Patrick Warburton joins Netflix's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' as Lemony Snicket

It would seem that Patrick Warburton is having a moment.

The television actor stars in the upcoming NBC comedy Crowded, is expected to be involved in Amazon's upcoming reboot of The Tick -- perhaps even reprising his role as the title character -- and, as revealed Monday, will play a major role in Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events, a new series starring Neil Patrick Harris.

Warburton has been cast as Lemony Snicket, the pseudonymous author of the Unfortunate Events books -- actually written by Daniel Handler -- who occasionally inserts himself into the narrative. Within the universe of the books, he's a writer-photographer who's captured by the mysterious V.F.D. (Volunteer Fire Department) and imprisoned on false charges.

Snicket eventually chronicles the unfortunate lives of the Baudelaire children, to be played by Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, and (presumably) an unnamed baby in the new series.

Jude Law played the same role in Brad Silberling's 2004 adaptation of Handler's books.

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