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Character in "Othello"
Othello is the titular protagonist in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). The character's origin is traced to the tale "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi
Othello_(character)
Character in Shakespeare's play Othello
Desdemona (/ˌdɛzdəˈmoʊnə/) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages
Desdemona
Play by William Shakespeare written circa 1603
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus
Othello
Character in Othello
Emilia is a character in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare. She is married to Othello's ensign Iago, and is a maidservant to Othello's wife, Desdemona
Emilia_(Othello)
Fictional character
Bianca is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). She is Cassio's jealous lover. Despite her brief appearance on stage,
Bianca_(Othello)
Fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello
(/iˈɑːɡoʊ/) is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist and Othello's standard-bearer. He is the
Iago
2001 British TV series or programme
Othello is a 2001 British television film starring Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston and Keeley Hawes. It is an adaptation in modern English of William
Othello_(2001_film)
Aspect of the character in Othello by Shakespeare
Iago is a major character in William Shakespeare's 1603 play Othello. His role is one of Othello's outwardly loyal courtier and friend, who in fact hates
Iago's manipulativeness and character
Iago's_manipulativeness_and_character
Character in Othello
simply Cassio (/ˈkæsioʊ/), is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's Othello. The source of the character is the 1565 tale "Un Capitano Moro" by
Michael_Cassio
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Othello, otello, or Otello in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Othello (full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragic play
Othello_(disambiguation)
Character in Othello
fictional character in Shakespeare's 1604 play Othello. Roderigo, a wealthy Venetian, is manipulated into funding the antagonist Iago's plot against Othello in
Roderigo
Character in Shakespeare's Othello
Brabantio (sometimes called Brabanzio) is a character in William Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). He is a Venetian senator and the father of Desdemona
Brabantio
List of ships with the same or similar names
vessels have borne the name Othello for the character Othello. Two of these ships, in the late 18th Century, were slave ships: Othello (1781 ship) (or Ortello)
List_of_ships_named_Othello
1951 film by Orson Welles
Othello (also known as The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice) is a 1951 tragedy film based on the Shakespearean play, written, directed, produced
Othello_(1951_film)
Theatrical makeup caricaturing Black people
actors routinely portrayed Black characters in English Renaissance theatre, most notably in Othello (1604). However, Othello and other plays of this era did
Blackface
In addition to its appearance in the theatre, the character of Othello from the tragic play by William Shakespeare has appeared in many examples in art
Cultural references to Othello
Cultural_references_to_Othello
Character who is in a work's title
Collins or Othello – or be a longer phrase or sentence – such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The title character is commonly
Title_character
2005 novel by Leonie Swann
the main one who can hold events in his head longer than a brief period. Othello is a black ram rescued from the circus. Sir Ritchfield is the lead ram
Three_Bags_Full
way to keep his job. Othello attended a Forrester meeting, and it was said that Othello was the music director for Forrester. Othello was surprised to learn
List of The Bold and the Beautiful characters introduced in the 2010s
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English actor (born 1978)
The Man of Mode, and for playing the William Shakespeare villain Iago in Othello in 2014. He played Bill Tanner in four James Bond films: Quantum of Solace
Rory_Kinnear
English actor (born 1977)
James Covey. He later won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Othello (2008). Ejiofor earned the BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as a nomination
Chiwetel_Ejiofor
Misinterpretation of stress as a suspicious attitude
named after William Shakespeare's tragic play Othello; the dynamics between the two main characters, Othello and Desdemona, are a particularly well-known
Othello_error
to Elizabeth I of England; possible inspiration for Shakespeare's Othello character Ahmad ibn Qasim Al-Hajarī, prominent 16th-century Morisco who escaped
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British slave ship 1786–1796
Othello was launched in 1786 at Liverpool for the African slave trade. She made some five voyages before she burnt off the coast of Africa in 1796. During
Othello_(1786_ship)
British actor and model (born 1994)
2021. "Aaron Pierre – Character – Krypton". Syfy. February 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2021. "Aaron Pierre on Krypton, Britannia & Othello". Crookes Magazine
Aaron_Pierre_(actor)
American actress (born 1990)
Big Knife. She played Desdemona in the 2016 off Broadway production of Othello, which also starred Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo. Brosnahan returned
Rachel_Brosnahan
Psychological disorder
health issues. The term "Othello Syndrome" is derived from the central character in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello. In the play, Othello kills his wife Desdemona
Pathological_jealousy
British merchant and slave ship 1769–1783
Othello (or Ortello), was launched at Liverpool in 1769, possibly under the name Preston. Under the command of Captain James Johnson Othello made two voyages
Othello_(1781_ship)
British television series
six-part thriller television series that is an adaptation of the novel The Othello Club by J.D. Pennington. It was released on Paramount+ on 12 December 2025
The_Revenge_Club
American actor (born 1961)
American drama ensemble film, Higher Learning. He played the title role in Othello, the second African-American actor, after Paul Robeson, to perform the
Laurence_Fishburne
2001 American romantic drama film by Tim Blake Nelson
adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello set in an American high school, it stars Mekhi Phifer as the Othello-like character, with Josh Hartnett and Julia
O_(2001_film)
English actor (born 1981)
for the same award for his role as Cassio in Othello (2008). Hiddleston starred as the title character in a production of Coriolanus (2013–2014), receiving
Tom_Hiddleston
Marcellas Reynolds (2005) Jon Oplinger Richard Karn (2017) Judge. Othello Othello R. Clarke (2011–15, 2018) Devin Owens Kevin Dobson (2006–07) Judge
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British actress (born 1981)
Tapper has appeared in Epitaph for George Dillon in the West End, and Othello at Shakespeare's Globe. Following her film debut in Stage Beauty, Tapper
Zoë_Tapper
American actress (born 1992)
Her writing and producing debut was Operation Othello, a virtual reality adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, where she also plays Lt. Iago in a gender twist
Mary_Chieffo
American actress and filmmaker
similar to The Bachelorette. In 2025, when Caitlin FitzGerald appeared in Othello at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, she projected 'a smooth blend of
Caitlin_FitzGerald
el-Ouahed ben Messaoud Anoun was a possible inspiration of Shakespeare's Othello character Ambassador Jawdar ben Abdellah, 1637 Ambassador Admiral Abdelkader
List of ambassadors of Morocco to the United Kingdom
List_of_ambassadors_of_Morocco_to_the_United_Kingdom
2006 Indian film by Vishal Bhardwaj
Indian Hindi-language crime drama film adapted from William Shakespeare's Othello, co-written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It stars an ensemble cast
Omkara_(2006_film)
Painting by Lovis Corinth
Othello, also known as Sailor, is an oil on canvas painting by the German painter Lovis Corinth, from 1884. It is a bust portrait of a black man who was
Othello_(Corinth)
English actor (born 1962)
(1997–2003), for which he won a CableACE Award. He led the ITV television film Othello (2001) and had a further role in the Fox series Justice (2006–2007). Walker
Eamonn_Walker
1797 gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe
Hamlet Characters in the play, Folger Shakespeare Library[page needed] Macbeth Characters in the play, Folger Shakespeare Library[page needed] Othello Characters
The_Italian_(Radcliffe_novel)
instead, gives him a chance to do a performance in the Shakespearean play Othello. Andy then falls in love with Diane, but he becomes jealous and then murderous
List_of_Cheers_characters
British comedian and actor (born 1958)
(19 February 2008). "Othello". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 April 2008. Walker, Lynne (19 February 2008). "First Night: Othello, Quarry Theatre, West
Lenny_Henry
English actor (born 1990)
Zaman". Lyric Hammersmith. Retrieved 8 August 2022. "The Othello Project: Welcome to the Othello Project". Royal Shakespeare Company. 2020. "Thank You Mr
Assad_Zaman
Type of casting in acting
trained Shakespearean actor, Stewart had wanted to play the titular character in Othello but stated that when he got to the point in his career where he felt
Race-reversed_casting
lieutenant in Othello. Iago persuades Othello that Cassio is having an affair with Othello's wife, Desdemona. Caius Cassius (hist) is a central character in Julius
List of Shakespearean characters (A–K)
List_of_Shakespearean_characters_(A–K)
Coldstone robot was designed to resemble him. The name Othello was used to identify the character in the script. He rejoined the clan in 1997. Desdemona
List_of_Gargoyles_characters
American actor (born 1964)
and an Independent Spirit Award; O (2001), a modern-day adaptation of Othello; and the Holocaust drama The Grey Zone (2001). Eye of God and The Grey
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A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional
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Japanese comedy duo
Othello (オセロ, Osero), is a female Japanese comedy duo (kombi) active from 1993 to 2013 who were also popular television talents and appeared frequently
Othello_(comedy_duo)
returned to Broadway with the title role in the 2025 revival of Shakepeare's Othello. List of awards and nominations received by Denzel Washington African-American
Denzel Washington on screen and stage
Denzel_Washington_on_screen_and_stage
American actor (born 1954)
the Broadway revivals of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2005) and Othello (2025), Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun (2014), and Eugene
Denzel_Washington
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello. Desdemona may also refer to: Desdemona, a cat character in the comic strip Mutt
Desdemona_(disambiguation)
Character in Shakespeare's drama Hamlet
Hieronimo and also Richard III but then was the first Hamlet, Lear, and Othello" (1982, 91); Peter Thomson argues that the identity of Hamlet as Burbage
Ophelia
Iraqi and British actress
war's trauma". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 June 2026. "Othello Blog – Playing Bianca: Baghdad to Bristol". tobaccofactorytheatres.com
Hayat_Kamille
2026 film by Travis Knight
She-Ra character was one of them. Adora is also a character that carries a lot of weight with her. A lot of people, myself included, love that character, so
Masters of the Universe (2026 film)
Masters_of_the_Universe_(2026_film)
Theater". americanrepertorytheater.org. Retrieved November 29, 2017. "Othello at American Repertory Theater Loeb Drama Center 2001–2002". abouttheartists
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English actress (born 1989)
appearing in various productions including A Midsummer Night's Dream and Othello. Then in 2018, she was cast as Dawn Taylor in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale
Olivia_Bromley
American actor and singer (b. 1948)
as Dr. Landry, de la Cruz's father. In late 2014, he also appeared in Othello on stage at the Odyssey Theatre in west Los Angeles. From September 2015
A_Martinez
Irish-English actor (1940–2023)
Gambon appeared in many productions of works by William Shakespeare such as Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Coriolanus. Gambon was nominated for thirteen Olivier
Michael_Gambon
British actress (born 1984)
Theatre, Broadway. Rhinoceros, The Arsonists, Gone Too Far! (Royal Court), Othello (Globe Theatre), Frontline (Globe Theatre), All The Little Things We Crushed
Zawe_Ashton
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Amarelo), a fictional character of the Sítio do Picapau Amarelo series Emilia (Othello), a character in Shakespeare's Othello Emilia (TV series), a Venezuelan
Emilia
Othello's character, and unable to believe that a Moor could be so noble, 'corrected' the error she found in Shakespeare’s play, declaring, 'Othello was
Emilia Lanier theory of Shakespeare authorship
Emilia_Lanier_theory_of_Shakespeare_authorship
English actor (1945–1999)
Dench. Between 1979 and 1980 he played Iago alongside Donald Sinden in Othello, in both Stratford and London. He made a memorable appearance on stage
Bob_Peck
English actor (born 1980)
and Chris Cottam's 2002 feature film, Lives of the Saints (as the character Othello), and director Guy Ritchie's 2008 feature, RocknRolla, as Malcolm
David_Leon
1974 film directed by Patrick McGoohan
musical, which in turn is a modern retelling of William Shakespeare's Othello. It stars Richie Havens, Lance LeGault, Season Hubley, Tony Joe White and
Catch_My_Soul
Inclusion of humor in otherwise serious contexts
the plot. Comic relief in Shakespeare's plays include Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet, and is in immense display
Comic_relief
Chilean actor (born 1978)
first role after graduating from drama school was Montano in Shakespeare's Othello, at the Royal Theatre Northampton. He also appeared in the 2006 film Love
Santiago_Cabrera
English actor (1926–2016)
He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in Othello (1965). His first leading television role came in 1971 in Casanova. This
Frank_Finlay
British actress (born 1957)
to March 2009, Hunter debuted as an RSC director with a production of Othello at the Warwick Arts Centre, Hackney Empire, Northern Stage, Oxford Playhouse
Kathryn_Hunter
English actress (born 1977)
Award for her performance as Desdemona in the acclaimed production of Othello at the Donmar Warehouse in 2009. Reilly was nominated for Best Actress
Kelly_Reilly
Fictional character in Disney's Aladdin franchise
his flaws. Iago's name is a reference to the character of the same name. In Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is the name of the titular protagonist's
Iago_(Aladdin)
5th episode of the 1st season of Wednesday Theatre
"Othello" is a 1964 Australian television play based on the play by William Shakespeare. It was broadcast on the ABC as part of Wednesday Theatre and
Othello_(Wednesday_Theatre)
Play by Toni Morrison
Vienna in May 2011. The title character of the play is Desdemona, the wife of the title character in Shakespeare's Othello. The 2011 play arose from a collaboration
Desdemona_(play)
British actor (born 1976)
Penelope Cobbuld, and his wife, Jessica. He played the title role in Othello in 2016 at the New York Theatre Workshop with Daniel Craig as Iago, directed
David_Oyelowo
Swedish actress
Academy Company and performed in various stage productions, including Othello, Spring Awakening, and Gloria. In 2020, she played a fictionalised version
Anna_Lundberg
Plays of the English playwright
the first performances of many of Shakespeare's plays, including Hamlet, Othello, Richard III and King Lear), Richard Cowley (who played Verges in Much
Shakespeare's_plays
Non-speaking characters in plays
A ghost character, in the bibliographic or scholarly study of texts of dramatic literature, is a term for an inadvertent error committed by the playwright
Ghost_character
Locality in British Columbia, Canada
reached about 5 kilometres (3 mi) beyond Othello. The naming of stations from Juliet west to Othello after characters in William Shakespeare's plays is generally
Othello,_British_Columbia
Illumination media franchise
Dracula-like character, but directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin later opted for a villain who would echo "the world of James Bond, thinking of characters like
Despicable_Me
Stock character
Shakespearean characters as Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony, and Othello at length. Commedia dell'arte Columbine Clown Hanswurst – a stock character of German
Pierrot
English actress
(1 November 2012). "An Othello to combat youth violence?". The Stage. Retrieved 3 January 2025.(subscription required) "Othello (Brockley Jack)". WhatsOnStage
Sofia_Barclay
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
French adaptation of the story (Othello, ou le More de Venise by Jean-François Ducis, 1792), not Shakespeare's play Othello, as neither Rossini nor his librettist
Otello_(Rossini)
Puerto Rican actor (1940–1994)
Betrayal (1979). He also starred in revivals of Design for Living (1984), Othello (1991), and his final Broadway role Man of La Mancha (1994). Julia gained
Raul_Julia
Protagonist of Hamlet
shot in the leg by Iago, but is saved by Juliet Capulet and Othello. Hamlet stops Othello from killing Iago, but is taken captive by Juliet and her resistance
Prince_Hamlet
English actor (born 1988)
as The York Realist in 2018 and Cock in 2022; in classical plays like Othello in 2013 and Richard II in 2025; as well as in musicals, namely the London
Jonathan_Bailey
British actress and narrator
Like It at the Nottingham Playhouse, and later that year played Bianca in Othello at the National Theatre, London. In 2000 to 2001, she appeared in Harold
Indira_Varma
American actor
on Lie to Me. In 2009, he took to the stage, playing the title role in Othello for the Theatre for a New Audience in New York. This production moved to
Sean_Patrick_Thomas
2001–2004 shoujo manga
Othello (Japanese: オセロ, Hepburn: Osero) is a shōjo manga series by Satomi Ikezawa. It was originally serialized by Kodansha in Bessatsu Friend and collected
Othello (Satomi Ikezawa manga)
Othello_(Satomi_Ikezawa_manga)
Tragedies written by William Shakespeare
based on historical figures, with the exception of Measure for Measure and Othello, which are based on narrative fictions by Giraldi Cintio. The historical
Shakespearean_tragedy
Topics referred to by the same term
green within The Moor Quarter's village and civil parish, England Othello (character), often referred to as "The Moor" The Moor (novel), a 1998 novel by
The_Moor
Animated children's television series
'Penguinese' or 'Pinguish', consisting of babbling, muttering, and the titular character's characteristic sporadic honking sound, which can be popularly recognized
Pingu
Moroccan ambassador to England in 1600
the character of William Shakespeare's Moorish hero Othello, but others have argued that there is no connection. In 2016, David Serero played Othello in
Abd_el-Ouahed_ben_Messaoud
Long horizontal line punctuation mark
longer ⸺ (as in King Lear reprinted 1619) or composed of hyphens --- (as in Othello printed 1622); moreover, the dashes are often, but not always, prefixed
Dash
Controversial casting practice in the film industry
The film Othello (1965) was an exception, as the white actor Laurence Olivier was cast as "the Moor" and wore blackface as the title character. New York
Whitewashing_in_film
Scottish actress (born 1937)
Theatre in 1963, she played Bianca in the National's 1965 film version of Othello, with Laurence Olivier in the title role. Her other film appearances include
Sheila_Reid
Evil character or person
destroyed his family out of spite. Shakespeare also ensured that Iago in Othello and Antonio in The Tempest were completely void of redeeming traits. In
Villain
Colombian and American comedian, actor and filmmaker (born 1960 or 1964)
Netflix original series Bloodline. Also in 2016, he produced the Q Brothers' Othello: The Remix at off-Broadway's Westside Theatre. In 2017, Leguizamo sang
John_Leguizamo
British actress
Tamburlaine. McEwen appeared as Desdemona in Clint Dyer's production of Othello at the Royal National Theatre in London, a role The Evening Standard said
Rosy_McEwen
British actor
notable television roles in Waking the Dead and Babyfather, and on stage in Othello. He played Dom Andrews in Emmerdale from 2012 to 2014. Johnson was born
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