---
name: "David Howard Thornton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-howard-thornton"
fi1m_id: "david-howard-thornton"
imdb_id: "nm7476686"
tmdb_id: 1880016
wikidata_id: "Q115171090"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:50:50.289098+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Howard Thornton

## Identity

David Howard Thornton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-howard-thornton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-howard-thornton
- **IMDb ID:** nm7476686
- **TMDB ID:** 1880016
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115171090
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Howard_Thornton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115171090, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7476686/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1880016

Actor. Born 30 November 1979 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1979, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
- **Also known as:** دیوید هاوارد تورنتون
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Howard_Thornton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115171090, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7476686/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1880016

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Terrifier 3*](https://film.one/film/terrifier-3.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Howard Thornton is an American actor. He is known for portraying Art the Clown in the *Terrifier* film series, including *Terrifier* (2016), *Terrifier 2* (2022) and *Terrifier 3* (2024).

Thornton was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He began his career in theatre, appearing in national tours of *Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical*. He has also worked in voice acting and small television roles before gaining wider recognition for the *Terrifier* films. He later played the title character in the horror parody *The Mean One* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, usatoday.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Terrifier 3* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Art the Clown — [page](https://film.one/film/terrifier-3.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Dead Place* (2026), as The New Kid
- *Rough Cut* (2026), as Arnold Drewitt
- *Big Baby* (2025), as Hooper
- *Namaka* (2025), as Walter Notch
- *Screamboat* (2025), as Steamboat Willie
- *A Very Special Terrifier Christmas* (2024), as Art the Clown
- *Terrifier 3* (2024), as Art the Clown — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/terrifier-3.md)
- *Stream* (2024), as Player 2
- *Bupkis* (2023), series, as Art the Clown
- *The Mean One* (2022), as The Mean One
- *Terrifier 2* (2022), as Art the Clown
- *The Dark Offerings* (2021), as Tim Cobb
- *The Exigency* (2019), as Bumbo (voice)
- *Terrifier* (2018), as Art the Clown
- *Screamboat 2: Nothing Stays Dead*, as Steamboat Willie
- *The Autopsy of Albert Kemper*, as Albert Kemper
- *Terrifier 4*, as Art the Clown
- *Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon*, as Arthur
- *Night of the Living Dead II*, Actor
- *Stream 2: Sudden Death*, as Player 2

## Gallery

- ![David Howard Thornton](https://film.one/media/person/10802/gallery-08192705ae5a.jpg) David Howard Thornton — Tim Blackmon for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/David_Howard_Thornton_%2854215255373%29.jpg/1280px-David_Howard_Thornton_%2854215255373%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Howard Thornton and Damien Leone speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glen](https://film.one/media/person/10802/gallery-537aae672813.jpg) David Howard Thornton and Damien Leone speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glen — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/David_Howard_Thornton_%26_Damien_Leone_%2853038780587%29.jpg/1280px-David_Howard_Thornton_%26_Damien_Leone_%2853038780587%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Howard Thornton speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Pl](https://film.one/media/person/10802/gallery-0cd5d995820c.jpg) David Howard Thornton speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Pl — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/David_Howard_Thornton_%2853038775357%29.jpg/1280px-David_Howard_Thornton_%2853038775357%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Howard Thornton speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Pl](https://film.one/media/person/10802/gallery-164acc8e6ab1.jpg) David Howard Thornton speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Pl — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/David_Howard_Thornton_%2853038780672%29.jpg/1280px-David_Howard_Thornton_%2853038780672%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Howard Thornton](https://film.one/media/person/10802/gallery-cccb1cd111d9.jpg) David Howard Thornton — Image via TMDB
- ![David Howard Thornton speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Pl](https://film.one/media/person/10802/gallery-35ce5034d363.jpg) David Howard Thornton speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Pl — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/David_Howard_Thornton_%2853039363286%29.jpg/1280px-David_Howard_Thornton_%2853039363286%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Howard Thornton speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Pl](https://film.one/media/person/10802/gallery-a266e3ef745a.jpg) David Howard Thornton speaking with attendees at the 2023 Mad Monster Arizona Party at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, Arizona. Pl — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/David_Howard_Thornton_%2853039363451%29.jpg/1280px-David_Howard_Thornton_%2853039363451%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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