David Morgan is a British stand-up comedian from
Solihull
Solihull ( ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Arden, Warwickshire, Forest of Arden ar ...
.
They are best known for presenting a series of ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!'' and for being a team captain on ''
Safeword
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''.
Career
Morgan's early TV appearances include
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes for a 16 to 34-year-old target aud ...
's ''
Sweat the Small Stuff'',
E4's ''
Virtually Famous
''Virtually Famous'' is a British comedy panel game show most recently presented by Chris Ramsey. In each episode, two teams of three panelists compete. The teams were, in the final series, captained by Vicky Pattison and Seann Walsh. The que ...
''
and
Channel 5's ''
Big Brother's Bit on the Side
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''.
In 2015, they took over from
Rob Beckett
Robert Anthony Beckett (born 2 January 1986) is an English comedian, actor, and presenter. He was a co-host on the ITV2 spin-off show '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!'' from 2012 to 2014. Since 2016, Beckett has been a team captain ...
to co-present ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!'' alongside
Joe Swash
Joseph Adam Swash (born ) is a British actor and television presenter from London, best known for his role of Mickey Miller in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' and various presenting roles with ITV2. He won the eighth series of '' I'm ...
and
Laura Whitmore
Laura Whitmore (born 4 May 1985) is an Irish media personality, model and actress based in London. She was a video jockey for MTV in 2008, and has since presented television shows, such as ''This Morning'' (2014), ''Survival of the Fittest'' ...
for ITV2. They were also team captain for two series of ITV2's
Safeword
In BDSM, a safeword is a code word, series of code words or other signal used by a person to communicate their physical or emotional state, typically when approaching, or crossing, a physical, emotional, or moral boundary. Some safewords are use ...
, opposite
Katherine Ryan
Katherine Louisa Ryan (born June 1983) is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, actress and singer. She has appeared on British TV and radio panel shows, including ''8 Out of 10 Cats'', ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ''A League of Their Own'', ...
which aired in 2015/16, during which time they were a regular guest presenter on
Virgin Radio
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The stations ...
. They regularly appeared on ITV1's ''
Weekend
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'' show hosted by
Aled Jones
Aled Jones, (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer, radio and television presenter, and actor. As a teenage chorister, he gained widespread fame in 1985 with his recording of " Walking in the Air", which reached No 5 in the UK pop chart. He ...
, and in 2018, they were a regular guest presenter on ITV1's
Zoe Ball on Saturday/Sunday''
In 2018, it was announced that David would join the cast of
' at The London Hippodrome, conceived and co-directed by
Channing Tatum
Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor and producer. He made his film debut in the drama ''Coach Carter'' (2005), and had his Breakthrough role, breakthrough with the sports comedy film ''She's the Man'' (2006) and t ...
. Magic Mike Live London opened on 10 November 2018 to positive reviews.
Personal life
Morgan came out as non-binary in January 2021, and goes by ''they/them'' pronouns.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Non-binary comedians
English LGBTQ comedians
English stand-up comedians
21st-century English LGBTQ people
English non-binary entertainers
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