025
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
Movie Self - Art the Clown
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2024
A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
Movie Art the Clown
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2024
Terrifier 3
Movie Art the Clown
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2024
Stream
Movie Player 2
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2023
The Horror We Make
Movie Self
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2023
Bupkis
TV show Art the Clown
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2022
The Mean One
Movie The Mean One
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2022
Selfie King
Movie Self
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2022
Terrifier 2
Movie Art the Clown
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2021
The Dark Offerings
Movie Tim Cobb
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2019
The Exigency
Movie Bumbo (voice)
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2018
Terrifier
Movie Art the Clown
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Terrifier 4
Movie Art the Clown
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Stream 2: Sudden Death
Movie Player 2
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Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
Movie Arthur
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The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
Movie Albert Kemper
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Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead
Movie Steamboat Willie
