Big nose, big forehead, caterpillar eyebrows…. Hmmmm. Could it be a dwarf from the Lord of the Rings. Yes? No? Maybe? Answer after the jump. 

Whym, look! It’s gay icon Neil Patrick Harris in costume as Count Olaf while on the Vancouver set of the new Netflix show A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Says Time magazine:

The 13-book series—which will be adapted into a 13-episode mini-series for Netflix—traces the miserable lives of three siblings who move from foster home to foster home after their parents are mysteriously killed in a fire. Throughout the story, Count Olaf torments Violet, Claus and Sunny Baudelaire and attempts to steal their inheritance.

Harris will follow in the footsteps of Jim Carey, who took on the crooked character in the 2004 film version of the story.

(Phots: Pacific Coast News)