The Untold Truth Of The Umbrella Academy’s Robert Sheehan – Looper

After “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” failed to land a sequel, Robert Sheehan found notable success starring in critically-acclaimed movies such as “The Road Within,” opposite Dev Patel and “Moonwalkers” with Ron Perlman. Along the way, he also co-starred in higher profile projects such as “Geostorm” with Gerard Butler and “Good Samaritan” with David Tennant, but in 2018, he starred as Tom Natsworthy in the steampunk flick “Mortal Engines” based on a screenplay co-written by “The Lords of The Rings” filmmaker Peter Jackson. While the movie failed to win over critics and audiences, Sheehan looked back on the movie favorably in an interview with Collider, saying, “‘Mortal Engines’ was a brilliant fit for me, as well, because everything in the film is in service to the story and serves that purpose, first and foremost.”

Shortly after “Mortal Engines,” Sheehan would debut his arguably best and most popular role to date as the tortured Klaus Hargreeves in Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy.” Thanks to his ability to speak to the dead, the good-natured and hedonistic Klaus succumbed to drug abuse as a young man, only sobering after finding true love during his time travel to Vietnam during the war. Sheehan told Collider the role was exciting because of its “untethered creativity. There’s nowhere that the show won’t dare to go. It’s just so incredibly left field. That’s what’s so wonderful about it. It has an essential kookiness.”