Acting
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.
Also known as
دیوید هاوارد تورنتون
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
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Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
Most commercially successful
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Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
2018 1 title(s)
2019 1 title(s)
2021 1 title(s)
2022 3 title(s)
2024 3 title(s)
2025 7 title(s)
American Clown
movie · as Self
Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3
movie · as Self · ★ 6.7
Big Baby
movie · as Hooper
Christmas Chaos: Making 'The Mean One'
movie · as Self
Namaka
movie · as Walter Notch
Screamboat
movie · as Steamboat Willie · ★ 5.1
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
movie · as Horror Film Expert
