Howard Charles

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Howard Charles
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Howard Charles in 2016
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Howard Charles is an English actor who is best known for his portrayal of Porthos in the BBC series The Musketeers (2014–2016). He was born in Brixton, London. [1][2][3]

Education

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He studied at Kingston College in England[4] between 2000 and 2005, earning a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting) before returning to start the BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Media.[5]

He then trained at the Drama Centre London and was awarded a Lady Rothermere Drama Award and a Leverhulme scholarship.[6]

Theatre

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Charles has appeared in: Blackta (The Young Vic),[7] Macbeth (with the RSC),[8] The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company),[9] Enron (Chichester Festival Theatre, The Royal Court, West End), Painting A Wall (Finborough Theatre),[10] The Hounding of David Olwale (various theatres including; Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Everyman Liverpool, Hackney Empire),[11] Three Sisters (Manchester Royal Exchange), The Local Stigmatic (Edinburgh Festival), Les Jeudis (Centre Pompidou, Paris), Twelfth Night, The Lunatic Queen, Taniko, Measure for Measure, Le Cid, The Cherry Orchard and The Winslow Boy.[6]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Standing By Titus Short film[12]
2011 Sound Flynn Short film[13]
2013 &ME Albert
2018 Monster Party Luther
The Scorpion King: Book of Souls Uruk Direct-to-video film
2025 Cleaner Captain Royce

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Beautiful People Adult Kylie Episode: "How I Got My Tongs"
2012 Switch Jack Episode #1.6
Black Forest Conrad Television film
2013–2022 Top Boy Curtis 7 episodes
2014–2016 The Musketeers Porthos du Vallon Main cast; 30 episodes
2017 The Librarians Ambrose Gethic Episode: "And the Bleeding Crown"
2019 The Widow Tom Jansen 2 episodes
The Red Line Ethan Young 8 episodes
2020 Liar Carl Peterson 4 episodes
Alex Rider Wolf 4 episodes
2021 Shadow and Bone Arken Visser / The Conductor 5 episodes
2021–2024 Whitstable Pearl Mike McGuire 18 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role
2015 Need for Speed Manu
Cancelled Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun Emperor

References

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