8 Reasons The Umbrella Academy's Robert Sheehan Should Have a Place in Your Heart

Although his character on The Umbrella Academy can talk to and see the dead, Robert doesn't actually believe in ghosts. While promoting his 2015 film The Messenger, in which he plays a man that can hear dead people, he stated, "I've had strange things happen but I've never put it down to ghostly intervention."

Prior to The Umbrella Academy, Robert was best-known for his role as Nathan Young on Misfits, which follows the story of five juvenile offenders who are given superpowers after a freak electrical storm hits town. Much like Klaus, Nathan became a fan favourite thanks to his frequent wise-cracks.

Other supernatural roles include a man that can hear dead people in The Messenger, a hopeful knight-in-training named Kay in Season of the Witch, eventual vampire Simon Lewis in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and of course, Klaus on The Umbrella Academy.

In addition to frequently posting about climate change on Twitter, Robert is also an ambassador for Project Zero. Project Zero helps raise global awareness about climate change in order to ignite behavioural change and help raise revenue to complete ocean protection projects.

Robert's only major public relationship has been with The Mummy star Sofia Boutella, which started after the pair met while filming Jet Trash in 2014. The couple later broke up in 2018, and Robert told Hot Press that his "mind is open to developing a connection with somebody."

Robert's red carpet fashion over the years has been anything but boring. More recently, he's seemed to favour skirts and mesh tops. When asked about his style, he told Weekend, "If you enjoy colour and vibrancy, wear whatever you like. I think people should feel less restricted by the perimeters of things like 'menswear' and 'womenswear.' It's not something that I really give much credence to when I'm buying clothes — I buy mostly ladies clothes. I think to be yourself, first and foremost, that's the easiest way to think about it."

What started out as a goal to give up caffeine for a week, turned into much longer. He now drinks decaf with soy milk. As to why he decided to stay off caffeine, he told The Irish Post that he "carried on because I found I p*ss and sh*t a lot less." Fair!