Doncaster-born, Louis William Tomlinson (1991) is an English singer, songwriter and actor., best known as a member of the famous pop band One Direction. Tomlinson began his career as an actor, in ITV drama Fat Friends and If I Had You and BBC drama Waterloo Road. After auditioning as a solo artist on The X Factor in 2010, he became a founding member of One Direction. In 2017, Tomlinson signed a solo deal with Epic Records.