Doom Patrol, the DC Universe streaming service's newest live-action show, boasts an impressive ensemble cast. Hopes are high for the new series, which has been highly anticipated ever since the team and most of its cast were introduced in the fourth episode of the Titans series. This episode was also titled "Doom Patrol" and featured a script by legendary comic writer Geoff Johns, who is also a producer on Doom Patrol.

First appearing in My Greatest Adventure #80, the Doom Patrol were promoted as the "World's Strangest Heroes." Led by the mysterious figure they knew only as the Chief, the Doom Patrol was made up of a trio of super-powered beings whose gifts were more of a curse than a blessing. Despite this, they tried to use their abilities to help protect a world that hated and feared them, ultimately sacrificing their lives to save the world. The Doom Patrol name would live on, however, and become increasingly surreal in later incarnations, fighting unspeakable evils such as a painting that ate cities and the organization known as the Men From N.O.W.H.E.R.E. which sought to destroy all things abnormal.

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The cast of Doom Patrol is as diverse and eclectic as the team in the comics. The one thing uniting all of the actors in the ensemble is that they are all gifted comedic performers. Given the absurdist tone of the source material, the ability to sell the drama of a situation no matter how silly it seems is a must and based on the first episode the cast will be more than capable of convincing audiences to keep watching.

Brendan Fraser is Cliff Steele / Robotman

Cliff Steele was racing royalty back in 1988. He seemingly had it all - money, fame, and family. A horrific car crash destroyed his body, but his brain was salvaged and placed into a robotic shell. Now Cliff is super-strong and virtually indestructible, but he'd give it all up to enjoy a good meal, smell some flowers or feel the wind in his face, as his new body has no sense of smell, taste or touch.

Robotman is the character most synonymous with the Doom Patrol, being the only hero who has been a member of every incarnation of the team. His origin story and powers are taken directly from the original comics. The only significant change is that Cliff Steele never had a wife or daughter in the comics, where the only family he was shown to have was a brother and sister-in-law.

Best remembered for his role as Rick O'Connell in The Mummy Trilogy, Brendan Fraser stepped away from acting for a few years before returning more recently in the drama series Condor and TrustFraser plays Cliff Steele in the flashback scenes set before his accident and provides the voice of Robotman in the modern-day scenes.

Doom Patrol Timothy Dalton Plays The Chief

Timothy Dalton is Dr. Niles Caulder / The Chief

A brilliant engineer and medical doctor, Dr. Niles Caulder dedicated his life to treating unusual cases other doctors declared incurable. Independently wealthy from the money made on various patents, Dr. Caulder opened his manor house to patients who can't - or prefer not to - reintegrate themselves into society. Though he plays at being an altruistic humanitarian, Dr. Caulder is not above lying to his patients when he feels the truth is not in their best interests.

Dr. Caulder underwent a dramatic transformation over the span of the Doom Patrol's history. Originally presented as a compassionate if somewhat stuffy and overly-intellectual figure, later stories revealed him as a villain who was responsible for staging the accidents that injured many of his patients. It remains to be seen if this revelation will be played out in the series.

Despite being most famous for playing James Bond, Timothy Dalton built his career on playing charming villains and heroic but sinister figures. This makes him an ideal casting choice to play the ambiguous Dr. Caulder. He is still fondly remembered for his roles as Prince Barin in Flash Gordon, actor turned Nazi spy Neville Sinclair in The Rocketeer and Lord Rassilon in "The End of Time" episode of Doctor Who.

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April Bowlby is Rita Farr / Elasti-Woman

Rita Farr was a movie star back when movies were still called pictures. Described alternatively as "The Queen of Fifties Cinema", "the poor man's Deborah Kerr" and "the rich man's Yvette Vickers," her career came to a sudden end when she fell through a dock into an African lake and came into contact with some strange liquid. This transformed her into an amorphous blob like something out of one of the B-movies she once starred in. Though she can "keep her face on" briefly, she largely shuns the outside world in favor of hiding inside Caulder Manor and remembering better days.

In the original comics, Rita Farr was not horribly disfigured like the rest of the Doom Patrol. She did, however, have a complete inability to control her size-changing powers, which made her continuing to work as an actress impossible and drove her to become a recluse. The idea of Rita being a protoplasmic blob in her natural form came from the 2009 Doom Patrol comic series, which revealed the seemingly reborn Elasti-Woman was the result of Dr. Caulder implanting Rita's memories into a new body free of "weaknesses" like bones or internal organs.

April Bowlby plays Rita Farr with the perfect mix of classic charm and haughtiness that the role demands. A gifted comedic actor, Bowlby may be recognized from her reoccurring roles as Kandi on Two and a Half Men, Crazy Meg on How I Met Your Mother, or Stacy Barrett on Drop Dead Diva.

Doom Patrol Matt Bomer Plays Negative Man

Matt Bomer is Larry Trainor / Negative Man

In 1961, Larry Trainor was a USAF test pilot and on the short-list of candidates for Project Mercury. He had a wife and two sons at home and was having an affair with one of his male ground crew. All of that went by the wayside when Larry flew a jet through a radioactive cloud on the upper edge of the atmosphere. This left Larry with a body that emitted a lethal dose of radiation that was host to a "negative spirit" of pure energy, whose interactions with the physical world are explosive to say the least. Considered dead to the world at large, Larry is another permanent resident of Caulder Manor as the series opens.

Larry's background has been changed substantially from the original comics, where he never had a wife or children and was presumed to be heterosexual. The appearance of the negative spirit has also changed, appearing to be made of some kind of energy rather than the living shadow depicted in the comics. The biggest change, however, is the show's version of Larry Trainor doesn't have complete control over the actions of the negative spirit. He also doesn't seem to have the sixty-second time-limit from the classic Doom Patrol comics, which limited how long the negative spirit could leave his body.

Matt Bomer plays Larry Trainor in the flashbacks of his life before his accident and provides the voice of Negative Man in the modern-day scenes. A beloved actor on stage, screen and television, Bomer is well known for his roles in American Horror Story, The Last Tycoon, and the Magic Mike movies. This is not Bomer's first time in a DC Comics production, having provided the voice for Superman in the animated movie Superman: Unbound.

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Diane Guerrero is Crazy Jane

Jane has 64 personalities, each of which has its own superpower. This has led to her being called Crazy Jane by some people, which the rest of her personalities don't appreciate to varying degrees of violent disapproval. Jane's other personalities include the confrontational Hammerhead, the sweet and innocent Baby Doll and the artistic Hangman's Beautiful Daughter.

Introduced during Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol, Jane is accurately adapted from the source material. Reference is even made to the Underground - a vast psychic subway grid which connects Jane's various personas. Each of Jane's other selves have a station on the Underground, where they reside when they are not in charge of Jane's body.

Jane's role demands an actress of versatile talents and Diane Guerrero fits that bill. First finding fame as Maritza Ramos in Orange is the New Black, she has gone on to play Lina in Jane The Virgin and Sofia in Superior Donuts. She will also be providing the voice for Green Lantern Jessica Cruz in the upcoming Justice League vs. The Fatal Five animated movie.

Joivan Wade as Cyborg in Doom Patrol with New 52 Origin Comic

Joivan Wade is Victor Stone / Cyborg

Victor Stone was a star athlete and an honor student with a bright future ahead of him until an accident in the lab of his scientist parents left him severely injured and his mother dead. His father, Dr. Silas Stone, was able to save Victor's life with the use of some revolutionary cybernetic implants of his own design. Now, Victor uses his enhanced body to protect his neighborhood as Detroit's hometown hero, Cyborg.

The background of Doom Patrol's take on Cyborg is taken from the character's original origins in the New Teen Titans comics, rather than the more recent revamp seen in the New 52 Justice League series or the Justice League movie. This version of Victor Stone draws his powers entirely from Earthling technology rather than a bond with a New Gods' Motherbox. This version of Cyborg is also more strongly motivated to be a hero because of his mother's death than any other screen adaptation of Victor Stone.

Jovian Wade is a familiar face to British audiences, having appeared in the youth series Big School and Youngers. He first found international fame playing street artist Rigsy in the Doctor Who episodes "Flatline" and "Face The Raven." He is perhaps best known for his role as Jordan Johnson on EastEnders and for playing the role of Isaiah in The First Purge.

Alan Tudyk Mr Nobody

Alan Tudyk is Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody

A self-described "third-rate bad-guy" and "nameless henchman", Eric Morden was changed into something else and driven insane after paying a king's ransom to a Nazi mad scientist to be given superpowers. Believing he has the power to "control the story", Mr. Nobody (as Morden calls himself now) is fully aware that he is in a television show and serves as both the series' narrator and the Doom Patrol's chief villain.

Mr. Nobody's background is taken directly from the comics, where Eric Morden was a wannabe super-villain in the first volume of Doom Patrol who failed his audition into the Brotherhood of Evil before being changed into Mr. Nobody. The only real difference is that instead of altering reality, the comic book version of Mr. Nobody has the power to drain the sanity from other people. Of course, there's a chance that his story-control powers are just the result of him making the people around him (and, presumably, the audience) think he's changing the world to drive them crazy.

If you're any kind of science-fiction or animation fan, you probably recognize Alan Tudyk, who is one of the most prolific character actors and voice actors working today. Apart from his work in various Disney and Pixar feature films, he is beloved by Browncoats for playing Wash in Firefly, provided the voice of K-2SO in Star Wars: Rogue One and played the role of Green Arrow in both the Injustice video games and Young Justice.

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