Count Olaf: certainly a devious villain, but a master of disguise?

Certainly, he's never fooled the clever, curious Baudelaire orphans (Violet, Klaus, and Sunny), but as Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events shows, that can't be said for those put in charge of keeping them safe from his sinister grip.

As season 1 revealed, Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) will stop at nothing to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune, following the deaths of their parents in a mysterious fire.

On their trail, wherever they may go, the villain draws from his experience as a self-labelled thespian to conjure up a range of disguises: doctor, herpetologist, auctioneer, sailor, detective, and receptionist. You can check out all of his disguises below - except for Austere Academy's Coach Genghis, who is yet to be revealed.

Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Show all 7 1 /7 Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Yessica Haircut An improvised disguise Olaf uses to convince Mr. Poe that the Baudelaire children should be given to him in The Bad Beginning. Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Stephano Olaf poses as Dr. Montgomery's assistant herpetologist in The Reptile Room. Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Captain Julio Sham A sailor who attempts to seduce Aunt Josephine in The Wide Window. Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Shirley St. Ives Olaf poses as Dr. Georgina Orwell's receptionist in The Miserable Mill Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Gunther An auctioneer from a vaguely European, undefined country. Foreigners are "in", so he's welcomed into the Squalor household in The Ersatz Elevator Netflix Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Mattathias Medicalschool Olaf poses as a doctor in The Hostile Hospital Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Count Olaf's Disguises Ringmaster Olaf heads up the House of Freaks in The Carnivorous Carnival



While the first season, taking inspiration from the 13 books penned by Lemony Snicket (in reality, Daniel Handler), adapted The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, and The Miserable Mill; season 2 will tackle The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, and The Carnivorous Carnival.

A Series of Unfortunate Events hits Netflix on 30 March.