Netflix's The Umbrella Academy Cast Is So Stacked, We Almost Feel Bad For Other Shows

Known for his roles of Sir Percival in Merlin and Billy Bones in Black Sails, Tom Hopper will appear in the show as Luther Hargreeves, or Spaceboy, an aspiring astronaut whose head was accidentally transplanted onto the body of a gorilla during a mission to Mars.

Best known for his role in Sicario: Day of the Soldado, David Castañeda will play Diego Hargreeves, or The Kraken, whose superhuman talents include knife-throwing proficiency and holding his breath for a really long time.

Emmy Raver-Lampman, who is currently starring as Angelica in the first national tour of Hamilton, is set to play Allison Hargreeves, or The Rumour, whose power allows her to alter reality simply by lying about it.

Robert Sheehan — also known as Nathan Young from Misfits — will play Klaus Hargreeves, or The Séance, who is known for his ability to communicate with the dead, as well as his penchant for laziness.

Aidan Gallagher — otherwise known as Nicky Harper in the Nickelodeon series Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn — will play Number Five, or The Boy, who can travel through time, but regressed back to his youth in transit and, as a result, never seems to age.

Ellen Page, best known for her starring roles in Juno and Inception, will play Vanya Hargreeves (also known as The White Violin), a character who originally thought there was nothing extraordinary about her until she discovered her expertise on the violin.

Songstress Mary J. Blige will appear as Cha-Cha, a time-travelling assassin and Neo-Nazi criminal who actually appears in the comics as male, but is getting changed up in the Netflix series.

Cameron Britton — also known as Ed Kemper from Mindhunter — will play Hazel, Cha-Cha's right-hand man.

Best known for playing Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the miniseries Trudeau, Colm Feore will appear as Sir Reginald Hargreeves, or The Monocle, an extraterrestrial disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur and famous scientist who founds the Umbrella Academy.

British performer and Tony Award nominee Adam Godley is set to appear as Pogo, Sir Reginald Hargreeves' assistant who also happens to be a chimpanzee.

John Magaro — also known as Jack Ryan's Victor Polizzi — will appear as Leonard Peabody, an average guy who begins taking violin lessons from Vanya Hargreeves and gives her a new confidence (as well as a new love interest).

Kate Walsh from Private Practice and 13 Reasons Why will play The Handler, the self-assured leader of a mysterious, bureaucratic company who is known for handling just about anything.