Joan Cusack plays Justice Strauss, Count Olaf's neighbor who tries to help the children in "The Bad Beginning."
Broadway star and character actor Ken Todd Freeman plays Mr. Poe, the ineffectual banker in charge of the Baudelaire estate.
Former "Daily Show" comedian Aasif Mandvi plays Doctor Montgomery Montgomery, AKA Uncle Monty, the herpetologist who takes care of the orphans in "The Reptile Room."
You might know Alfre Woodward from "Desperate Housewives" or "12 Years a Slave." She plays Aunt Josephine, the orphans' cowardly guardian in "The Wide Window."
Comedian Catherine O'Hara plays Dr. Georgina Orwell, a hypnotist and Count Olaf's ex-girlfriend.
"Miami Vice" legend Don Johnson plays Sir, the mononymous manager of the Miserable Mill.
Sunny Baudelaire is a baby played by Presley Smith, but her quasi-nonsensical lines are voiced by Tara Strong, who's done voice acting in everything from "Rugrats" to "Powerpuff Girls."
Gustav Sebald is mentioned only in passing in Handler's books. But in the Netflix series, he's played by "Percy Jackson" and "Hemlock Grove" actor Luke Camilleri, onscreen as a member of a secret society who tries to help the Baudelaires.
He's working with Jacqueline Scieszka, played by 'Vampire Diaries' actress Sara Canning, a character who isn't in the books at all.
In the book series, the Baudelaire parents are definitely dead. In the show, there's a parallel story of two parents escaping from somewhere. "Father" is played by Will Arnett.
"Mother" is played by Cobie Smulders. Are they really the Baudelaire parents, or someone else? The answer becomes more clear as the eight episodes unfold.
