David Castaneda

The Umbrella Academy

David Castañeda is best known for playing the part of Diego Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy. Castañeda initially studied civil engineering in college with the intention of taking over the family business after he finished his studies. However, he became interested in film direction and switched to major in film production and international business California State University, Fullerton.

He has acted in various television productions, such as End of Watch and Switched at Birth. He was cast in the role of Hector in the film Sicario: Day of the Soldado released in 2018 and had a major role in an independent film El Chicano plus a supporting role in Jean-Claude Van Damme’s We Die Young and Billy Crystal’s film Standing Up, Falling Down.

He is currently filming the fourth series of The Umbrella Academy as Diego Hargreeves / Number 2 in The Umbrella Academy.

The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero television series based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. It revolves around a dysfunctional family of former child heroes, now grown apart, who must reunite to continue to protect the world. Adopted by eccentric billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves and turned into a superhero team that he calls “The Umbrella Academy.” Hargreeves gives the children numbers rather than names, but their robot-mother, Grace, later names six of them: Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Ben, and Vanya. These adopted sibling superheroes come together to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an imminent apocalypse.

The Umbrella Academy can currently be seen on Netflix.

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