British star Adam Godley voices the advanced chimpanzee Pogo in “The Umbrella Academy.” However, much of the motion capture for Pogo is done by actor Ken Hall, who also portrays the Temps Commission employee Herb. Prior to meeting Reginald Hargreeves, Pogo is an ordinary chimpanzee. In the 1960s, Reginald and Grace train Pogo to ride a rocket into space. After he’s injured in the launch, Hargreeves uses a serum on Pogo that grants him a very abnormally high degree of intelligence. In the original timeline, Pogo remains close with Reginald, assisting him in business and caring for the Umbrella Academy siblings alongside Grace.
Though he played a small but significant role in “Breaking Bad,” Godley is best known for appearing in British children’s films like “Nanny McPhee” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The latter was the 2005 remake directed by Tim Burton, which starred Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, and Helena Bonham Carter. Lately, the actor has popped up in a variety of popular comedy-dramas, including “Suits,” “Lodge 49,” and “The Great.” In the legal series “Suits,” Godley’s character Nigel Nesbitt engages in several comical scenes with Rick Hoffman’s character Louis Litt, who are presented as two halves of the same coin but are in constant competition with each other.