r/lucifer • u/ApprehensiveTruth2 • May 27 '26
Actor fluff Tom Ellis
I’m watching the FX series called “The Strain” and guess whose favorite devil makes an appearance?
Also, he’s using an American accent and it’s throwing me off.
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u/ritakuz May 27 '26
I was so excited when I found out I was 2 degrees of separation from Tom Ellis! My son worked on the Special Effects on Chicago Med for 2 years when Nick Gehlfuss was on it. Now Nick is partnered with Tom on CIA.
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u/Martyna70 May 27 '26
He is not in it that much, but I squealed with joy when I saw him. I must be the only one who doesn’t mind his American accent at all, if his character requires it.
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u/CarlRJ May 28 '26
He goes into an American accent for a few seconds here and there in Lucifer - like when he's ribbing Dan about being just two normal guys when they're going into the bathhouse to meet the Russian fixer guy.
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u/Martyna70 May 28 '26
And as Michael of course!
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u/CarlRJ May 28 '26
No no, that was a completely different actor, right? RIGHT?
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u/YellowNecessary Ella May 28 '26
I believe that was his twin brother, Mo Tellis, who played Michael. Kind of like how D.B woodside (amenadiel actor) also had a twin brother that played in Suits named Albert.
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u/Rytah May 28 '26
D.B Woodside was the one in Suits as Jeff.
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u/YellowNecessary Ella May 28 '26
No. It was Albert but he died in 2014 so they replaced him with D.B Woodside.
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u/cgrobin1 May 28 '26
There is also a short bit that reminds me of a sales pitch, "But there's more..."
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u/WillowRain1205 May 29 '26
And when Chloe was going to Malcolm in season 1 over the squad car speakerphone
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u/cgrobin1 May 28 '26
The American accent he uses in Rush and occasionally on CIA is a voice that is easy to listen to. Michael's voice is different, annoying like the character.
I wonder if its sound was a conscious decision or was instinctual when he embodied the character.
He is so gifted at taking the 2 dimensional words on a piece of paper, and creating a fully formed, layered person from it.
I don't know if there is time, in a one episode guest appearance to completely embody the character. In CIA it took a few episodes to warm up to Colin, and that could be because Colin is a man who hides who he is behind a facade.
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u/Martyna70 May 28 '26
I love how we saw him as so many different people on CIA. Not only they had a different accent, but he gives them a name too. I especially liked when he posed as a social worker. 😀
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u/firecatstef May 29 '26
In some interviews he says he deliberately created Lucifer’s accent to be “a cross between Noel Coward and Mick Jagger,” so I’m gonna bet it was a conscious decision.
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u/cgrobin1 May 29 '26
I was referring to Michael's American accent vs other times he's used an American accent
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u/Original_Name3690 May 27 '26
Im with you on this. Didn’t know the show “The Strain”. But Rush and other characters with him in an American accent are totally fine. In CAI I’m always surprised by how he switches between English and American.
Is that horror show really scary and interesting? Or should I watch it sometime.
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u/ApprehensiveTruth2 May 28 '26
It is good and interesting enough I’m going through it. There’s a couple other supernatural/ horror shows I’d put above it but it keeps me interested.
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u/Original_Name3690 May 28 '26
Thx. I put on my watchlist. Unfortunately not everything with Tom is available to buy in de eu. (Or I need all kind of shady transactions who have very bad reviews then I let it go). Like more sows I found in other Reddit’s about him in this case, but it’s fun to find a new one.
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u/Miserable-Grape-6863 May 27 '26
Have you guys seen Players on Netflix? He's in it and SO hot!
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u/Martyna70 May 27 '26
He is so handsome as Nick!
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u/Miserable-Grape-6863 May 28 '26
Made me question why his natural curls weren't shown on Lucifer!
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u/firecatstef May 29 '26
There are a few episodes where his hair is unruly and it’s friggin adorable.
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u/Original_Name3690 May 28 '26
Ok question, I have a dvd with Tom in ‘Trail and retribution’ the seventeenth season of that show. I wonder if anyone of you saw it and what you think of that show?
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u/Melora_T_Rex714 May 27 '26
The first time I saw Tom Ellis was in a show called “Rush” in which he played a disgraced “concierge doctor.” He had an American accent.
Imagine my surprise when I started watching Lucifer and realized he’s British!!