He has had other various roles in film, television, and video games, including Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress (2011), Ride to Hell: Retribution (2013), Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom (2013), Gotham (2017), The Bravest Knight (2019), The Exigency (2019), Alma's Way (2021), and starring as the titular character in The Mean One (2022).

Thornton grew up in Huntsville, Alabama,[2] where as a child he first appeared on stage in a production by the local drama company Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theatre.

[3] He graduated from Huntsville's Grissom High School and received a degree in elementary education from the central Alabama liberal arts college the University of Montevallo.

He later provided voices in 2013 as Anvil, Dr. Blotter and Baggy Miner in Ride to Hell: Retribution and as Shizoku, Metal Mutt and Toxitoad in Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom.

[33][34][35] He is set to appear as Shark Bait Zombie in the upcoming film, Night of the Living Dead II.