Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar: The Lord of Hell, who is bored with his life, abdicates his throne and becomes a civilian consultant for the Los Angeles Police Department while running his own high - end nightclub called "Lux ''. Lucifer frequently tells people that he is the Devil and is very open about this, but very few take this seriously. He is a fallen angel, immortal, and besides powers such as superhuman strength and invulnerability, he has a supernatural ability to make people tell him their hidden desires. When he arrived in Los Angeles, he had his wings severed. Lucifer is highly sexual, and can make himself irresistible to most people. Neil Gaiman 's Lucifer was partly inspired by David Bowie, but the show 's creators decided against trying to mimic Bowie. Tom Ellis saw the character as a sort of Oscar Wilde or Noël Coward character "with added rock and roll spirit '', approaching his portrayal as if he were the "lovechild of Noël Coward and Mick Jagger, with a dash of British actor Terry - Thomas ''.
who plays lucifer on the tv show lucifer
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