Leonard Peabody

Leonard Peabody
Real Name	Harold Jenkins
Aliases	Leonard Peabody
Relatives	Mr. Jenkins (father; deceased) Harold’s mother (deceased)
Biographical information
Date of birth	October 1, 1989
Date of death	2019
Place of death	The City
Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Other information
Played by	John Magaro

Leonard Peabody (born Harold Jenkins) is a love interest of Vanya Hargreeves. The character is unique to the Netflix adaptation of The Umbrella Academy, where he is played by John Magaro.

Biography

Leonard Peabody's real name is Harold Jenkins. He was born on the same day as the Umbrella Academy siblings, but only by coincidence as his birth was a completely normal birth. His mother died during childbirth, causing his father to become an abusive alcoholic. Because of this, Leonard ran away to try and join the Umbrella Academy, but was turned away by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and laughed at by the crowd. Later, his father made fun of him for his outfit, and sent Leonard to fetch his beer twice. When Leonard took too long, his father would physically hurt him. Leonard was fed up with being pushed around, so he resorted to murdering his father with a hammer. He was sent to prison for 12 years due to the crime.

After finding a Diary written by Reginald about Vanya that was thrown into a trash can by Klaus, he sought her out.

In episode 7, The Day That Wasn't, Leonard's name was found on an order that was meant to be given to Cha Cha at the commission by Five, as the person responsible for the apocalypse, which read "Protect Harold Jenkins." When Five came back, Allison researched the name, and found out that Leonard's real name was Harold, validating her initial concern about him.

Leonard and Vanya go to his grandmother's house to convince Vanya to use her powers. Allison comes to find Vanya and tells her the truth about Leonard, but Vanya is upset about Allison getting involved with Vanya's love life. When Allison feels that she needs to resort to using her power to stop Vanya's rage, Vanya ends up nearly killing Allison, by slitting her throat with her violin bow. They run away, and he urges her to get revenge on her family. When Vanya refuses, he begins to mock her, constantly hitting a book and calling her ordinary and weak, resulting in her using her powers to kill him violently.

Relationships

Vanya Hargreeves

Vanya Hargreeves falls in love with Leonard when he becomes her violin student, and makes a tiny sculpture of her.

After discovering Sir Reginald's journal, he and Vanya go to his grandmother's house together, convincing her that she had powers and had to use them.