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The Monocle (Sir Reginald Hargreeves)
The following entry is a list of characters from ''The Umbrella Academy'', a comic book series created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and its television adaptation on Netflix. The adaptation currently consists of three 10-episode seasons, the most recent of which was released on 22 June 2022. ''The Umbrella Academy'' features seven super-powered children: Luther Hargreeves, who has superstrength; Diego Hargreeves, who has trajectory manipulation meaning he can control projectiles; Allison Hargreeves, who can influence people to her command with the phrase "I Heard a Rumor", followed by what she wants to happen; Klaus Hargreeves, who can communicate with and summon the dead; Five Hargreeves, who can teleport and time travel; Ben Hargreeves, who can summon monstrous tentacles from his torso; and Vanya Hargreeves (later Viktor Hargreeves in the television adaptation), who can control sound waves. All the orphans were adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Way 2012 Cropped
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, and Spanish); Geraldo (Portuguese); Gherardo (Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/ Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); Gellért ( Hungarian); Gerardas ( Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts ( Latvian); Γεράρδης (Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gerrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Raver-Lampman
Emmy Raver-Lampman (born Emily Christine Raver Lampman, September 5, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She began her career working in musical theater, and has performed in various Broadway and national touring productions such as '' Hair'', ''Jekyll & Hyde'', ''Wicked'', and ''Hamilton''. She has played Allison Hargreeves in the Netflix series ''The Umbrella Academy'' since 2019. Early life Raver-Lampman was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. She was adopted as a newborn; her mother Sharon is a professor at Old Dominion University, while her father Greg is a writer and teacher. She was raised an only child, has traveled widely (over 50 countries) and lived in the Czech Republic, Ukraine and India when she was young due to her mother's work. She has a half-sister, who is her junior by twenty years. She attended a performing arts high school, Governor's School for the Arts, as well as Maury High in Norfolk. She then attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Capture
Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap, for short) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robots. In filmmaking and video game development, it refers to recording actions of human actors, and using that information to animate digital character models in 2-D or 3-D computer animation.Andrew Harris Salomon, Feb. 22, 2013, Backstage MagazineGrowth In Performance Capture Helping Gaming Actors Weather Slump Accessed June 21, 2014, "..But developments in motion-capture technology, as well as new gaming consoles expected from Sony and Microsoft within the year, indicate that this niche continues to be a growth area for actors. And for those who have thought about breaking in, the message is clear: Get busy...."Ben Child, 12 August 2011, The GuardianAndy Serkis: why won't Oscars go ape over motion-capture acting? Star of Rise of the Planet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Godley
Adam Godley (born 22 July 1964) is a British-American actor. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards and four Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances on the New York and London stages which include, ''Private Lives'' in 2001, ''The Pillowman'' in 2002, ''Rain Man'' in 2008, and ''The Lehman Trilogy'' in 2019. He made his Broadway debut in 2002 in a revival of Noël Coward's ''Private Lives'' for which he earned a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway debut. In 2011 he returned to Broadway in the musical ''Anything Goes'' for which he earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. In 2021, ''The Lehman Trilogy'' made its Broadway transfer to great critical acclaim, and securing Godley another Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play. His film roles include ''Love Actually'' (2003), and the children's films ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (2004), ''Nanny McPhee'' (2005), and ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005). He also has recurring ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Noah Gruman
Jesse Noah Gruman (born August 29, 2005) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in ''The Kid Detective,'' after he first gained recognition when playing the role of young Harold Jenkins in the Netflix original, ''The Umbrella Academy''. Gruman marked his first theatrical appearance when appearing in the dramatic mystery, ''The Song of Names'' as Zygmunt Rapoport. He was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Performance category at the 2018 META awards for his lead role in the world premiere of '' The Hockey Sweater: A Musical'', and won Best Leading Actor at the BroadwayWorld awards for the same production. Early life Gruman was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. His artistic passion began when he took up violin at the age of three and started studying dance at the age of five. Career Gruman made his professional debut playing his lead role in the world premiere of '' The Hockey Sweater: A Musical'' at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts. Gruman played the main role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Magaro
John Robert Magaro (born February 16, 1983) is an American actor. He starred in '' Not Fade Away'' (2012). He also had roles in ''The Big Short'', '' Carol'' (2015) and the Netflix series ''Orange Is the New Black'' and ''The Umbrella Academy''. He made his Broadway debut as Earl Williams, the escaped convict, in the revival of ''The Front Page'' in 2016. Life and career John Magaro was born February 16, 1983 in Akron, Ohio, the son of Wendy and James Magaro, and grew up in its nearby suburb of Munroe Falls. His father is of Italian descent and his mother is Jewish; he was raised in his mother's religion. His parents were teachers. While attending school within the Stow-Munroe Falls City School District, John began acting in local theater, including shows at the Cleveland Play House and the Kent State Porthouse Theatre at Blossom Music Center, and Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio. As a youth, John Magaro also appeared in television commercials, and had a role in a ''Rescue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Peabody
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin '' Leo,'' and the suffix ''hardu'' ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners. Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic ''O'Leannain'' also found as O'Leonard, but often was anglicised to just Leonard, consisting of the prefix ''O'' ("descendant of") and the suffix ''Leannan'' ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany. Variations The name has variants in other languages: * Leen, Leendert, Lenard (Dutch) * Lehnertz, Lehnert (Luxembourgish) * Len (English) * :hu:Lénárd (Hungarian) * Lenart ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Britton
Cameron Britton (born ) is an American actor known for his role as Ed Kemper in the Netflix crime drama television series ''Mindhunter'', for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and Hazel in the Netflix television series ''The Umbrella Academy''. Early life Britton grew up in Sonoma County, California, graduating from Analy High School in Sebastopol in 2004. He worked as a preschool teacher for eight years, where he taught special needs children ranging from 18 months to 3 years old. Career Britton had his breakout role as Ed Kemper in the 2017 Netflix crime drama '' Mindhunter''. He played hacker Plague in the 2018 crime thriller film ''The Girl in the Spider's Web''. In the Netflix TV show ''The Umbrella Academy'', he played the role of Hazel, a time-travelling assassin. He stars as the falsely suspected 1996 Olympic Games bomber Richard Jewell Richard Allensworth Jewell (born Richard White; December 17, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary J
Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blessed Virgin Mary * Mary Magdalene, devoted follower of Jesus * Mary of Bethany, follower of Jesus, considered by Western medieval tradition to be the same person as Mary Magdalene * Mary, mother of James * Mary of Clopas, follower of Jesus * Mary, mother of John Mark * Mary of Egypt, patron saint of penitents * Mary of Rome, a New Testament woman * Mary, mother of Zechariah and sister of Moses and Aaron; mostly known by the Hebrew name: Miriam * Mary the Jewess one of the reputed founders of alchemy, referred to by Zosimus. * Mary 2.0, Roman Catholic women's movement * Maryam (surah) "Mary", 19th surah (chapter) of the Qur'an Royalty * Mary, Countess of Blois (1200–1241), daughter of Walter of Avesnes and Margaret of Blois * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel And Cha-Cha
The hazel (''Corylus'') is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins .Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan . though some botanists split the hazels (with the hornbeams and allied genera) into a separate family Corylaceae. The fruit of the hazel is the hazelnut. Hazels have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins. The flowers are produced very early in spring before the leaves, and are monoecious, with single-sex catkins. The male catkins are pale yellow and long, and the female ones are very small and largely concealed in the buds, with only the bright-red, 1-to-3 mm-long styles visible. The fruits are nuts long and 1–2 cm diameter, surrounded by an involucre (husk) which partly to fully encloses the nut. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Gallagher
Aidan Gallagher (born September 18, 2003) is an American actor and musician. His first major role was portraying one of the quadruplets, Nicky Harper, in the Nickelodeon comedy television series ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn''. In 2019, Gallagher began portraying Number Five in the Netflix series ''The Umbrella Academy'', which is his breakthrough role and has brought him widespread recognition. Career Acting Gallagher first appeared in a minor role in a 2013 episode of ''Modern Family''. He was in the short film ''You & Me'' and was in the CBS television pilot ''Jacked Up'', which was not picked up and never aired. He then landed a major role in Nickelodeon's ''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn'' as Nicky Harper, for which he was nominated Favorite Male TV Star in the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2016 and 2017. He was in the show for four seasons until it ended in 2018. In February 2019, Gallagher began starring in the Netflix superhero series ''The Umbrella Academy'', an ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
