Tom Fletcher
- Born Thomas Michael on 17 July 1985 in Harrow, London.
- He attended the Slyvia Young Theatre School, and at the age of just ten he appeared in the Oliver!
- He went to school with Matt Willis from Busted.
- He made a small appearance in the video for the Mike + The Mechanics single “Over My Shoulder”
- He auditioned to be a member of the pop group Busted but lost out on the place after the record label decided the band should be a trio rather than a four-piece, but still carried on writing with the band.
- He is best known for being the founder of the band McFly of which he is the main vocalist and rhythm guitarist
- He wrote On a Rainbow, the official song of the London 2012 Olympics.
- In 2012 he married his girlfriend Giovanna Falcone. She is an author, a YouTuber and she won the twentieth series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
- He is also a successful songwriter and a bestselling author of children’s books
- He released his first solo novel, The Christmasaurus in 2016
- He appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2021 and was voted out on Week 9.
- Tom appeared in the Paw Patrol movie, voicing a dog character called Rocket.
- He has several tattoos, including one of a large triceratops dinosaur on his arm – its three horns represent his three children (Buzz, Buddy and Max).
- In 2011, appeared on The Cube and became only the third person to win £100,000 – he donated the money to the Comic Relief fund and the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust
- He has written 10 UK number one singles and 21 top-ten singles. He is credited as having written songs for One Direction, Busted, the Vamps and 5 Seconds of Summer.
- His hits include: “5 Colours in Her Hair”, “Obviously”, “All About You”, “Shine a Light” (featuring Taio Cruz) and “One for the Radio”
