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Lucious Lyon (born Dwight Walker) is a fictional character from the Fox drama series Empire, portrayed by Terrence Howard. Lucious is the main protagonist and anti-hero of the series. Created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, Lucious is the founder and CEO of Empire Entertainment, a world-famous and renowned record company that he runs with his family. Realizing he will need a successor after he is diagnosed with ALS, Lucious pits his three sons: the college-educated executive Andre Lyon (Trai Byers), the talented and gay singer-songwriter Jamal (Jussie Smollett), and youngest, rapper Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray), against one another. The story has parallels to William Shakespeare's King Lear and James Goldman's The Lion in Winter. Lyon is married to former drug dealer and ex-con Cookie Lyon (

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  • Lucious Lyon (born Dwight Walker) is a fictional character from the Fox drama series Empire, portrayed by Terrence Howard. Lucious is the main protagonist and anti-hero of the series. Created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, Lucious is the founder and CEO of Empire Entertainment, a world-famous and renowned record company that he runs with his family. Realizing he will need a successor after he is diagnosed with ALS, Lucious pits his three sons: the college-educated executive Andre Lyon (Trai Byers), the talented and gay singer-songwriter Jamal (Jussie Smollett), and youngest, rapper Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray), against one another. The story has parallels to William Shakespeare's King Lear and James Goldman's The Lion in Winter. Lyon is married to former drug dealer and ex-con Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson). The company is preparing to go public on the NYSE. However, Lyon must contend with his wife Cookie (Henson) upon her release from prison as she demands her piece of the company. He also struggles with Jamal's sexuality and Hakeem's inability to step up to the plate and show maturity as an artist. At the same time, Lyon neglects Andre, seemingly due to his lack of musical ability. Lyon and Cookie's love for each other further complicates his existing relationship with his head of A&R, Anika Calhoun (Grace Byers). The character of Lyon, who starts out selling drugs as a teenager and develops into a well-respected rapper and music mogul, is loosely based on several real-life figures, including rappers, record producers and politicians. (en)
  • Люциус Лайон (англ. Lucious Lyon) — персонаж американской телевизионной прайм-тайм мыльной оперы Fox «Империя». Роль Люциуса исполняет актёр Терренс Ховард начиная с пилотного эпизода, вышедшего 7 января 2015 года. Люциус Лайон является центральным персонажем сериала, а также его антагонистом-Антигероем, рассказывающего о хип-хоп династии, владеющей звукозаписывающем лейблом Empire Entertainment. Основная сюжетная линия персонажа вращается на фоне его смертельного диагноза БАС, в ходе чего он хочет передать правление компанией одному из своих сыновей: Андре, Джамалу или Хакиму, параллельно с чем после семнадцати лет из тюрьмы возвращается его бывшая жена Куки Лайон, которая претендует на свою половину бизнеса. Люциус является классическим отрицательным персонажем мыльных опер. Персонаж страдает манией величия, является гомофобом в отношении своего сына Джамала, а также является расистом в отношении белых, и убийцей. Утверждение Ховарда на роль было негативно оценено на фоне того, что он неоднократно обвинялся в домашнем насилии и агрессии в сторону женщин. Тем не менее Люциус был положительно принят критиками, которые называли его персонажем, которого зрители будут любить ненавидеть. Некоторые обозреватели приводили сходства Люциуса с Джей Аром Юингом из длительной прайм-тайм мыльной оперы «Даллас». Также положительно были оценены моменты, где персонаж демонстрировался с положительной стороны, а также его сцены любви и ненависти с Куки. (ru)
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  • Dwight Walker (birth name) (en)
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  • "Pilot" (2015)
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  • Lee Daniels and Danny Strong (en)
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  • Lola Lyon (en)
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  • Joe Walker (en)
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  • "Pilot" (en)
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  • Bella Lyon (en)
  • Princess Lyon (en)
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  • (en)
  • Prince Lyon (en)
  • Walker Lyon (en)
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  • Tariq Cousins (en)
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  • File:Terrance Howard as Lucious Lyon.png (en)
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  • Leah Walker (en)
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  • Rapper (en)
  • Record producer (en)
  • Former CEO and Chairman of the Board of Empire Enterprises (en)
  • Partner in Lyon Family Management (en)
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  • "I've never seen a character on prime-time television that was outright homophobic, that didn't hide it, that hated white people, that didn't hide it, that was a beast to his children and didn't hide it... I've never had the opportunity to do that." (en)
  • "The whole idea just flooded through my head: I’d do it like King Lear or The Lion in Winter. Make the main character like a dying king, and he’s got three sons." (en)
  • "The Jay Z story, which very much inspired Lucious Lyon, certain elements of Lucious Lyon, was that story. For me the story of people who have some sort of criminal past, or gangster past are not limited to black culture. ... Our goal is to tell a great story, and to do the best show we can. You can cross the line and just be totally inappropriate, but we're not doing that. ... You know, Joe Kennedy too, is another ." (en)
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  • Rhonda Lyon (en)
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  • Empire (en)
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  • Howard on the character's appeal (en)
  • Strong on specific inspirations for Lucious. (en)
  • Danny Strong on the original concept for the series. (en)
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  • Lucious Lyon (born Dwight Walker) is a fictional character from the Fox drama series Empire, portrayed by Terrence Howard. Lucious is the main protagonist and anti-hero of the series. Created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, Lucious is the founder and CEO of Empire Entertainment, a world-famous and renowned record company that he runs with his family. Realizing he will need a successor after he is diagnosed with ALS, Lucious pits his three sons: the college-educated executive Andre Lyon (Trai Byers), the talented and gay singer-songwriter Jamal (Jussie Smollett), and youngest, rapper Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray), against one another. The story has parallels to William Shakespeare's King Lear and James Goldman's The Lion in Winter. Lyon is married to former drug dealer and ex-con Cookie Lyon ( (en)
  • Люциус Лайон (англ. Lucious Lyon) — персонаж американской телевизионной прайм-тайм мыльной оперы Fox «Империя». Роль Люциуса исполняет актёр Терренс Ховард начиная с пилотного эпизода, вышедшего 7 января 2015 года. Люциус Лайон является центральным персонажем сериала, а также его антагонистом-Антигероем, рассказывающего о хип-хоп династии, владеющей звукозаписывающем лейблом Empire Entertainment. Основная сюжетная линия персонажа вращается на фоне его смертельного диагноза БАС, в ходе чего он хочет передать правление компанией одному из своих сыновей: Андре, Джамалу или Хакиму, параллельно с чем после семнадцати лет из тюрьмы возвращается его бывшая жена Куки Лайон, которая претендует на свою половину бизнеса. (ru)
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  • Lucious Lyon (it)
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  • Люциус Лайон (ru)
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