Iago

Iago (/iˈɑːɡoʊ/) is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello. Iago is the play's main villain and Othello's standard-bearer.

Iago
Othello character
Edwin Booth as Iago, c. 1870
Created by	William Shakespeare
Portrayed by	Robert Armin Edwin Booth Laurence Olivier Kenneth Branagh Christopher Eccleston Boothroyd Fairclough Frank Finlay Josh Hartnett Philip Seymour Hoffman Henry Irving Jose Ferrer Micheál MacLiammóir Saif Ali Khan Ian McDiarmid Ewan McGregor Ian McKellen Lucian Msamati Nicholas Pennell Christopher Walken Bob Hoskins Rory Kinnear Daniel Craig Liev Schreiber[1] Andre Braugher[2] Mark Rylance

He is the husband of Emilia. Iago hates Othello and creates a plan to destroy him by making him believe that his wife is having an affair with his lieutenant, Michael Cassio.