The Umbrella Academy: Everything You Need To Know
10. The Monocle, Aka Sir Reginald Hargreeves
Sir Reginald Hargreeves who also goes by The Monocle is the leader of the superhero team. He is quite the renaissance man as he has held titles such as Inventor, Entrepreneur, Olympic gold medalist, Nobel Prize winner, and, of course, a terrible father. Oh, he is also a space alien.
He is the eccentric billionaire who adopted all of the so-called "strange" children that made up the Umbrella Academy superhero team. Hargreeves was known to be manipulative and cold towards the kids, something that has scarred the heroes later in life.
While on paper it claims he is the children's legal guardian and adoptive father, he seldom acts like it. Hargreeves refrains from treating them like children and will not allow them to call him their father. He only refers to them by their code names and runs weird experiments on them while they are asleep. The Monocle’s unfortunate death brings the team back together for the first time in a decade.
Colm Feore is the seasoned veteran brought in to play The Monocle. He most recently was seen on House of Cards and has some comic book credibility from his performance as King Lauffrey in the first Thor film.