Lucious 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.[1] 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.[2] The story has parallels to William Shakespeare's King Lear and James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, while the character of a rapper and music mogul is loosely based on several real-life figures, including rappers, record producers and politicians.[3][4][5][6] Lyon is married to former drug dealer, ex-con, and former partner of Empire Entertainment, Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson).
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Portrayed by | Terrence Howard | ||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | "Pilot" (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Lee Daniels and Danny Strong | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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