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The Umbrella Academy
Too many siblings. Not enough timeline.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aidan Gallagher
Number Five
36 eps
Elliot Page
Vanya Hargreeves / Number Seven
36 eps
Tom Hopper
Luther Hargreeves / Number One
36 eps
Emmy Raver-Lampman
Allison Hargreeves / Number Three
36 eps
Robert Sheehan
Klaus Hargreeves / Number Four
36 eps
David Castañeda
Diego Hargreeves / Number Two
36 eps
Mary J. Blige
Cha-Cha
10 eps
Justin H. Min
Ben Hargreeves / Number Six
36 eps
Ritu Arya
Lila Pitts
26 eps
Cameron Britton
Hazel
12 eps
Colm Feore
Sir Reginald Hargreeves
33 eps
Sheila McCarthy
Agnes
11 eps
Genesis Rodriguez
Sloane Hargreeves
10 eps
Adam Godley
Pogo (voice)
16 eps
Jordan Claire Robbins
Grace
24 eps
Justin Paul Kelly
Harlan
10 eps
Marin Ireland
Sissy Cooper
11 eps
Yusuf Gatewood
Raymond Chestnut
13 eps
John Magaro
Leonard Peabody
10 eps
Kate Walsh
The Handler
16 eps
Cameron Brodeur
Young Luther
8 eps
Dante Albidone
Young Klaus
8 eps
Ethan Hwang
Young Ben
7 eps
Rainbow Sun Francks
Detective Chuck Beaman
6 eps
Alyssa Gervasi
Young Vanya (Age 4)
5 eps
Blake Talabis
Young Diego
7 eps
Ashley Madekwe
Detective Eudora Patch
5 eps
Sean Sullivan
Super Old Five
6 eps
Tom Sinclair
Oscar
6 eps
Raven Dauda
Odessa
4 eps
Dewshane Williams
Miles
4 eps
Mouna Traoré
Jill
4 eps
Jason Bryden
Otto
9 eps
Eden Cupid
Young Allison
9 eps
T.J. McGibbon
Young Vanya
8 eps
Robert Verlaque
Hoyt Hillenkoetter
4 eps
Kristen Holden-Ried
Axel
10 eps
John Kapelos
Jack Ruby
5 eps
Dov Tiefenbach
Keechie
6 eps
Calem MacDonald
Young Dave
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Umbrella Academy actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Umbrella Academy reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 36 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20201 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201910 episodes
7.9IMDbReunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets -- and a looming threat to humanity.
Best episode · S01E09 Changes
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202010 episodes
7.7IMDbBlasted back in time to 1960s Dallas, the scattered siblings build new lives for themselves — until a new doomsday threat pulls them back together.
Best episode · S02E08 The Seven Stages
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
202210 episodes
7.5IMDbBack at the Academy, the Umbrellas clash with a new squad of Hargreeves siblings as a mysterious force begins to wreak havoc on the city.
Best episode · S03E01 Meet the Family
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20246 episodes
6.7IMDbSix years after the reset, the powerless Hargreeves clan faces a secret society and learns that the greatest threat to the universe... may be themselves.
Best episode · S04E01 The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E09 · Signature episode
Changes
Vanya veers between shock and despair as she makes a string of unsettling discoveries. A serendipitous development leaves Five at loose ends.
- Directed by Jeremy Webb
S02E08 · Signature episode
The Seven Stages
A desperate Five concocts a risky plan to intercept another version of himself. The FBI tortures Vanya. Diego discovers what causes the apocalypse.
- Directed by Amanda Marsalis
S01E10 · Signature episode
The White Violin
As a lifetime of secrets and resentment bring the Umbrella Academy crashing down, the Hargreeves siblings realize the worst is still to come.
- Directed by Peter Hoar
S01E05 · Signature episode
Number Five
Five lets Luther in on his secret, Klaus returns from a harrowing trip through time, and Vanya begins to feel different without her meds.
- Directed by Ellen Kuras
S01E08
I Heard a Rumor
As Vanya practices controlling her new abilities, Allison tags along with a local cop to find out what happened outside the restaurant.
- Directed by Jeremy Webb
S02E09
743
As the Fives plot against each other, one of the siblings makes a big sacrifice to help Vanya, and Lila learns the truth about her parents.
- Directed by Amanda Marsalis
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S04E03
The Squid and the Girl
- Directed by Paco Cabezas
- Written by Aeryn Michelle Williams, Elizabeth Padden
S04E01
The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want
- Directed by Jeremy Webb
- Written by Jesse McKeown, Steve Blackman
S04E04
The Cleanse
- Directed by Paco Cabezas
- Written by Thomas Page McBee, Lauren Otero
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Steve Blackman
Showrunner
Jeremy Webb
Executive producer
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Mark Goffman
Executive producer
Jeff F. King
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Jesse McKeown
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Jennifer Cecil
Executive producer
Jeremy Slater
Executive producer
Mike Richardson
Executive producer
Peter Hoar
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Keith Goldberg
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Abbey Morris
Executive producer
Scott Stuber
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Pascal Verschooris
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Beau Bauman
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Aeryn Michelle Williams
Writer
Thomas Page McBee
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Lauren Otero
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Elizabeth Padden
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Sneha KoorseProducer
- Jeremy WebbExecutive Producer
- Mark GoffmanExecutive Producer
- Jeff F. KingExecutive Producer
- Jesse McKeownExecutive Producer
- Jennifer CecilExecutive Producer
Writing
- Aeryn Michelle WilliamsWriter
- Jesse McKeownWriter
- Thomas Page McBeeWriter
- Lauren OteroWriter
- Elizabeth PaddenWriter
- Steve BlackmanWriter
Direction
- Neville KiddDirector
- Kate WoodsDirector
- Stephen SurjikDirector
- Andrew BernsteinDirector
- Jeremy WebbDirector
- Cheryl DunyeDirector
Cinematography
- Neville KiddDirector of Photography
- Craig WrobleskiDirector of Photography
Music
- Jeff RussoOriginal Music Composer
- Perrine VirgileOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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