Thomas Michael Fletcher (born 17 July 1985) is an English musician, composer, author and vlogger.

He is one of the lead vocalists and rhythm guitarist of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder.

[1] He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London,[2] where, at the age of 13, he met Giovanna Falcone, whom he would later marry in 2012.

Fletcher came up with the idea to name the band after Marty McFly, the main character from his favorite film Back to the Future.

[14] McFly then rose to fame after Busted helped launch them by inviting them to be the opening act on their tour in March 2004.

[16] Fletcher has written the majority of McFly's songs with Jones and Poynter, with occasional contributions by Judd; Bourne has also assisted with songwriting on occasions.

As well as being the founding member of McFly, Fletcher plays rhythm guitar, shares lead vocals with Danny Jones, and sometimes undertakes the role of ukulele player and pianist.

He co-wrote eight of the songs on A Present for Everyone, as well as all but one ("Not Alone", written by Jones) of the tracks on McFly's debut album, Room on the 3rd Floor.

The song was originally released on YouTube on 1 June 2013, and in 2014 featured as a B-Side to their hit single "Don't Stop".

Co-written with band-mate Dougie Poynter, The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas sold more than 72,000 copies and became the most popular debut children's book of 2012.

[1] Fletcher released his first solo novel, The Christmasaurus, on 6 October 2016, about a young boy called William Trundle who goes on a magical adventure on Christmas Eve.

In November 2020, a series of Fletcher's books appeared in McDonald's Happy Meals as activity packs, including stickers.

[27] Between September and November 2021 Fletcher was a contestant on the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing partnered with professional dancer Amy Dowden.

[27] In 2024 Fletcher featured as a coach on thirteenth series of The Voice UK alongside Danny Jones in a duo chair.

[27] It was announced on Fletcher's YouTube channel[34] on 29 October 2013 that the couple were expecting their first child, with a video titled, We Have Some News....[35] In March 2014 their son was born.

Fletcher announced on 3 September 2015, again on YouTube, that his wife Giovanna was expecting their second child, by means of a video entitled 'Player 2'.

She played the part of Brenda Payne and sang two solo songs, "Thin Ice" and "I've Been a Good Girl".

Fletcher and wife Giovanna released a statement on social media clarifying that the money had been returned and admitted that "it was a huge error of judgement.