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

Author

Mia Horton

Published Feb 19, 2026

IntroBritish actor
IsActor 
FromUnited Kingdom 
TypeFilm, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gendermale
Birth1983, 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Standing ByTitusShort
2011SoundFlynnShort
2012Black ForestConradTV Movie
2013&MEAlbert

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Beautiful PeopleAdult KylieEpisode: “How I Got My Tongs”
2012SwitchJackEpisode 1.6
2014 – 2016The MusketeersPorthos du Vallon

Video Games

YearTitleRole
2015Need for SpeedManu
CancelledLegacy of Kain: Dead SunEmperor