Count Olaf — A Series of Unfortunate Events Character Profile

About Count Olaf

Murderous and manipulative villain who poses as a guardian to steal the Baudelaire orphans' inheritance.

Count Olaf — Character Profile

Affiliations

• V.F.D.

Quick Facts about Count Olaf

Occupation

actor, playwright, murderer

Count Olaf's Known Relations

• V.F.D. — Member of
• Sunny Baudelaire — Enemy
• Klaus Baudelaire — Enemy
• Violet Baudelaire — Enemy

Count Olaf appears in 2 titles

• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) — character page
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Character Facts

Played by

Neil Patrick Harris

Appears in

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (1)

• Count Olaf — Manipulative romantic alliance — Esmé Squalor (Lucy Punch)

  Their connection combines romantic history, shared criminal interests, and competition over valuable objectives.

  In Season 1, Count Olaf courts an old flame while pursuing the inheritance. In Season 3, Esmé Squalor is explicitly described as pursuing the sugar bo...

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• Arthur Poe (K. Todd Freeman)
• Sunny Baudelaire (Presley Smith)
• White Faced Woman #1 (Jacqueline Robbins)
• White Faced Woman #2 (Joyce Robbins)
• Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender (Matty Cardarople)
• Hook-Handed Man (Usman Ally)
• Trolleyman (Darcey Johnson)
• Jacquelyn (Sara Canning)
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