The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero web television series based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way. Created for Netflix by Steve Blackman and developed by Jeremy Slater,
it revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling
superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father's death and
the threat of an impending apocalypse. The series is produced by
Borderline Entertainment, Dark Horse Entertainment, and Universal Cable Productions.
The ensemble cast features Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, Mary J. Blige, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland, and Kate Walsh. The adaptation began development as a film optioned by Universal Pictures
in 2011. It was eventually shelved in favor of a television series in
2015, before being officially greenlit by Netflix in July 2017. The
series is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario.
The first season was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019. In
April 2019, Netflix reported that 45 million households had watched
season one during its first month of release. That same month, the
series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31,
2020. Both seasons received positive reviews from critics.
On October 1, 1989, 43 women around the world gave birth simultaneously, despite none of them showing any sign of pregnancy until labour began. Seven of the children are adopted by eccentric billionaire
Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and turned into a superhero team that he calls
"The Umbrella Academy." Hargreeves gives the children numbers rather
than names, but they eventually are named by their nanny robot-mother,
Grace, as: Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Number Five (his only name),
Ben, and Vanya.[1]
While putting six of his children to work fighting crime, Reginald
keeps Vanya apart from her siblings' activities, as she supposedly
demonstrates no powers of her own.
In the present day, Luther is part ape and lived on the moon for four years, Allison is a famous actress, Vanya is a violinist, Klaus has a drug addiction, Ben, now deceased, is a ghost able to converse only with Klaus, and Diego has become a vigilante with a penchant for trouble. The estranged siblings learn that Reginald has died and gather for his funeral. Number Five returns from the future, chased by time-travelling operatives, and reveals that a global apocalypse
is imminent. Meanwhile, the reunited siblings try to uncover the secret
of their dysfunctional family while beginning to come apart due to
their divergent personalities and abilities
Cast and characters
Main
- Ellen Page as Vanya Hargreeves / The White Violin / Number Seven, a meek violinist with no apparent supernatural abilities, and somewhat alienated from her siblings. In reality, she possesses the power to convert sound waves into destructive force, an ability her father suppressed with drugs to keep others and herself out of danger. T.J. McGibbon and Alyssa Gervasi portray Vanya as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively.
- Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves / Spaceboy / Number One, an astronaut with super strength. He lived on the moon for four years as a mission from his father. He was the only one of his siblings who did not leave the team and during a mission he was severely injured. To save his life, Reginald injected him with a serum that turned his upper body into that of an ape.[3] Cameron Brodeur portrays a younger Luther.
- David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves / The Kraken / Number Two, a rebellious troublemaker with the ability to curve the trajectory of anything he throws, he usually uses knives.[4] Blake Talabis portrays a younger Diego.
- Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves / The Rumor / Number Three, a celebrity with the ability to control minds and bend reality with the phrase "I heard a rumor...".[3][5] Eden Cupid and Jordana Blake portray Allison as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively.
- Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves / The Séance / Number Four, a flamboyant drug and alcohol addict with the ability to communicate with the dead and temporarily make them corporeal.[3] Dante Albidone portrays a younger Klaus.
- Aidan Gallagher as Five Hargreeves / The Boy / Number Five, a boy with the ability to jump through space and time. After traveling to the future he ended up in a post-apocalyptic world, unable to get back. He survived on his own for decades before being recruited into the Commission, an agency that kept tabs on the timeline and figures who would threaten it. He eventually betrayed them in order to get back to his time to warn his family of the impending apocalypse and is constantly hunted by his former employer.[3] Returning to his time causes him to revert to his thirteen-year-old body. Jim Watson plays an adult Five and Sean Sullivan portrays an elderly Five.
- Mary J. Blige as Cha-Cha (season 1),[6] a Commission agent partnered with the character Hazel, she is "[a]ll-business" and the more sociopathic and ruthless of the two assassins.[7][8]
- Cameron Britton as Hazel (season 1; guest season 2), Cha-Cha's partner, a fellow assassin disillusioned with his life as an agent, who plans to leave the Commission after falling for doughnut store-owner, Agnes.[9] In season 2, an elderly Hazel appears to Five in 1963 and sacrifices his life for Five.
- John Magaro as Leonard Peabody / Harold Jenkins (season 1), Vanya's love interest. As a kid, he was an admirer of the Umbrella Academy and begged to join, since he was born on the same day as the result of a normal pregnancy, but was humiliated by Reginald. He later discovers Reginald's diary, detailing Vanya's potential, and inserts himself into her life with the goal of manipulating her into discovering and using her powers.[10] Jesse Noah Gruman portrays a younger Harold.
- Adam Godley and Ken Hall as Pogo (season 1; guest season 2), Reginald's closest assistant, and an intelligent chimpanzee, with Godley providing the voice and facial performance capture, and Hall providing the motion capture for the body, and playing the character on the set.[9][11][12] In season 2, a younger version of Pogo appears in 1963, who is treated like a son by Reginald and Grace.
- Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves / The Monocle, the Umbrella Academy's adoptive alien father and a billionaire industrialist who was deceased in 2019, but is alive at the end of season 2.[9]
- Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves / The Horror / Number Six (season 2;[13] recurring season 1), who can summon tentacled horrors from his body. Ben is deceased but appears regularly to Klaus and helps him occasionally. Ethan Hwang portrays a younger Ben.
- Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts (season 2),[14] Diego's love interest and The Handler's adopted daughter. Raya Korah and Anjana Vernuganan portray Lila as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively. She is one of the 43 children that were born at the same time. Her powers allow her to mirror someone else's (only one power at a time.)
- Yusuf Gatewood as Raymond Chestnut (season 2),[14] Allison's 2nd husband.
- Marin Ireland as Sissy Cooper (season 2),[14] Vanya's friend and love interest. She is also Carl's wife and Harlan's mother.
- Kate Walsh as The Handler (season 2; recurring season 1), the head of the Commission and Five's former boss.[15] In season 2, despite getting shot in the head by Hazel in the season 1 finale, she survives and after 3 months of recovery, she gets demoted to working at Number Five's old desk. The Handler is also Lila's adopted mother as she found her following the death of her parents by Five's hand in 1993.
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