One Direction's Louis Tomlinson

          Louis William Tomlinson, born Louis Troy Austin, 24 December 1991 (age 20), is from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Born to mother Johannah Poulston and father Troy Austin, his parents split when he was young and he took on his stepfather Mark Tomlinson's name. He has five younger half-sisters, and two of them had roles as babies on television series Fat Friends, on which he would go along and serve as an extra. After Fat Friends, he attended an acting school in Barnsley. He had small parts in an ITV1 drama film If I Had You and BBC's Waterloo Road. He was a sixth form student at Hall Cross School, a state comprehensive school, and a former pupil of the Hayfield School. He revealed that he failed his first year of A levels at the Hayfield School. He ended up going back to Hall Cross and started A levels over again. He had a number of jobs, including at a Vue cinema and at Doncaster Rovers football stadium as a waiter in their hospitality suites.

As a student at Hall Cross, Tomlinson starred in several musical productions. Tomlinson revealed that landing the lead role of Danny Zuko in a high school musical production of Grease motivated him to audition for The X Factor. Tomlinson cites Robbie Williams as his biggest influence and idol. In an interview with Now Magazine, he stated: "I've always loved [Robbie]. He's just so cheeky, he can get away with anything. His performances are unbelievable." He also admires recording artist Ed Sheeran, describing him as "phenomenal."

Not long after The X Factor ended in 2010, Tomlinson faced criticism from first X Factor Winner Steve Brookstein in which Brookstein claimed Tomlinson wasn't a very good singer and couldn't believe he'd made it to the finals. However, Tomlinson received a lot of support from a number of celebrities and fans on twitter, with many claiming that Brookstein was just bitter and jealous due to failing to gain much success following his win in 2004.

Is known as "The Leader" but as Harry Styles stated "it was the only one left!" Styles is known as "The Flirt", Malik "The Vain One", Payne "The Smart One" and Horan "The Funny One".

One Direction were formed at the bootcamp stage of "The X Factor" (2004) in 2010 when the judges felt Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles were too good to throw away, but not interesting enough to make it as soloists. The decision to put the five boys in the group proved to be popular as they made it to The X Factor final and were the only band to be included on the 2011 X Factor Tour.

He is the oldest member of boy band One Direction.

If he wasn't a singer, he would be a drama teacher.

He plays piano.

He has no cousins.

After appearing on "The X Factor" (2004), he and One Direction band mate Harry Styles moved in together.

He applied for The X Factor in 2009, but didn't get through the first initial round before you audition for the judges.

He played the lead role of Danny in a school production of "Grease".

He used to work at Toys R Us.

His twin sisters were on a show called "Fat Friends" when they were babies. Louis started doing extra work in TV and films during that time. He was in a drama called "If I Had You" and "Waterloo Road".

He has four younger sisters, named Charlotte "Lottie," Felicite "Fizzy," and twin sisters Daisy and Phoebe.

His first pet was a dog named Ted.

His favorite band is "The Fray".

His favorite TV shows are "One Tree Hill" and "Skins".

He has a fear of birds.