Sethi — The Ten Commandments Character Profile

About Sethi

The reigning Pharaoh and father to Rameses. He oversees major construction and names Moses as his successor after Moses proves his slave management reforms improve productivity. After Moses's banishment, he reluctantly names Rameses as his sole heir.

Quick Facts about Sethi

Occupation

statesperson

Sethi's Known Relations

• Tuya — Spouse
• Tanedjemet — Spouse
• Baketwernel — Spouse
• Ramesses I — Father
• Ramesses II — Child
• Tia — Child
• Henutmire — Child
• Nebchasetnebet — Child
• Sitre — Mother

Sethi 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

Cedric Hardwicke

Appears in

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Sethi — Family Son — Rameses (Yul Brynner)

  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.

• Sethi — Power Royal Successor — Moses (Charlton Heston)

  Sethi temporarily places Moses above Rameses in the succession.

  After Moses demonstrates that improved slave treatment increases productivity, Sethi declares him the next Pharaoh.

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• Rameses (Yul Brynner)
• Nefretiri (Anne Baxter)
• Dathan (Edward G. Robinson)
• Memnet (Judith Anderson)
• Sephora (Yvonne De Carlo)
• Baka (Vincent Price)
• Hur Ben Caleb (Lawrence Dobkin)
• Jannes (Douglass Dumbrille)
• Aaron (John Carradine)
• Amminadab (H.B. Warner)
• Joshua (John Derek)