The Umbrella Academy

Series Details:

Based on	The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Action, Black comedy, Drama, Science fantasy, Superhero
Seasons	4
Episodes	36
Release date	February 15, 2019 – August 8, 2024
Running time	40–60 minutes
Age rating	TV-14
Starring	Elliot Page Tom Hopper David Castañeda Emmy Raver-Lampman Robert Sheehan Aidan Gallagher Mary J. Blige Cameron Britton John Magaro Adam Godley Colm Feore Justin H. Min Ritu Arya Yusuf Gatewood Marin Ireland Kate Walsh Genesis Rodriguez Britne Oldford
Created by	Steve Blackman
Developed by	Jeremy Slater
Showrunners	Steve Blackman Jesse McKeown
Directed by	Jeremy Webb Paco Cabezas Ellen Kuras Stephen Surjik Sylvain White Andrew Bernstein Peter Hoar Amanda Marsalis Tom Verica Cheryl Dunye Jeff King Kate Woods Neville Kidd
Written by	Steve Blackman Jesse McKeown Molly Nussbaum Robert Askins Aeryn Michelle Williams Elizabeth Padden Lauren Otero Thomas Page McBee Christopher High Andrew Raab
Produced by	Kevin Lafferty Sneha Koorse Jamie Neese Jason Neese Ted Miller Steve Wakefield D. J. Carson Elizabeth Padden Lauren Otero
Executive producers	Gerard Way Gabriel Bá Jeremy Slater Scott Stuber Beau Bauman Mike Richardson Keith Goldberg Peter Hoar Jeff F. King Jeremy Webb Steve Blackman Jesse McKeown Jennifer Cecil Pascal Verschooris Abbey Morris
Cinematography by	Neville Kidd Craig Wrobleski Michael Marshall Fraser Brown
Edited by	Wendy Tzeng Timothy A. Good Amanda Panella Todd Desrosiers Franklin Peterson Amy K. Bostrom Carol Stutz Scott Turner Brian Beal Amy E. Duddleston Jon Dudkowski Miklos Wright
Music by	Jeff Russo Perrine Virgile
Casting By	Libby Goldstein Junie Lowry-Johnson Kim Coleman Robin D. Cook April Webster
Production Design by	Mark Steel Carey Meyer Andrew M. Stearn Mark Worthington
Production locations	Toronto, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario
Production Company	Borderline Entertainment Irish Cowboy Dark Horse Entertainment Universal Content Productions
Original Network	Netflix

Cast & Character:

Main Cast

• Elliot Page as Viktor/Vanya Hargreeves / The White Violin / Umbrella Number Seven
• Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves / Spaceboy / Umbrella Number One
• David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves / The Kraken / Umbrella Number Two
• Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves / The Rumor / Umbrella Number Three
• Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves / The Séance / Umbrella Number Four
• Aidan Gallagher as Five Hargreeves / The Boy / Umbrella Number Five
• Mary J. Blige as Cha-Cha (Season 1)
• Cameron Britton as Hazel (Season 1; Guest Seasons 2, 4)
• John Magaro as Leonard Peabody / Harold Jenkins (Season 1)
• Adam Godley as Phinneus Pogo (Seasons 1–3; Guest Season 4)
• Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves / The Monocle
• Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves / The Horror / Umbrella Number Six
• Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts (Seasons 2–4)
• Yusuf Gatewood as Raymond Chestnut (Season 2; Recurring Season 3)
• Marin Ireland as Sissy Cooper (Season 2; Guest Season 3)
• Kate Walsh as The Handler (Season 2; Recurring Season 1; Special Guest Seasons 3–4)
• Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Five (Season 3)
• Britne Oldford as Fei Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Three (Season 3)

Recurring

• Sheila McCarthy as Agnes Rofa (Season 1; Guest Season 4)
• Jordan Claire Robbins as Grace Hargreeves / Mom (Seasons 1–3; Guest Season 4)
• Ashley Madekwe as Detective Eudora Patch (Season 1)
• Peter Outerbridge as The Conductor (Season 1)
• Rainbow Sun Francks as Detective Chuck Beaman (Season 1)
• Matt Biedel as Sgt. Dale Chedder (Season 1)
• Cody Ray Thompson as Dave Katz (Season 1; Season 2)
• Patrice Goodman as Dot (Season 2; Guest Seasons 1, 3–4)
• Ken Hall as Herb (Season 2; Guest Seasons 1, 3–4)
• Kevin Rankin as Elliott (Season 2)
• Kris Holden-Ried as Axel (Season 2; Guest Season 4)
• John Kapelos as Jack Ruby (Season 2)
• Stephen Bogaert as Carl Cooper (Season 2)
• Raven Dauda as Odessa (Season 2)
• Dewshane Williams as Miles (Season 2)
• Jason Bryden as Otto (Season 2; Guest Season 4)
• Tom Sinclair as Oscar (Season 2; Guest Season 4)
• Justin Paul Kelly as Harlan Cooper / Lester Pocket (Season 2; Guest Season 3)
• Dov Tiefenbach as Keechie (Season 2)
• Robin Atkin Downes as A.J. Carmichael (Season 2)
• Mouna Traoré as Jill (Season 2)
• Justin Cornwell as Marcus Hargreeves / Sparrow Number One (Season 3)
• Jake Epstein as Alphonso Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Four (Season 3)
• Cazzie David as Jayme Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Six (Season 3)
• Javon “Wanna” Walton as Stanley “Stan” (Season 3)
• Julian Richings as Chet Rodo (Season 3)

Storyline:

On the same day in October 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a billionaire industrialist, who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his “children” to save the world. But not everything went according to plan. In their teenage years, the family fractured and the team disbanded. Now almost thirty years old, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of Hargreeves’ passing. Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Vanya and Number Five work together to solve a mystery surrounding their father’s death. But the estranged family once again begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.

About Series:

The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero television series on Netflix, adapted from Gerard Way’s comic book series with stunning illustrations by Gabriel Bá, published by Dark Horse Comics. Created by Steve Blackman and developed by Jeremy Slater, this show centers on a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to unravel the mystery of their father’s death and thwart an impending apocalypse.

Produced by Borderline Entertainment (seasons 1-2), Irish Cowboy (season 3), Dark Horse Entertainment, and Universal Content Productions, the show has evolved in its ratings, with seasons 1 and 2 being rated TV-14 and season 3 moving to a TV-MA rating.

The talented cast includes Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, and Aidan Gallagher, among others. Initially, the story was optioned as a film by Universal Pictures in 2011, but it was reimagined as a TV series in 2015 and greenlit by Netflix in July 2017. Filming takes place in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario.

Visual effects for the series are handled by SpinVFX, Weta Digital, Folks VFX, Soho VFX, Pixomondo, Deluxe VFX, Digital Film Tree, BOT VFX, Studio 8, Exceptional Minds and MARZ.

The first season debuted on February 15, 2019, and quickly became one of the most-streamed shows of the year, with 45 million households tuning in within its first month. The following seasons were released on July 31, 2020, and June 22, 2022, respectively. In August 2022, Netflix announced the renewal of the series for a fourth and final season, which premiered on August 8, 2024.

The Umbrella Academy has garnered positive reviews across its first three seasons and earned six Emmy nominations, cementing its place as a standout in the superhero genre.

Episodes List:

Season	Episodes	Originally released
1	10	February 15, 2019
2	10	July 31, 2020
3	10	June 22, 2022
4	6	August 8, 2024

Season 1 (2019):

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Teleplay by	Release date
1	1	“We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals”	Peter Hoar	Jeremy Slater	February 15, 2019
2	2	“Run Boy Run”	Andrew Bernstein	Steve Blackman	February 15, 2019
3	3	“Extra Ordinary”	Andrew Bernstein	Ben Nedivi & Matt Wolpert	February 15, 2019
4	4	“Man on the Moon”	Ellen Kuras	Lauren Schmidt Hissrich	February 15, 2019
5	5	“Number Five”	Ellen Kuras	Bob DeLaurentis	February 15, 2019
6	6	“The Day That Wasn’t”	Stephen Surjik	Sneha Koorse	February 15, 2019
7	7	“The Day That Was”	Stephen Surjik	Ben Nedivi & Matt Wolpert	February 15, 2019
8	8	“I Heard a Rumor”	Jeremy Webb	Lauren Schmidt Hissrich & Sneha Koorse	February 15, 2019
9	9	“Changes”	Jeremy Webb	Bob DeLaurentis & Eric W. Phillips	February 15, 2019
10	10	“The White Violin”	Peter Hoar	Steve Blackman	February 15, 2019

Season 2 (2020):

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Teleplay by	Release date
11	1	“Right Back Where We Started”	Sylvain White	Steve Blackman	July 31, 2020
12	2	“The Frankel Footage”	Stephen Surjik	Mark Goffman	July 31, 2020
13	3	“The Swedish Job”	Stephen Surjik	Jesse McKeown	July 31, 2020
14	4	“The Majestic 12”	Tom Verica	Bronwyn Garrity	July 31, 2020
15	5	“Valhalla”	Tom Verica	Robert Askins	July 31, 2020
16	6	“A Light Supper”	Ellen Kuras	Aeryn Michelle Williams	July 31, 2020
17	7	“Öga for Öga”	Ellen Kuras	Nikki Schiefelbein	July 31, 2020
18	8	“The Seven Stages”	Amanda Marsalis	Mark Goffman & Jesse McKeown	July 31, 2020
19	9	“743”	Amanda Marsalis	Bronwyn Garrity & Robert Askins	July 31, 2020
20	10	“The End of Something”	Jeremy Webb	Steve Blackman	July 31, 2020

Season 3 (2022):

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Teleplay by	Release date
21	1	“Meet the Family”	Jeremy Webb	Steve Blackman & Michelle Lovretta	June 22, 2022
22	2	“World’s Biggest Ball of Twine”	Cheryl Dunye	Jesse McKeown	June 22, 2022
23	3	“Pocket Full of Lightning”	Cheryl Dunye	Robert Askins	June 22, 2022
24	4	“Kugelblitz”	Sylvain White	Aeryn Michelle Williams	June 22, 2022
25	5	“Kindest Cut”	Sylvain White	Elizabeth Padden	June 22, 2022
26	6	“Marigold”	Jeff F. King	Lauren Otero	June 22, 2022
27	7	“Auf Wiedersehen”	Kate Woods	Michelle Lovretta	June 22, 2022
28	8	“Wedding at the End of the World”	Paco Cabezas	Jesse McKeown & Aeryn Michelle Williams	June 22, 2022
29	9	“Seven Bells”	Paco Cabezas	Robert Askins	June 22, 2022
30	10	“Oblivion”	Jeff F. King	Steve Blackman & Robert Askins	June 22, 2022

Season 4 (2024):

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Release date
31	1	“The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want”	Jeremy Webb	Steve Blackman & Jesse McKeown	August 8, 2024
32	2	“Jean and Gene”	Jeremy Webb	Teleplay by : Molly Nussbaum & Robert Askins Story by : Molly Nussbaum & Robert Askins and Jesse McKeown	August 8, 2024
33	3	“The Squid and the Girl”	Paco Cabezas	Aeryn Michelle Williams and Elizabeth Padden	August 8, 2024
34	4	“The Cleanse”	Paco Cabezas	Lauren Otero and Thomas Page McBee	August 8, 2024
35	5	“Six Years, Five Months, and Two Days”	Neville Kidd	Teleplay by : Jesse McKeown and Andrew Raab Story by : Robert Askins & Christopher High and Jesse McKeown & Andrew Raab	August 8, 2024
36	6	“End of the Beginning”	Paco Cabezas	Teleplay by : Jesse McKeown and Robert Askins & Christopher High and Steve Blackman Story by : Jesse McKeown	August 8, 2024