Howard Charles

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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. {{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/musketeers/howard-charles.html |title=Interview with Howard Charles |work=BBC Media Centre |access-date=5 June 2016}}{{cite news |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630002312/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Entertainment/Television/Howard-Charles-on-bringing-Musketeer-Porthos-to-life-13012014.htm |archive-date=30 June 2014 |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Entertainment/Television/Howard-Charles-on-bringing-Musketeer-Porthos-to-life-13012014.htm |title=Howard Charles on being Musketeer Porthos |newspaper=Cambridge News |date=15 January 2014 |access-date=5 June 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10571169/The-Musketeers-on-set-with-Peter-Capaldi-and-Vinnie-Jones.html |title=The Musketeers: on set with Peter Capaldi and Vinnie Jones |first=Florence |last=Waters |date=18 January 2014 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=5 June 2016}}

Education

He studied at Kingston College in England{{cite web |first=Ross |last=Logan |title=One for all: Kingston College student to star in BBC's The Musketeers |url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10933571.Don_t_miss_former_Kingston_College_student_play_Porthos_in_new_BBC_drama_The_Musketeers/ |website=Your Local Guardian |date=14 January 2014 |access-date=7 March 2014}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://kingston-college.ac.uk/component/k2/former-student-lands-lead-role-in-bbc-s-the-musketeers |title=Former Student Lands Lead Role in BBC's The Musketeers |publisher=Kingston College |date=13 January 2014 |access-date=7 March 2014 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923235118/https://kingston-college.ac.uk/component/k2/former-student-lands-lead-role-in-bbc-s-the-musketeers |url-status=dead }}

He then trained at the Drama Centre London and was awarded a Lady Rothermere Drama Award and a Leverhulme scholarship.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxaAymrglQIC&pg=PP7 |title=Enron |first=Lucy |last=Prebble |page=2 |year=2016 |isbn=9781408124673 |access-date=5 June 2016}}

Theatre

Charles has appeared in: Blackta (The Young Vic),{{cite web |url=http://www.youngvic.org/archive/blackta |title=Blackta |work=Young Vic |access-date=5 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615160719/http://www.youngvic.org/archive/blackta |archivedate=15 June 2016 }} Macbeth (with the RSC),{{cite news |first=Alys |last=Denby |title=Macbeth: The cast and crew |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8474472/Macbeth-The-cast-and-crew.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 April 2011 |access-date=7 March 2014}} The Merchant of Venice (Royal Shakespeare Company),{{cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/ |title=Welcome |publisher=Royal Shakespeare Company |access-date=5 June 2016}} Enron (Chichester Festival Theatre, The Royal Court, West End), Painting A Wall (Finborough Theatre),{{cite web |url=http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/transition-archive/2009/paintingawall.php |title=Painting A Wall |work=Finborough Theatre |access-date=5 June 2016}} The Hounding of David Olwale (various theatres including; Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Everyman Liverpool, Hackney Empire),{{cite web |url=http://eclipsetheatre.org.uk/productions/past/2009-the-hounding-of-david-oluwale/ |title=Projects – The Hounding of David Oluwale |work=Eclipse Theatre |year=2009 |access-date=5 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233003/http://eclipsetheatre.org.uk/productions/past/2009-the-hounding-of-david-oluwale/ |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} 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
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2010	Standing By	Titus	Short film{{cite web \|url=https://vimeo.com/13358461 \|title=Standing by Trailer \|via=Vimeo \|access-date=5 June 2016}}
2011	Sound	Flynn	Short film{{cite web \|url=http://vimeo.com/21877523 \|title=Sound \|date=3 April 2011 \|via=Vimeo \|access-date=5 June 2016}}
2013	&ME	Albert
rowspan="2"\|2018	Monster Party	Luther
The Scorpion King: Book of Souls	Uruk	Direct-to-video film

=Television=

Year	Title	Role	Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
2008	Beautiful People	Adult Kylie	Episode: "How I Got My Tongs"
rowspan="2"\|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"
rowspan="2"\|2019	The Widow	Tom Jansen	2 episodes
The Red Line	Ethan Young	8 episodes
rowspan="2"\|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	12 episodes

=Video games=

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

References

External links

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Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of the Drama Centre London

Category:1983 births