Actors who played the role of Roderigo: Roland Bottomley [Broadway] ...

Iago (Gordon S. Miller, right) is an ensign in the Venetian army who treats his wife like dirt and uses her in a plot against his superior and supposed friend, Othello (Michael Blake, left).

The character, a devil in contrast to Desdemona’s angel, hoodwinks not only Othello, but Roderigo and Cassio as well. Iago is by far the juiciest role and Ciaran Volke manages it with cleverness ...

Gyllenhaal’s performance fuels the show, and when his Iago takes a needed break after getting Cassio wounded and Roderigo murdered, this “Othello” never quite regains either its focus or its ...

Iago is a duplicitous chess grandmaster, moving pawns all over the board to maximize the blood bath. His plots are not set against Othello alone; others are locked into his crosshairs.