Sir reginald is extremely cold hearted often mistreating and even experimenting on the children for. The umbrella academy the monocle sir reginald hargreeves a wealthy entrepreneur and world renowned scientist he was a recipient of the nobel prize for his work in the cerebral advancement of the chimpanzee and is the founder of the umbrella academy a group of adopted super powered children. It s a flashback in which a much younger sir reginald hargreeves the wealthy entrepreneur and inventor who heads up the umbrella academy is talking to his wife or lover it s not specified.
Sir reginald hargreeves has always been a rather cold fellow treating his children with a brutal indifference that often lapses into abuse. The umbrella academy season two spoilers follow. To be sure reginald hargreeves off earth origins were already well known to fans of gerard way and gabriel bá s umbrella academy comics and had been strongly hinted at in the season 1 finale.
The adoptive father of the hargreeves siblings revealed to. Reginald hargreeves died at the start of the first season of the umbrella academy but he has since appeared in plenty of flashbacks. In fact he s the person who first put the entire group together.
Reginald hargreeves is a central character on netflix s the umbrella academy in both season 1 and season 2. More of reginald hargreeves mysterious backstory is revealed in the umbrella academy season 2 so we break down who he really is after that head scene. Inventor of the televator the levitator the mobile umbrella communicator and clever crisp cereal.
He adopts the members of the umbrella academy at birth. Sir reginald hargreeves also known as the monocle is an alien disguised as a wealthy entrepreneur and world renowned scientist. There s quite a bit of mystery surrounding sir reginald hargreeves colm feore aka the monocle on netflix s the umbrella academy we know that he s the adoptive father of superpowered siblings.
He adopted seven of the forty three children who were all born on the same day in 1989 to mothers without any previous signs of pregnancy. Sir reginald reggie hargreeves is an alien who assumed a human identity and gained a reputation as an explorer and eccentric billionaire as the head of the umbrella company.
