Gavin MacIntosh

Last updated
Gavin MacIntosh
Born (1999-03-22) March 22, 1999 (age 25)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation(s) Actor, model
Years active2010–present

Gavin MacIntosh (born March 22, 1999) is an American actor. Beginning his professional career as a child actor and model at the age of ten, MacIntosh is best known for his recurring role as Connor Stevens on the Freeform drama series The Fosters .

Contents

Early life

MacIntosh was born on March 22, 1999. [1] He grew up in Tucson, Arizona before eventually relocating with his family to Hermosa Beach, California. He attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, graduating in 2016. [2] He has two younger brothers, Grant and Gage MacIntosh. [3] [4]

Career

In 2010, MacIntosh began his acting career with a starring role in the dramatic short film Turns. [5] Additional short film roles include appearances as Young Martin Thomas in The Science of Death, and as Young Jonathan in Breathe. In 2011, he made his feature film debut alongside his brother Gage, appearing as brothers Mark and Nick Paterson respectively in the martial arts themed drama Blood Games: Sanctioned to Die . [6]

In 2011, MacIntosh made his television debut with a guest-starring role as a member of Ron's scout troop on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation . Additional television roles include guest-starring appearances as Burt's 13-year-old brother Bruce in a 1981 flashback on the Fox comedy series Raising Hope , and as Young Brad in the pilot episode of the proposed science-fiction drama series H.O.P.E. [7]

In 2013, MacIntosh began a recurring role on the ABC Family drama series The Fosters . On the series, MacIntosh portrays fan favorite [8] Connor, a handsome and kind-hearted boy who develops feelings for the shy and isolated foster child Jude Adams Foster (portrayed by Hayden Byerly), prompting the 13-year-old Jude to begin questioning his sexuality. [9] [10]

In addition to his film and episodic television credits, MacIntosh has appeared in various national commercials, including television campaigns for Goodyear Tires, Oscar Mayer Lunchables, Pizza Hut, Lowe's, and Honda. [11] As a Ford child and teen model, he has appeared in print, including commercial and editorial campaigns for Mattel, Target, Gap, Porsche, Hang Ten, and Tom Tailor, among others. [12]

On March 2, 2015, ABC Family aired an episode of The Fosters, "Now Hear This", that featured MacIntosh's character and Byerly's character sharing a kiss, that is believed to be the youngest LGBT kiss ever in U.S. television history. [13] In two tweets on March 29, 2015, MacIntosh took issue with YouTube's decision to add an age restriction for access to video of his character's kiss scene with Byerly's character, prompting a vocal social media campaign, and YouTube removed the age restriction less than a day later. [14]

The Fosters TV's Youngest Same-Sex Kiss scene was featured as #9 in The 19 Biggest LGBT Moments On TV In 2015. [15] MacIntosh and Byerly's kiss was also listed in the 7 Best Moments From ABC Family The Wrap Rewind 2015. [16]

On December 23, 2015, MacIntosh was featured in the publication OUT Magazine discussing his famous gay kiss. [17]

Personal life

MacIntosh's personal interests include skateboarding, biking, and competitive soccer, as well as sketching, painting, and songwriting. [3] [4] MacIntosh is an outspoken straight ally for LGBT rights and equality. [18] [19] [20] In addition, alongside his Fosters co-star Hayden Byerly, he is an advocate against bullying, encouraging youngsters to embrace their differences and lending his support to the "Be Good to Each Other" campaign. [4]

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2010Turns(Unknown)Short
2011The Science of DeathYoung Martin Thomas
Soulman: The MovieBobby
Sweet DreamsJake
Blood Games: Sanctioned to DieMark PatersonFeature
The Bluewater TaleAlexShort
The Art of Paying RentJake McCormick
BreatheYoung Jonathan
2012Knocked DownYoung Donny
2016 American Fable MartinFeature
Television
YearProgramRoleNotes
2011 Parks and Recreation WayneEpisode: "Pawnee Rangers"
Raising Hope Thirteen-Year-Old BruceEpisode: "Burt's Parents"
2012H.O.P.E.Young BradEpisode: "Life Alone" (Pilot)
2013–2016 The Fosters Connor StevensRecurring role, 25 episodes
2015–2017 Bones Parker Booth2 episodes
2021 Good Trouble Connor Stevens [21] Guest appearance, 1 episode

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Cashman</span> British politician and actor (born 1950)

Colin Michael Maurice Cashman, Baron Cashman, is a British actor, dancer, politician, and LGBT rights activist. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands from 1999 to 2014. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2014. He is a patron of Humanists UK.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Van Hansis</span> American actor (born 1981)

Van Hansis is an American actor. Hansis portrayed the rich Luke Snyder on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns from December 14, 2005 until the show's final episode September 17, 2010. The son of long running characters on the series, Luke is known for a gay romantic storyline cited as one of the first in American daytime television.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hayden (given name)</span> Name list

Hayden is a given name in the English language. The name is variant of the given name Haydn, which is derived from the surname Haydn in honour of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809). Haydn originated as a respelling of the nickname Heiden, which originally refers to either heath or heathen. The name is derived from the Middle High German heiden, and from the Old High German heidano.

The "lesbian kiss episode" is a subgenre of the media portrayal of lesbianism in American television media, created in the 1990s. Beginning in February 1991 with a kiss on the American L.A. Law series' episode "He's a Crowd" between C.J. Lamb and Abby Perkins, David E. Kelley, who wrote the episode in question, went on to use the trope in at least two of his other shows. Subsequent television series included an episode in which a seemingly heterosexual female character engages in a kiss with a possibly lesbian or bisexual character. In most instances, the potential of a relationship between the women does not survive past the episode and the lesbian or suspected lesbian never appears again.

Historically, the portrayal of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in media has been largely negative if not altogether absent, reflecting a general cultural intolerance of LGBT individuals; however, from the 1990s to present day, there has been an increase in the positive depictions of LGBT people, issues, and concerns within mainstream media in North America. The LGBT communities have taken an increasingly proactive stand in defining their own culture, with a primary goal of achieving an affirmative visibility in mainstream media. The positive portrayal or increased presence of the LGBT communities in media has served to increase acceptance and support for LGBT communities, establish LGBT communities as a norm, and provide information on the topic.

<i>The Fosters</i> (American TV series) American family drama TV series

The Fosters is an American family drama television series created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg. It premiered in the United States on June 3, 2013, on the ABC Family television network and concluded on June 6, 2018. It followed the lives of the Adams-Foster family led by a lesbian couple, Stef Foster, a police officer, and Lena Adams, a school vice principal, who raise one biological son and four adopted teenagers in San Diego, California.

Hayden Byerly is an American actor. Beginning his professional career as a child actor at the age of ten, Byerly is best known for his role as Jude Adams Foster on the Freeform drama series The Fosters, a role he reprised in the spinoff series, Good Trouble.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gus Kenworthy</span> British-American freestyle skier

Augustus Richard Kenworthy is a British-American former freestyle skier, actor, and YouTuber. He has competed in slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air. Kenworthy won the silver medal in men's slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. As of 2019 Kenworthy represents Great Britain. He was cast as Chet Clancy in the ninth season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story: 1984.

<i>When We Rise</i> 2017 docudrama miniseries about the history of LGBT rights in the US

When We Rise is an eight-part American docudrama miniseries about the history of LGBT rights advocacy in the United States from the 1970s to the 2010s. It was created by Dustin Lance Black and stars Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Kenneth Williams, Austin P. McKenzie, Emily Skeggs, Jonathan Majors, Fiona Dourif, and Sam Jaeger among 30 others. The miniseries premiered on ABC on February 27, 2017, with the rest of its episodes airing March 1 to 3.

<i>The Fosters</i> season 1 Season of television series

The first season of The Fosters premiered on June 3, 2013 and ended on March 24, 2014. The season consisted of 21 episodes and stars Teri Polo and Sherri Saum as Stef Foster and Lena Adams, an interracial lesbian couple, who foster a girl and her younger brother while also trying to juggle raising twin teenagers and Stef's biological son. Some other characters included in season one of "The Fosters" include Mike, Brandon's biological father, and Talya, Brandon's girlfriend.

For many years, LGBT representation increased on animated series and animated films. In the 1990s, LGBT characters were depicted in animated series like South Park, The Ambiguously Gay Duo, and The Simpsons. In the early 2000s, LGBT representation increased in Western animation, culminating in GLAAD's "Where We Are in TV" report in 2005, even as representation in such animation was scattered and disparate. In the 2000s, series like Queer Duck, The Oblongs, The Venture Bros., Drawn Together, and Archer would air. It would not be until the advent of shows like Steven Universe, The Legend of Korra, and Adventure Time in the 2010s, that LGBT characters in animation would gain more of a prominent role, leading to shows such as She-Ra and the Princesses of Power in 2018 and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts in 2020, along with other series in the 2020s. This page will show this progress by building off the lists of animated series which contain these characters and explain the History of LGBT characters in animation. It does not focus on LGBT characters in anime series or films, which is examined on the LGBT themes in anime and manga page.

References

  1. ↑ Gavin MacIntosh (24 March 2014). "I just turned 15 on Saturday!". Twitter . Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gavin MacIntosh LinkedIn page". 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Gavin MacIntosh - Home". GavinMacIntosh.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Be Good To Each Other - Hayden Byerly & Gavin MacIntosh Fundraiser". Booster.com. 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  5. ↑ ""Turns" short film teaser". RightxHookxMedia - YouTube . 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Blood Games: Sanctioned to Die – Cast and Filmmakers". BloodGames-SanctionedToDie.net. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  7. ↑ ""Life Alone" TV Pilot (H.O.P.E. series)". HopeSeries - YouTube . 17 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Noelle (2015-06-08). "Interview: Gavin Macintosh on The Fosters Season 3 - Exclusive". Pop City Life. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  9. ↑ Rosy Cordero (24 March 2014). "TV to Si: Will Mariana Finally Find Love on 'The Fosters?". Xfinity TV Comcast . Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Lee Hernandez (24 March 2014). "'The Fosters' Season Finale Recap". Hollywood Life . Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Gavin MacIntosh TV Commercials". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Gavin MacIntosh - Ford / Robert Black - Kids". Ford / Robert Black. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Is This the Youngest Same-Sex Kiss in TV History?". 3 March 2015.
  14. ↑ Schoenfeld, Samantha (30 March 2015). "YouTube reverses age-restriction video of youngest TV same-sex kiss on 'The Fosters'". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "The 19 Biggest LGBT Moments on TV in 2015".
  16. ↑ "7 Best Moments from ABC Family's Final Year". 22 December 2015.
  17. ↑ "Gavin MacIntosh Discusses His Gay Kiss on the Fosters and What's Next for Him". 23 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "What Actor Gavin MacIntosh Has Learned from Playing a Gay Teen on 'The Fosters'". HuffPost . 24 July 2015.
  19. ↑ ""The Fosters" Gavin MacIntosh on Being Part of TV's Youngest Gay Couple: "Things Are Definitely Going to Move Forward"".
  20. ↑ "The Fosters' Jude and Connor talk to Gay Star News about reaction to their historic kiss". 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  21. ↑ "Gavin MacIntosh: Good kid on 'The Fosters,' 'sadistic' bad kid in new indie". Chicago Tribune .
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.