49 Fun Facts About Lucifer

Who plays Lucifer Morningstar in the TV series Lucifer?

Tom Ellis, a Welsh actor, was cast as Lucifer Morningstar in February 2015 and played him in every episode through the 2021 series finale.

In the show, Lucifer abandons Hell to run what kind of business in Los Angeles?

Lucifer runs a nightclub called Lux in Los Angeles after abandoning Hell; he lives in the penthouse above it.

Detective Chloe Decker intrigues Lucifer because she is the first human to be what?

Chloe Decker is immune to his charms: Lucifer's persuasive power has no effect on her, and the mystery of why keeps him working her cases.

What is Lucifer's most frequently used power on the show?

Making people reveal their desires is his signature move: the 'What is it you truly desire?' question, asked eye to eye, cracks most of the cases he works.

Lucifer began airing on January 25 of which year?

Lucifer premiered on January 25, 2016; the pilot had been screened at San Diego Comic-Con the previous July, and the series ended in September 2021.

Which network originally broadcast Lucifer before cancelling it after three seasons?

Fox broadcast the first three seasons and cancelled the show in May 2018; Netflix picked it up about a month later after a fan campaign.

Which hashtag did fans and the showrunners rally around after the 2018 cancellation?

#SaveLucifer trended worldwide after the May 2018 cancellation; the showrunners, who had ended season three on a cliffhanger, urged fans to make noise.

How many seasons did Lucifer run for in total?

Lucifer ran for six seasons: three on its original broadcast network and three on Netflix, ending with a sixth season released in September 2021.

Netflix's first season of Lucifer, season four, consisted of how many episodes?

Season four had 10 episodes, released together on May 8, 2019, the first Lucifer season produced for Netflix.

The TV Lucifer is based on a DC Comics character created by Neil Gaiman and which two artists?

Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg were the first penciller and inker on Neil Gaiman's comic, so they share creator credit for the Lucifer who debuted there in 1989.

The comic-book Lucifer was originally drawn to resemble which musician?

David Bowie was the model: Neil Gaiman, a Bowie fan, asked for the comic's Lucifer to be drawn as a young, slender, blond version of the singer.

The DC Comics Lucifer first appeared in 1989 in issue #4 of which series?

The Sandman #4, 'A Hope in Hell' (April 1989), introduced Lucifer as the ruler of Hell whom Morpheus confronts to recover his stolen helm.

Who wrote the Vertigo comic series Lucifer (2000-2006) that followed the character after he left Hell?

Mike Carey wrote all 75 issues of Vertigo's Lucifer (2000-2006), expanding the character's exile from Hell into his own long-running saga; the TV show adapts it only loosely.

Whom does Maze marry in the final season?

Eve, the first woman, is played by Inbar Lavi and was introduced in season four as Lucifer's ex.

Amenadiel, played by D. B. Woodside, is what relation to Lucifer?

He is an angel and the eldest of all their siblings, sent at first to drag Lucifer back to Hell.

Dr. Linda Martin, played by Rachael Harris, is Lucifer's what?

Dr. Linda Martin is Lucifer's psychotherapist; his sessions on her couch, where he talks literally about being the Devil, are a running fixture of the show.

Linda and Amenadiel's baby Charlie is described as history's first what?

He arrives in season four. Rory, a Nephilim from the future, is another such child introduced in season six.

Detective Dan Espinoza, played by Kevin Alejandro, is what to Chloe?

He and Lucifer trade insults constantly, partly because of Lucifer's growing closeness to Chloe. Their daughter is Trixie.

What is the real first name of Chloe and Dan's daughter Trixie?

Trixie's full name is Beatrice Espinoza; Scarlett Estevez plays her, and she attaches herself to Lucifer and Maze despite their initial annoyance.

Ella Lopez, the LAPD forensic scientist played by Aimee Garcia, comes from which city?

Ella Lopez grew up in Detroit, home of the large Lopez family she often mentions; Aimee Garcia joined as a series regular in season two.

Tom Welling's Lieutenant Marcus Pierce in season three is secretly which biblical figure?

The world's first murderer, cursed to wander the Earth with the Mark of Cain, wants Lucifer's help to finally die.

Tricia Helfer joined the cast in season two as Charlotte Richards, a body inhabited by whom?

The 'goddess of all creation' and exiled wife of God escapes her prison in Hell. Helfer later played the real Charlotte, a lawyer.

In season five, Tom Ellis also plays which second character?

Michael, described as having 'a chip on his shoulder', briefly steals Lucifer's identity while his brother is back in Hell.

Also in season five, Lesley-Ann Brandt plays a second role as which figure, revealed to be Maze's mother?

Lilith, mother of demons and of Maze, appears in the 1940s-set noir episode 'It Never Ends Well for the Chicken', where she asks Lucifer to take away her immortality.

Rory, played by Brianna Hildebrand in the final season, arrives seeking what?

Rory comes back through time seeking vengeance on Lucifer, the father she believes abandoned her; she turns out to be Lucifer and Chloe's daughter from the future.

Where was most of Lucifer's first two seasons filmed?

Vancouver doubled for Los Angeles in the first two seasons; only the pilot was shot in LA, and production moved there entirely from season three.

Which group petitioned in 2015 to stop Lucifer, saying it would 'glorify Satan as a caring, likable person'?

One Million Moms, a project of the American Family Association, launched the 2015 petition, arguing a show about a charming Devil would mislead viewers; the cast later mocked the campaign on screen.

Lucifer Morningstar made a cameo in which Arrowverse crossover event?

Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019) featured Lucifer helping John Constantine and Mia Smoak reach Purgatory in the Flash chapter, repaying a favour involving Maze.

Who developed the Lucifer TV series and wrote its pilot?

Tom Kapinos, the creator of Californication, developed Lucifer and wrote its pilot, then stepped back from running the series day to day after that first episode.

Lucifer's lead actor first became known for playing Gary Preston in which BBC sitcom?

Miranda, Miranda Hart's BBC sitcom (2009-2015), cast him as chef Gary Preston, the love interest; the role made him a familiar face in Britain before Lucifer.

The last four episodes of Lucifer's second season aired as part of which season?

The third season absorbed them: the four held-over episodes aired among its run, leaving season two at 18; two further episodes made for a planned fourth network season aired as bonus episodes in May 2018.

Tom Ellis really sings on the show, but which part of his musical performances is faked on screen?

He has said in interviews that the vocals are his but the piano accompaniment is not.

Netflix's fifth season of Lucifer contained how many episodes, split into two halves?

Season five had 16 episodes: eight released in August 2020 and eight more in May 2021, after Netflix expanded its original order.

Where does Chloe Decker's backstory say she worked before joining the LAPD?

Chloe was an actress: her one famous role was the teen movie Hot Tub High School, which Lucifer never lets her forget; her late father was an LAPD officer.

Eve, introduced in season four, is described as having recently left where?

Eve had grown bored in Heaven and left it to find Lucifer on Earth; Inbar Lavi plays her from season four.

The Latin name Lucifer means 'light-bringer' and was the Roman name for which planet?

Venus, seen as the morning star, was 'Lucifer' (light-bringer) to the Romans; the planet outshines every star in the dawn sky, and the name was only later attached to Satan.

The name Lucifer entered the Bible through the Vulgate's Latin translation of a verse in which book?

Isaiah 14:12's Hebrew phrase means 'Shining One, Son of the Dawn' and originally taunted a Babylonian king.

How many episodes were in Lucifer's first season?

Season one ran 13 episodes, ordered in May 2015 and broadcast over the following winter and spring.

Who directed the Lucifer pilot?

Len Wiseman, director of the Underworld films, shot the pilot; he had also directed the pilots of Sleepy Hollow and Hawaii Five-0.

The joke 'Is it the Yakuza?', mocking the petition against the show, appears in which season-two episode?

Lucifer asks it when told he is in danger, then guesses the real threat: 'a bunch of moms'.

In what capacity does Lucifer Morningstar work with the LAPD on the show?

Lucifer is a civilian consultant to the LAPD, attached to Chloe's homicide cases after the pilot's murder investigation, with no badge, rank or gun of his own.

Which blockbuster producer's television company made Lucifer alongside DC Entertainment and Warner Bros.?

Jerry Bruckheimer Television, the company of the CSI and Pirates of the Caribbean producer, was a production partner on Lucifer for its whole run.

What do Rory's wings have instead of feathers?

Rory's wings are made of blades: razor-like metal feathers she can fire as projectiles, which can wound even Lucifer.

Which angel is revealed in season three to have visited Ella regularly since a childhood car crash?

Azrael, the Angel of Death and Lucifer's sister, was the 'Rae-Rae' Ella took for an imaginary friend; Charlyne Yi plays her in the episode 'Boo Normal'.

Which name did the ancient Greeks give to the morning star?

Phosphoros ('light-bringer') was the Greek morning star, also called Heosphoros ('dawn-bringer'); the Latin Lucifer is a direct translation of the Greek name.

Why did the show's production move to California starting with season three?

State tax incentives drew it: Lucifer was among the relocating series awarded credits under the California Film Commission's expanded Program 2.0, so season three was shot in Los Angeles.

In Roman myth, Lucifer the morning star was the son of Cephalus and which goddess?

Aurora, goddess of the dawn, was Lucifer's mother in Roman myth; fittingly, Ovid's Metamorphoses has her son marshal the stars each dawn and leave the sky last.

Which Almost Human alumnus became Lucifer's showrunner after the pilot's writer stepped back?

Joe Henderson, a writer-producer on Almost Human, ran Lucifer from its first season, later sharing showrunner duties with Ildy Modrovich.

Which 19th-century French hoaxer claimed Freemasonry secretly worshipped Lucifer?

Léo Taxil ran the hoax from 1885 to 1897, inventing a Luciferian Masonic 'Palladium' and a fake witness, Diana Vaughan, before confessing the fabrication in Paris in April 1897.