Count Olaf

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antagonist fictional character literary villain

Count Olaf is the main villain of Lemony Snicket’s "A Series of Unfortunate Events," a greedy, theatrical criminal who relentlessly schemes to steal the Baudelaire orphans’ fortune.

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Label Occurrences
Count Olaf canonical 4
Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary villain ⓘ
appearsIn A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
surface form: A Series of Unfortunate Events
appearsInBook The Austere Academy ⓘ
The Carnivorous Carnival ⓘ
The End ⓘ
The Ersatz Elevator ⓘ
The Grim Grotto ⓘ
The Hostile Hospital ⓘ
The Miserable Mill ⓘ
The Penultimate Peril ⓘ
The Reptile Room ⓘ
The Slippery Slope ⓘ
The Vile Village ⓘ
The Wide Window ⓘ
appearsInFilm Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004 film) ⓘ
appearsInTelevisionSeries A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix series)
associatedWith Baudelaire orphans ⓘ
Esme Squalor ⓘ
Theatre troupe ⓘ
createdBy Daniel Handler ⓘ
Lemony Snicket ⓘ
enemyOf Klaus Baudelaire ⓘ
Sunny Baudelaire ⓘ
Violet Baudelaire ⓘ
firstAppearance A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
surface form: The Bad Beginning
goal to obtain the Baudelaire orphans’ inheritance ⓘ
hasPhysicalCharacteristic eye-shaped tattoo on ankle ⓘ
single eyebrow ⓘ
hasTrait cruel ⓘ
greedy ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
theatrical ⓘ
memberOf V.F.D. ⓘ
narrativeRole primary antagonist of the series ⓘ
notableFor attempting to steal the Baudelaire fortune ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
criminal ⓘ
portrayedBy Jim Carrey ⓘ
Neil Patrick Harris ⓘ
residesIn Count Olaf's house ⓘ
usesAlias Captain Sham ⓘ
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt ⓘ
surface form: Detective Dupin

Gunther ⓘ
Mattathias ⓘ
Shirley ⓘ
Stephano ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neil Patrick Harris → characterPortrayed → Count Olaf ⓘ
A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series) → antagonist → Count Olaf ⓘ
A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series) → portrays → Count Olaf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf
A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series) → villain → Count Olaf ⓘ
Quagmire family → hasEnemy → Count Olaf ⓘ