Athos — The Three Musketeers Character Profile

About Athos

A skilled musketeer and de facto leader of the trio. He fights alongside d'Artagnan against Cardinal's guards and helps intercept Milady de Winter. He reveals a tragic past as her former husband, having exposed her crimes when he discovered she was a marked murderer. He rallies the remaining musketeers to save the King during the assassination attempt and pursues Richelieu to the underground river.

Athos — Character Profile

Athos appears in 16 titles

• The Three Musketeers (1921) — character page
• The Iron Mask (1929) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (1942) — character page
• The Fighting Musketeers (1961) — character page
• Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (1973) — character page
• The Four Charlots Musketeers (1974) — character page
• The Four Charlots Musketeers 2 (1974) — character page
• The Four Musketeers (1974) — character page
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (1993)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (2011) — character page
• The King's Musketeers (2018) — character page
• The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) — character page
• The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Kiefer Sutherland

Appears in

The Three Musketeers (1993)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Athos — Alliance Teammate — D'Artagnan (Chris O'Donnell)

  Fellow musketeer and trusted combat partner.

• Athos — Conflict Former Husband & Betrayer — Milady (Rebecca De Mornay)

  Past spouse turned enemy due to her criminal past.

• Athos — Alliance Teammate — Porthos (Oliver Platt)

  Loyal musketeer brother and combat ally.

• Athos — Alliance Teammate — Aramis (Charlie Sheen)

  Loyal musketeer brother and combat ally.

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More characters from The Three Musketeers

• D'Artagnan (Chris O'Donnell)
• Porthos (Oliver Platt)
• Aramis (Charlie Sheen)
• King Louis XIII (Hugh O'Conor)
• Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry)
• Parker (Philip Tan)
• Henri (Christopher Adamson)
• Seneschal #1 (Bruno Thost)
• Barmaid (Nichola Cordey)
• Damsel (Emma Moore)
• Armand de Winter (Sebastian Eckhardt)
• Musketeer (Axel Anselm)