the ending of ​​The Umbrella Academy season 3 took the Hargreeves, Lila, and Sparrow Ben to a new timeline designed by Reginald, season 4 catches up with them after parting ways to live normal lives.

After living without powers for a while, the Hargreeves are brought back together and given their powers back to go on a rescue mission – but, much to their dismay, they need their father’s help. The Hargreeves prepare to face one more apocalypse, though one that involves Ben, thus getting too personal. The Hargreeves and Reginald meet some interesting characters in The Umbrella Academy season 4 that threaten to end the world, and they are also ed by other, already-introduced characters who get a bigger role in the show’s final episodes.

Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves

Date Of Birth: January 28, 1985

  • Active Since: 2007

Actor: Tom Hopper was born in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. Hopper’s big break arrived in 2010 when he ed the BBC series Merlin, where he played Sir Percival. In 2014, he played William “Billy Bones” Manderly in Black Sails, and in 2017, he played Dickon Tarly in four episodes of Game of Thrones. On the big screen, Hopper’s most notable projects are Terminator: Dark Fate, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and Prime Video’s Space Cadet.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Year

Doctor Who

2010

Merlin

2010-2012

Black Sails

2014-2017

Game of Thrones

2017

The Umbrella Academy

2019-2024

Terminator: Dark Fate

2019

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

2021

Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City

2021

Love In The Villa

2022

Space Cadet

2024

Character: Luther Hargreeves, also known as Number 1, was the leader of the Umbrella Academy before they all parted ways before the events of season 1. Luther’s power is superstrength, and he had a gorilla-like torso. He spent most of his time on the moon after the team broke up but returned after Reginald's death and struggled to fit in with his siblings. Luther finally found happiness with his wife, Sloane, but he ended up losing her in season 4. He finally accepted she was gone and chose to sacrifice himself to save the world.

David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves

Date Of Birth: October 24, 1989

  • Active Since: 2009

Actor: David Castañeda was born in Los Angeles, California. After minor roles in movies like David Ayer’s End of Watch and the comedy horror Freaks of Nature, Castañeda became widely known for playing Nicholas in three episodes of Jane the Virgin. In 2018, Castañeda played Hector in the movie Sicario: Day of the Soldado, and he has a role in the 2025 action movie Ballerina. On TV, Castañeda played Victor Suero in season 2 of Most Dangerous Game.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Year

Jane the Virgin

2014-2015

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2108

The Umbrella Academy

2019-2024

The Tax Collector

2020

Most Dangerous Game

2023

Ballerina

2025

Character: Diego Hargreeves was the team’s Number 2, and as such, he always fought with Luther for the team’s leadership. Diego’s superpower is perfect aim, which he mostly uses in knife-throwing, and he can also change the direction of projectiles in midair. By the fourth season, Diego was also without his powers like his siblings and he had settled into a marriage with Lila where they have children. However, he has constant struggles with the idea that he is a "normal" man with no purpose and finally determines to sacrifice himself with his siblings to save the world.

Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves

Date Of Birth: September 5, 1988

  • Active Since: 2010

Actor: Emmy Raver-Lampman was born in Norfolk, Virginia. Raver-Lampman started her acting career in theater and was part of the ensemble of Hamilton. On the big screen, she played Bella in Dog, Mira Jones in Blacklight, and FBI Agent Verona Parker in David Ayer’s The Beekeeper. On TV, she played Lily Lofton in two episodes of Jane the Virgin and voiced Molly Tillerman in the animated series Central Park.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Year

Jane the Virgin

2019

Dog

2022

Blacklight

2022

Central Park

2021-2022

The Beekeeper

2024

Character: Allison Hargreeves was the team’s Number 3 before their split. Allison went on to become a famous actress, though most of her achievements were thanks to her superpower: “rumoring” people into doing what she said. When they were young, Allison and Luther were in love with each other. She was the first of the siblings to find love (in the Dallas timeline) but she ended up separated from her partner Ray and lost her daughter Claire, who she sent away to live in a peaceful utopia as an ultimate act of selflessness.

Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves

Date Of Birth: January 7, 1988

  • Active Since: 2003

Actor: Robert Sheehan was born in Portlaoise, Laoise, Ireland. Sheehan’s big break arrived in 2009 when he starred in the TV series Misfits as Nathan Young. Sheehan played Darren Tracey in the TV series Love/Hate and Billy in Me and Mrs Jones, and on the big screen, his most notable roles are The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Moonwalkers, Mortal Engines, and Red Sonja.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Year

Misfits

2009-2010

Love/Hate

2010-2013

Me and Mrs Jones

2012

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013

Moonwalkers

2015

Mortal Engines

2018

Red Sonja

2024

The Umbrella Academy

2019-2024

Character: Klaus was the Umbrella Academy’s Number 4, and his superpower was channeling the dead. Because of this, Klaus developed substance-use disorder as he was tormented by dead people. However, Klaus is one of the most caring of the dysfunctional Hargreeves family. When the siblings lost their powers in the fourth season, he was the most relieved since he couldn't see the ghosts anymore, and it helped him sober up. However, he realized that it couldn't last and he chose to make his final sacrifice as this more mature and strengthened Klaus to save the world.

Aidan Gallagher as Five Hargreeves

Date Of Birth: September 18, 2003

  • Active Since: 2013

Actor: Aidan Gallagher is an American actor. Gallagher’s big break was the Nickelodeon TV series Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, where he played Nicky Harper. Gallagher has also released a couple of songs since 2018, and his only film credit to date is the 2013 short film You & Me.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Year

Modern Family

2013

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn

2014-2018

The Umbrella Academy

2019-2024

Character: Five is the only member of the Umbrella Academy who wasn’t assigned a name because he disappeared when they were 13 years old, as he wanted to travel through time thanks to his teleportation powers. Five got stuck in the post-apocalyptic future, and it took him 45 years to return, though this process made him revert to his 13-year-old self. As the oldest of the family, Five is the wisest and most experienced. Five is also the one who realizes that they all have to make the ultimate sacrifice or the world will end.

Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves

Date Of Birth: March 20, 1990

  • Active Since: 2012

Actor: Justin H. Miin was born in Cerritos, California. Before his acting career began, Min was a journalist and photographer for different magazines. The Umbrella Academy was Min’s big break, and in 2023, he starred in the comedy-drama film Shortcomings and played Edwin in Netflix’s TV series Beef. In 2024, Min starred in the romance fantasy movie The Greatest Hits.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Year

The Umbrella Academy

2019-2024

Shortcomings

2023

Beef

2023

The Greatest Hits

2024

Character: Ben was the Umbrella Academy’s Number 6 and the Sparrow Academy’s Number 2. Umbrella Ben died when he was 16 years old, but Sparrow Ben was alive and well when he met the Umbrellas. Ben’s superpower is summoning eldritch monsters from other dimensions through a portal in his torso. In season 4, the siblings learned that Reginald killed Ben to stop a catastrophic reaction caused by his interaction with Jennifer, and it was this tragic backstory that led to the final sacrifice his siblings had to make in the end.

Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts

Date Of Birth: September 17, 1988

  • Active Since: 2012

Actor: Ritu Arya was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. Arya’s big break arrived in 2017 in the British soap opera Doctors, where she played Dr. Megan Sharma. Before that, in 2014, she played Gail in Sherlock’s “The Sign of the Three” and Flash in the sci-fi TV series Humans. On the big screen, she played Jenna in Last Christmas, Inspector Urvashi Das in Red Notice, and journalist Barbie in Barbie.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Year

Sherlock

2014

Humans

2016-2018

Doctors

2017

The Good Karma Hospital

2018-2019

Last Christmas

2019

Doctor Who

2020

The Umbrella Academy

2020-2024

Red Notice

2021

Barbie

2023

Character: Lila Pitts is one of the 43 marigold children, but she was raised by The Handler after she killed her parents. Lila’s superpower is mirroring someone else’s, so she can have the powers of the Hargreeves. Lila and Diego fell in love with each other, and at the end of season 3, they were expecting their first child. By the fourth season, Diego and Lila had married and had children. While Diego wanted something more, Lila wanted nothing more than to protect her children, making her sacrifice at the end the most tragic and sad of the series.

Colm Feore as Reginald Hargreeves

Date Of Birth: August 22, 1958

  • Active Since: 1981

Actor: Colm Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Before The Umbrella Academy, Feore was known for playing Pierre Trudeau in the TV miniseries Trudeau, as well as for his ing roles in various movies. Feore’s most notable films are Face/Off, City of Angels, The Insider, Pearl Harbor, Chicago, and Thor. On TV, his most notable TV shows are 24, The Borgias, House of Cards, and For All Mankind.

Notable Movies & TV Shows:

Movie/TV Show

Year

Face/Off

1997

City of Angels

1998

The Insider

1999

Pearl Harbor

2001

Chicago

2002

24

2009

Thor

2011

The Borgias

2011-2013

House of Cards

2016-2017

For All Mankind

2019

Character: Sir Reginald Hargreeves is an eccentric scientist and billionaire who is actually an alien. Reginald released the marigolds that created 43 superpowered children and adopted seven of them to create a team of superheroes. However, Reginald wasn’t a good father. He was also an alien on Earth and someone who manipulated his adopted children to his own means. He is who released the marigold into the wild after Abigail dies, and he is responsible for his kids' eventual deaths. His fate was not shown, but he either died as well or was sent back to his homeworld.

The Umbrella Academy Season 4 ing Cast & Characters

Meet The Rest Of The Cast Of The Umbrella Academy Season 4

Nick Offerman as Gene Thibodeau: Along with his wife, Jean, Gene is the leader of a group called the Keepers, who are sure that they’re all living in the wrong timeline and have evidence to back it up. He and his wife Jean were villains in the fourth season, and a thorn in the sides of the Hargreeves kids. Nick Offerman is best known for playing Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation and the President of the United States in 2024’s Civil War.

Megan Mullally as Jean Thibodeau: Gene’s wife and leader of the Keepers. She and her husband Gene were villains in the fourth season, and a thorn in the sides of the Hargreeves kids. Mullally’s most notable roles are Karen Walker in Will & Grace, Mrs. Sestero in The Disaster Artist, Chief in Childrens Hospital, Tammy II in Parks and Recreation, and Alyson Lefebvrere in The Great North.

Victoria Sawal as Jennifer: A girl from Ben’s past in the original timeline who, in the current one, could be potentially deadly. It turns out that it was Jennifer and Ben's relationship that could have caused a cataclysmic event in the world, so Reginald kills her and Ben to stop this from happening. In the end, it is Ben's love for Jennifer that doomed them both. Victoria Sawal’s most notable projects are Y: The Last Man, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Star Trek: Discovery.

David Cross as Sy Grossman/Denny Muntz: a man who brings back together the of the Umbrella Academy to find his daughter, who he claims ed the Keepers. In a massive twist, it turns out that he never existed and was simply Abigail in disguise so she could carry out her plan. David Cross’ most notable projects are Men in Black, Small Soldiers, Scary Movie 2, Alvin and the Chipmunks (and its sequels), and Kill Your Darlings. On TV, Cross appeared in Arrested Development, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, and more.

Liisa Repo-Martell as Abigail Hargreeves: Reginald’s wife who is now alive in the new timeline. It also turns out that she created the Marigold pollen that caused the world-ending event known as The Cleanse. She ended up releasing it and killing herself and either killing Reginald or sending him back to his world when the world reset. Liisa Repo-Martell’s projects include The English Patient, Lars and the Real Girl, and the TV series This Is Wonderland.

Millie Davis as Claire: Allison’s daughter. She played a strong role since it was the love for Claire that caused Allison to make a deal with Reginald, despite knowing the bad things that he had done. In the end, Allison sends her daughter to a utopian timeline to save her before sacrificing herself to save the world. Millie Davis appeared in the movies Wonder and Good Boys, as well as the TV shows Orphan Black, Odd Squad, Little People, Esme & Troy, and Popularity Papers.

George Tchortov as Quinn: an old acquaintance of Klaus who wants the money he owes him. Quinn ended up burying Klaus alive in revenge, but Allison showed up to save her brother. George Tchortov appeared in Antiviral, Molly’s Game, The Expanse, and Mayor of Kingstown.

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The Umbrella Academy
Release Date
2019 - 2024-00-00
Showrunner
Steve Blackman
Directors
Jeremy Webb

WHERE TO WATCH

Streaming

The Umbrella Academy is based on the comic book of the same name created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. The Hargreeves — collectively known as The Umbrella Academy — were born with superpowers, and their adoptive father utilized their abilities. However, as they grew older, the siblings grew apart as they dealt with their trauma. They are brought back together after their father dies and Five returns from the future with grave news: The world will end, and The Umbrella Academy has to stop it before it happens.

Main Genre
Adventure
Seasons
4