Howard Charles

Howard Charles is a British actor who is best known for his portrayal of Porthos in the BBC's 2014 adaptation of Dumas's The Three Musketeers, entitled The Musketeers.[1][2][3]

Howard Charles
Howard Charles in 2016
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Education

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

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

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Standing ByTitusShort[12]
2011SoundFlynnShort[13]
2012Black ForestConradTV movie
2013&MEAlbert
2018The Scorpion King: Book of SoulsUrukdirect-to-video film

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Beautiful PeopleAdult Kylie1 episode
2012SwitchJack1 episode
2014–2016The MusketeersPorthos du Vallon30 episodes
2017The LibrariansAmbrose Gethic1 episode
2019The WidowTom Jansen
2019The Red LineEthan Young
2020LiarCarl Peterson
2020Alex RiderWolf3 episodes

Video games
YearTitleRole
2015Need for SpeedManu
CancelledLegacy of Kain: Dead SunEmperor

References
  1. "Interview with Howard Charles". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. "Howard Charles on being Musketeer Porthos". Cambridge News. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. Waters, Florence (18 January 2014). "The Musketeers: on set with Peter Capaldi and Vinnie Jones". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  4. Logan, Ross (14 January 2014). "One for all: Kingston College student to star in BBC's The Musketeers". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  5. "Former Student Lands Lead Role in BBC's The Musketeers". Kingston College. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  6. Prebble, Lucy (2016). Enron. p. 2. ISBN 9781408124673. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  7. "Blackta". Young Vic. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  8. Denby, Alys (26 April 2011). "Macbeth: The cast and crew". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  9. "Welcome". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  10. "Painting A Wall". Finborough Theatre. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  11. "Projects – The Hounding of David Oluwale". Eclipse Theatre. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  12. "Standing by Trailer". Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via Vimeo.
  13. "Sound". Retrieved 5 June 2016 – via Vimeo.


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