Roderigo — Othello Character Profile

About Roderigo

A suitor of Desdemona who despairs over her marriage to Othello. Iago exploits Roderigo's infatuation, manipulating him financially and using him as a pawn in the broader plot against Othello.

Character Facts

Played by

Robert Coote

Appears in

Othello (1951)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Roderigo — related — Iago (Micheál Mac Liammóir)
• Roderigo — Romantic Admirer — Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier)

  Unrequited lover

• Roderigo — Conflict Manipulator — Iago (Micheál Mac Liammóir)

  Ruthless exploiter of trust

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More characters from Othello

• Othello (Orson Welles)
• Iago (Micheál Mac Liammóir)
• 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)