The Umbrella Academy (2019)
The Umbrella Academy is a 2019 action & adventure series created by Steve Blackman. It stars Aidan Gallagher, Elliot Page and Tom Hopper.
Forty-three children were born on the same day in 1989 to mothers who showed no sign of pregnancy. A reclusive billionaire adopted seven of them, trained their strange powers, and then left them to grow into damaged adults. Netflix's superhero drama, loosely adapted from Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's Dark Horse comic, reunites these estranged siblings after their father's death, just as an apocalypse looms. Time travel, dysfunction, and deadpan humor tangle together as the family bickers its way toward saving a world it barely understands. Elliot Page, Robert Sheehan, and Tom Hopper lead the misfit lineup.
Quick answers
What is The Umbrella Academy about?
Forty-three children were born on the same day in 1989 to mothers who showed no sign of pregnancy. A reclusive billionaire adopted seven of them, trained their strange powers, and then left them to grow into damaged adults. Netflix's superhero drama, loosely adapted from Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's Dark Horse comic, reunites these estranged siblings after their father's death, just as an apocalypse looms. Time travel, dysfunction, and deadpan humor tangle together as the family bickers its way toward saving a world it barely understands. Elliot Page, Robert Sheehan, and Tom Hopper lead the misfit lineup.
When was The Umbrella Academy released?
The Umbrella Academy was released on 15 February 2019.
How many episodes does The Umbrella Academy have?
The Umbrella Academy has 36 episodes across 4 seasons.
Who made The Umbrella Academy?
The Umbrella Academy was created by Steve Blackman.
Where can I watch The Umbrella Academy?
The Umbrella Academy is available on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.
Where to watch The Umbrella Academy
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Cast
- Aidan Gallagher as Number Five
- Elliot Page as Vanya Hargreeves / Number Seven
- Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves / Number One
- Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves / Number Three
- Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves / Number Four
- David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves / Number Two
- Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves / Number Six
- Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves
- Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts
- Jordan Claire Robbins as Grace
- Adam Godley as Pogo (voice)
- Kate Walsh as The Handler
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A few thoughts on The Umbrella Academy
The show sprang from Gerard Way's comic, so start there, then follow the found-family superheroics into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, another band of misfit siblings raised by an eccentric father figure. Fullmetal Alchemist matches its blend of sibling bonds, strange powers, and looming catastrophe. For apocalyptic Found Family in a game, The Last of Us carries the same ache.
Dysfunctional teams of superpowered outcasts
The Umbrella Academy reunites seven bickering siblings whose powers never healed their damage. These stories share that messy team energy, following superpowered misfits who fight the apocalypse and each other in equal measure across gritty ensembles and one anarchic manga.
Ordinary people who wake up with strange powers
The children of The Umbrella Academy were born with abilities no one can explain. These stories chase the same jolt of sudden power, following ordinary people who discover they can do the impossible and must decide what that gift ends up costing them.
Time travel that tangles the whole timeline
Time travel keeps yanking The Umbrella Academy's family back and forth as an apocalypse looms. These stories tangle their own timelines the same way, sending heroes bouncing through history where every fix threatens to unravel everything they came to save.
Broken families forced back under one roof
Beneath the powers, The Umbrella Academy is a story about damaged siblings and a cold adoptive father. These stories dig into the same fractured families, gathering estranged relatives and found-family teams under one roof where old wounds refuse to close.