Howard Charles

Howard Charles is an English actor who is best known for his portrayal of Porthos in the BBC series The Musketeers (2014–2016) and DCI Mike McGuire in the Acorn TV crime drama Whitstable Pearl (2021-2024). He was born in Brixton, London.

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 Charles has appeared in: 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.

2025 Cleaner Captain Royce Television 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 episodes2020 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 2026 Fightland Maduka "Duke" Kilroy

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