Rameses — The Ten Commandments Character Profile

About Rameses

Initially Pharaoh Rameses I who orders the death of Hebrew infants, he later appears as Rameses II, Moses's adoptive brother. He banishes Moses, endures the plagues, loses his heir, reluctantly frees the Hebrews, and pursues them to the Red Sea. His army is destroyed, leaving him to acknowledge the Hebrew God.

Rameses — Character Profile

Quick Facts about Rameses

Occupation

pharaoh, statesperson

Hair Color

Red hair

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Rameses's Known Relations

• Seti I — Father
• Tia — Sibling
• Henutmire — Sibling
• Nebchasetnebet — Sibling
• Merneptah — Child
• Meritamen — Child
• Bintanath — Child
• Henutmire — Child
• Meryatum — Child
• Nebettawy — Child
• Khaemweset — Child
• Amun-her-khepeshef — Child
• Pareherwenemef — Child
• Ramesses — Child
• Henuttawy — Child
• Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben — Child
• Takhat — Child
• Amenemopet — Child
• Baketmut — Child
• Bintanath — Child
• Horherouenemef — Child
• Meryamun — Child
• Merytre — Child
• Setepenre — Child
• Tuya — Mother
• Nefertari — Spouse
• Maathorneferure — Spouse
• Isetnofret — Spouse
• Meritamen — Spouse
• Bintanath — Spouse
• Henutmire — Spouse
• Nebettawy — Spouse
• Merytre — Spouse

Rameses appears in 3 titles

• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998) — character page
• Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Yul Brynner

Appears in

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Rameses — Family Adoptive Brothers — Moses (Charlton Heston)

  Their royal-family bond becomes a central political and ideological conflict.

  The plot identifies Rameses as Moses's adoptive brother, and their rivalry intensifies over succession and the Hebrews' freedom.

• Rameses — Family Son — Sethi (Cedric Hardwicke)

  Sethi's succession decisions determine Rameses's rise to the throne.

  Sethi is identified as Rameses's father and later names Rameses his sole heir after banishing Moses.

• Rameses — Professional Informer — Dathan (Edward G. Robinson)

  Dathan uses information about Moses to strengthen his position with Egyptian authority.

  Dathan witnesses Moses's confession that he is Hebrew and reports it to Rameses.

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• Baka (Vincent Price)
• Joshua (John Derek)
• Amminadab (H.B. Warner)
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