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David Howard Thornton

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David Howard Thornton
Troubled High School Senior Isaac suffers from visions of malevolent spirits whose hauntings intensify amidst an onslaught of bullying and familial tragedy, pushing him to discover a capacity for violence he never knew he possessed.
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The Dead Place (2026)
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David Howard Thornton is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur and actor. He is from Huntsville, Alabama. He is best known for his roles as 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 Art the Clown in the film "Terrifier".
BornNovember 30, 1979
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BornNovember 30, 1979
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    David Howard Thornton in Terrifier 3 (2024)
    Terrifier
    5.5
    • Art the Clown
    • 2016
    David Howard Thornton and Lauren LaVera in Terrifier 2 (2022)
    Terrifier 2
    6.0
    • Art the Clown
    • 2022
    Gotham (2014)
    Gotham
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Orderly
    Joel LeBlanc, Aaron Bennett, and David Howard Thornton in Jokers Wild (2025)
    Jokers Wild
    6.5
    Short
    • Joker
    • 2025

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Terrifier 4
      • Art the Clown
      • Pre-production
      • 2026
    • The Autopsy of Albert Kemper
      • Kemper
      • Post-production
    • Stream 2: Sudden Death
      • Player 2
      • Pre-production
    • Rough Cut
      • Arnold Drewitt
      • Pre-production
    • Hollywoods
      • Long Nail Nelly
      • Post-production
    • Fanatic
      • Pre-production
    • Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon
      • Pre-production
    • Lexi Graves, Idris Veliu, and David Howard Thornton in The Dead Place (2026)
      The Dead Place
      6.9
      • The New Kid
      • 2026
    • Big Baby (2025)
      Big Baby
      4.0
      • Hooper
      • 2025
    • Jamie Kennedy, Ash Tsai, and Jason Markoff in Namaka (2025)
      Namaka
      7.4
      • Walter Notch
      • 2025
    • David Howard Thornton in Screamboat (2025)
      Screamboat
      4.1
      • Screamboat Willie
      • 2025
    • Joel LeBlanc, Aaron Bennett, and David Howard Thornton in Jokers Wild (2025)
      Jokers Wild
      6.5
      Short
      • Joker
      • 2025
    • David Howard Thornton in A Very Special Terrifier Christmas (2024)
      A Very Special Terrifier Christmas
      5.4
      • Art the Clown
      • 2024
    • Ice Nine Kills: A Work of Art (2024)
      Ice Nine Kills: A Work of Art
      7.9
      Music Video
      • Art The Clown
      • 2024
    • Antonella Rose, Juliana Lamia, David Howard Thornton, Sienna Hubert-Ross, Charlotte McKee, and Elliott Fullam in Terrifier 3 (2024)
      Terrifier 3
      6.2
      • Art the Clown
      • 2024
    • Tim Curry, Jeffrey Combs, Danielle Harris, Charles Edwin Powell, Tony Todd, Sydney Malakeh, Wesley Holloway, Marcus Slabine, Steven Della Salla, Michael Leavy, Jason Leavy, Liana Pirraglia, David Howard Thornton, and Mark Haynes in Stream (2024)
      Stream
      5.6
      • Player 2
      • 2024
    • Joe Pesci, Edie Falco, and Pete Davidson in Bupkis (2023)
      Bupkis
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Art the Clown
      • 2023
    • Krystle Martin and David Howard Thornton in The Mean One (2022)
      The Mean One
      4.0
      • The Mean One
      • 2022
    • David Howard Thornton and Lauren LaVera in Terrifier 2 (2022)
      Terrifier 2
      6.0
      • Art the Clown
      • 2022
    • Alma's Way (2021)
      Alma's Way
      7.5
      TV Series
      • SFX Box
      • 2021
    • Terry Alexander, Eileen Dietz, Tamara Glynn, Felissa Rose, Zach Selwyn, Christopher North, Marcus Slabine, Shawn C. Phillips, Lydia Kalmen-Tran, Leon Andrew Joseph, Elizabeth Piper S., Paul Sheehan, Clifton Dunn, Michael Leavy, Jason Leavy, Benjamin Frankenberg, Tina Nikolova, Spencer Charnas, and David Howard Thornton in The Dark Offerings (2021)
      The Dark Offerings
      5.6
      • Tim Cobb
      • 2021
    • The Indie Escape Network (2021)
      The Indie Escape Network
      7.4
      TV Series
      • (2021)
      • 2021

    Voice Actor - Dubbing

    • Miss Hokusai (2015)
      Miss Hokusai
      6.7
      • Additional Voices (English)
      • 2015

    Videos15

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    Personal details

    • Official site
      • memmo.me
    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • November 30, 1979
      • Huntsville, Alabama, USA
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Article
      • 1 Pictorial
      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male

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      David Howard Thornton has Autism and also used to be an elementary school teacher.

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