<Li> Jude Law as Lemony Snicket, an introverted writer and the narrator of the story . </Li> <Li> Timothy Spall as Mr. Poe, a stuffy banker whose job is to take the Baudelaire children to their guardians, but is quite incompetent at keeping them safe . </Li> <Li> Billy Connolly as Dr. Montgomery Montgomery (a.k.a. Uncle Monty), an eccentric herpetologist and the Baudelaire's uncle who temporarily becomes their guardian . </Li> <Li> Meryl Streep as Josephine Anwhistle, a paranoid, grammar - obsessed recluse and the Baudelaire's aunt who temporarily becomes their guardian . </Li>

Lemony snicket s a series of unfortunate events (2004)