Concert events listed are based on the artist featured in the video you are watching, channels you have subscribed to, your past activity while signed in to YouTube, including artists you search ... Louis William Tomlinson (né Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer, songwriter and television personality. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction after beginning his career as an actor, appearing as an extra in ITV drama film If I Had You and the BBC drama Waterloo Road. In 2010, he auditioned as a solo contestant on the British music competition series The X Factor. He was eliminated as a solo performer before he was put into a group with four other contestants... Louis Tomlinson - Discover all of the latest news and updates, including exclusive interviews from the UK, US and rest of the world - HELLO! Louis William Tomlinson (/ ˈluːi ˈtɒmlɪnsən / LOO-ee TOM-lin-sən; born Louis Troy Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Doncaster, England, Tomlinson auditioned for British singing competition The X Factor as a solo artist in 2010, where he and four rejected solo contestants were placed into a group which became the British-Irish band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Following the group's hiatus in 2016, Tomlinson ...