What Umbrella Academy's Cast Look Like In The Comics

13. The Conductor

Umbrella Academy Vanya
Dark Horse Comics

In The Comics

In Way's source material, The Conductor is the villain of the piece, and has a more typically comic book villain look, with a General Grievous-like mask and ostentatious orchestral outfit. He leads The Orchestra Verdammten, a masked collection of murderous musicians, whose domino masks look like those worn by the Academy themselves.

In The Show

Umbrella Academy The Conductor
Netflix

Though largely replaced in narrative function by Leonard - who leads Vanya to her destructive powers in The Conductor's place - a version of the conductor exists, as played by Cool Runnings actor Peter Outerbridge, He's not so much a villain as a bit of a douche.

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