Louis Tomlinson
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Tomlinson performing at Glasgow in 2013
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| Birth name | Louis Troy Austin |
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24 December 1991 Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Associated acts | One Direction |
Louis William Tomlinson (born Louis Troy Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He is known as a member of the pop boy band One Direction.
Tomlinson began his career as an actor, initially appearing in ITV drama Fat Friends as an extra. He also went on to appear in another ITV drama film If I Had You and the BBC drama Waterloo Road. In 2010, he became a founding member of One Direction after auditioning as a solo artist on The X Factor. Following the band's hiatus, Tomlinson released the single "Just Hold On" with Steve Aoki in December 2016.
In 2013, he was signed as a footballer by Doncaster Rovers of the Football League Championship on a non-contract basis.
Tomlinson was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to Johannah Poulston and Troy Austin, who split up when he was young. He later took on his then stepfather Mark Tomlinson's name. His mother passed away, after a short battle with leukemia, in December 2016.
Tomlinson was a sixth form student at Hall Cross School (a state comprehensive school) and a former pupil of the Hayfield School. He failed his first year of A levels at the Hayfield School and ended up going back to Hall Cross and starting A levels again. He had a number of jobs, including at a Vue cinema and at Doncaster Rovers football stadium as a waiter in the hospitality suites. As a student at Hall Cross, Tomlinson appeared in several musical productions. He admitted to not applying himself academically in school, but he thoroughly enjoyed being with his friends and being involved with musical productions. Taking the lead role of Danny Zuko in the Hall Cross musical production of Grease motivated him to audition for The X Factor.
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