Iago — Othello Character Profile

About Iago

The primary antagonist. Motivated by jealousy over being passed over for promotion, he manipulates Roderigo for money and orchestrates a scheme to frame Desdemona as unfaithful, ultimately leading to multiple deaths.

Iago — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Micheál Mac Liammóir

Appears in

Othello (1951)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Iago — related — Roderigo (Robert Coote)
• Iago — spouse — Emilia (Fay Compton)
• Iago — Conflict Manipulator — Roderigo (Robert Coote)

  Ruthless exploiter of trust

• Iago — Conflict Arch Enemy — Othello (Orson Welles)

  Calculated destroyer of happiness

• Iago — Conflict Schemer — Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier)

  Malicious plotter

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More characters from Othello

• Othello (Orson Welles)
• 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)