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Character · The Baudelaires · 13 books

Count Olaf

Villainous actor · Lemony Snicket

Count Olaf is a villainous actor.

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Character facts

First appearance
The Bad Beginning (1999)
Latest appearance
The End (2006)
Books
13 (13 major)
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Author
Lemony Snicket
Circle
The Baudelaires

Where to meet Count Olaf

Count Olaf first appears in The Bad Beginning (1999), in a major role, book 1 of the A Series of Unfortunate Events series.

Buy The Bad Beginning

Every book with Count Olaf

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1999MThe Bad Beginningmajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  2. 1999MThe Reptile Roommajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  3. 2000MThe Wide Windowmajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  4. 2000MThe Miserable Millmajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  5. 2000MThe Austere Academymajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  6. 2001MThe Ersatz Elevatormajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  7. 2001MThe Vile Villagemajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  8. 2001MThe Hostile Hospitalmajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  9. 2002MThe Carnivorous Carnivalmajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  10. 2003MThe Slippery Slopemajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  11. 2004MThe Grim Grottomajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  12. 2005MThe Penultimate Perilmajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy
  13. 2006MThe Endmajor role · A Series of Unfortunate EventsBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Klaus BaudelaireMiddle child, a reader13
Lemony SnicketNarrator13
Mr PoeBumbling banker13
Sunny BaudelaireBaby with sharp teeth13
Violet BaudelaireEldest, an inventor13
Duncan and Isadora QuagmireTriplets befriended at school4