Othello — Othello Character Profile

About Othello

Central protagonist. His marriage to Desdemona triggers Iago's jealousy. He is manipulated by Iago into believing Desdemona is unfaithful, leading him to murder her before realizing the truth.

Othello — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Orson Welles

Appears in

Othello (1951)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Othello — related — Lodovico (Nicholas Bruce)
• Othello — Family Husband — Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier)

  Tragic married couple

• Othello — Conflict Arch Enemy — Iago (Micheál Mac Liammóir)

  Calculated destroyer of happiness

• Othello — Conflict Accuser — Brabantio (Hilton Edwards)

  Angry father-in-law

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More characters from Othello

• Iago (Micheál Mac Liammóir)
• Roderigo (Robert Coote)
• Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier)
• Senator (uncredited) (Joseph Cotten)
• Brabantio (Hilton Edwards)
• Lodovico (voice) (Robert Rietti)
• Lodovico (Nicholas Bruce)
• Desdemona (voice) (Gudrun Ure)
• Michael Cassio (Michael Laurence)
• Emilia (Fay Compton)
• Bianca (Doris Dowling)
• Page (Joan Fontaine)