David McIntosh (Gladiators)
{{Short description|British television personality}}
{{About|the television personality|others with similar names|David McIntosh (disambiguation){{!}}David McIntosh}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = David McIntosh
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wigan, England
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| occupation = Television personality
| television = Gladiators
Celebrity Big Brother
Famously Single
Bromans
Celebrity Ex on the Beach
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}}
David McIntosh (born 10 December 1985) is a British television personality. A former Royal Marines commando, he was a Gladiator on the Sky 1 TV series Gladiators, under the name Tornado.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2979613/|title=David McIntosh|website=IMDb}} In 2014, he participated in Celebrity Big Brother 14.
Career
Born to a British mother and Jamaican father, McIntosh grew up in Platt Bridge, near Wigan. He went to Holy Family Primary School in Platt Bridge and then St Edmund Arrowsmith high school in Ashton in Makerfield. After school, McIntosh became a Royal Marines Commando, serving in Northern Ireland, Somalia, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1045362_marine_dave_is_new_gladiator |title=Marine Dave is new gladiator|work=Manchester Evening News|date=19 April 2010 |accessdate=18 February 2014}} Upon leaving the Marines, McIntosh appeared as "Tornado" on the Sky 1 show Gladiators.{{cite web|url=http://www.gladiatorszone.co.uk/gladiators/new/male/tornado/|title=Tornado (David McIntosh) - Sky 1 Revival - Gladiators -|publisher=}}
Following Gladiators, McIntosh worked in security. In late 2013, McIntosh was doing security transportation on a badger culling operation, and after crashing a van loaded with dead badgers into a bus stop he received a traffic violation charge resulting in a court fine.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kelly-brooks-ex-gladiator-boyfriend-david-mcintosh-crashed-van-full-of-dead-badgers-during-9188925.html|title=Kelly Brook's ex-Gladiator boyfriend David McIntosh 'crashed van full|date=2014-03-13|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2017-02-09|language=en-GB}} McIntosh was also found guilty of driving for eight years with a license that had been revoked for a previous traffic violation.{{cite web|url=http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/11073788.Kelly_Brook_s_ex_boyfriend_David_McIntosh_says_he_loves_animals_and_is_against_culling_badgers/?ref=rss|title=Kelly Brook's ex-boyfriend David McIntosh says he loves animals and is against culling badgers|website=Stroud News and Journal|date=13 March 2014 }}
In 2014, McIntosh appeared in fitness magazine Muscle & Fitness,{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} and music videos for Jennifer Hudson's single "Walk It Out" and Nicki Minaj's single "Anaconda".{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} In August 2014, McIntosh entered the Celebrity Big Brother house{{cite web|author=Antonia Molloy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/celebrity-big-brother-2014-contestants-meet-david-mcintosh-9676836.html |title=Celebrity Big Brother 2014 contestants: Meet David McIntosh |work=The Independent |date=2014-03-19 |accessdate=2014-08-19}} for a reported fee of £200,000.{{cite web|author=Frank says |url=http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb14/news/0718/gladiators-tornado-david-mcintosh-changes-his-mind-on-celebrity-big-brother-2014 |title=Gladiators' Tornado changes his mind on Celeb BB?|publisher=bbspy |date= 18 July 2014|accessdate=2014-08-19}} McIntosh was the first to be evicted from the house.{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/27/celebrity-big-brother-2014-kelly-brooks-fiance-david-mcintosh-is-first-to-be-evicted-4848350/|title=CBB's David McIntosh is the first to be evicted|first=Emily Hewett for|last=Metro.co.uk|date=27 August 2014|publisher=}}
In 2014, private photographs of McIntosh in which he was naked circulated online. About that he wrote on Twitter: “So happy my naked ass brought joy to many boys & girls out der Im now gonna figure out a way to get more leaked, as my duty to humanity”.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=David McIntosh Nude Photos: Kelly Brook's Ex Claims He's 'Happy My Naked A** Brought Joy' After Pics Leak Online|url=https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=1_cc-session_974901cf-f697-4150-a56a-c294b3e47986|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-01|website=consent.yahoo.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} McIntosh was involved in a Twitter spat with his then-girlfriend Kelly Brook following their publication. Later in 2016, McIntosh showed his bare buttocks on Instagram.{{Cite web|date=2016-09-26|title=Gladiators' David McIntosh just posted a jaw-dropping nude on Instagram|url=http://attitude.co.uk/article/gladiators-david-mcintosh-just-posted-a-jaw-dropping-nude-on-instagram/8322/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Attitude.co.uk|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Instaguy: David McIntosh Bares His Butt On Instagram {{!}} Meaws - Gay Site providing cool gay stories and articles|url=https://meaws.com/blogs/instaguy-david-mcintosh-bares-his-butt-on-instagram/amp/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=meaws.com}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In 2017, McIntosh appeared on the E! reality dating show Famously Single. Later that year he played Doctore on the ITV2 Ancient Rome-themed reality television series Bromans, mentoring the contestants during physical challenges.{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/bromans-everything-you-need-to-know-about-itv2s-new-couples-show-set-in-ancient-rome-a3634336.html|title=Bromans: Everything you need to know about ITV2's new couples show set in Ancient Rome|last=Grant Cumberbatch|first=Aimee|accessdate=October 4, 2017|newspaper=London Evening Standard|date=September 14, 2017}}
In 2020, McIntosh appeared as a cast member on the eleventh series of Ex on the Beach.