Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky is a Russian actor and singer. He is best known for playing swashbucklers in historical adventure films; the role of d'Artagnan in the 1978 Soviet adaptation of Alexander Dumas' Three Musketeers elevated Boyarsky to the nationwide fame.
Boyarsky in 2017
Mikhail Boyarsky and Vladimir Putin, 7 October 2000
A swashbuckler is a genre of European adventure literature that focuses on a heroic protagonist stock character who is skilled in swordsmanship, acrobatics, and guile, and possesses chivalrous ideals. A "swashbuckler" protagonist is heroic, daring, and idealistic: he rescues damsels in distress, protects the downtrodden, and uses duels to defend his honor or that of a lady or to avenge a comrade.
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers.
Douglas Fairbanks in the 1922 film Robin Hood
R.L. Stevenson – The Black Arrow