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Howard Charles’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Author

Daniel Moore

Updated on August 09, 2026

Intro British actor
Is Actor 
From United Kingdom 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender male
Birth 1983, England, United Kingdom
Age: 37 years

Howard Charles (born 6 September 1983) 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.

Education

He studied at Kingston College in England 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.

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

Theatre

Blackta (The Young Vic), Macbeth (with the RSC), The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company), Enron (Chichester Festival Theatre, The Royal Court, West End), Painting A Wall (Finborough Theatre), The Hounding of David Olwale (various theatres including; Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Everyman Liverpool, Hackney Empire), 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.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Standing By Titus Short
2011 Sound Flynn Short
2012 Black Forest Conrad TV Movie
2013 &ME Albert

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Beautiful People Adult Kylie Episode: “How I Got My Tongs”
2012 Switch Jack Episode 1.6
2014 – 2016 The Musketeers Porthos du Vallon

Video Games

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