Emily Browning
Violet Baudelaire

Liam Aiken
Klaus Baudelaire

Kara Hoffman
Sunny Baudelaire

Shelby Hoffman
Sunny Baudelaire

Jim Carrey
Count Olaf / Dr. Stephano / Captain Sham

Meryl Streep
Josephine Anwhistle

Jude Law
Lemony Snicket (voice)

Timothy Spall
Mr. Poe

Billy Connolly
Dr. Montgomery Montgomery

Luis Guzmán
Bald Man

Jennifer Coolidge
White-Faced Women

Jane Adams
White-Faced Women

Craig Ferguson
Person of Indeterminate Gender

Jamie Harris
Hook-Handed Man

Catherine O'Hara
Justice Strauss

Cedric the Entertainer
Constable

Bob Clendenin
Grocery Clerk

Lenny Clarke
Gruff Grocer

Deborah Theaker
Mrs. Poe

Jaimarie Bjorge
Dream Gypsy (uncredited)

Helena Bonham Carter
Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)

Amy Brenneman
Mrs. Baudelaire (uncredited)

Julius Callahan
Davidious Augustine / Bohemian (uncredited)

François Duhamel
French Radio Reporter (voice) (uncredited)

Gilbert Gottfried
Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Rick Heinrichs
Mr. Baudelaire (uncredited)

Alan Heitz
Police Photographer (uncredited)

Dustin Hoffman
The Critic (uncredited)

Michael Earl Lane
Ferry Boat Captain (uncredited)

Jane Lynch
Realtor (uncredited)

Crystal Rivers
Bohemian #1 (uncredited)

Lidia Sabljic
Woman in Audience (uncredited)

Daniel Handler
Photographer