Period PBs

(WIP. All contributions welcome!)

This is a directory of actors used in period films with links to images of their performances in particular films. Please use in conjunction with the Face Claim[1] when selecting a PB for your character.

Young Male

• Joe Anderson (Becoming Jane[2])
• Richard Armitage (North and South[3])
• Alexander Arnold (Poldark[4])
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[5])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[6])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[7])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[8])
• Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[9])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[10])
• Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[11])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[12])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[13])
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford[14])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[15])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[16])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[17])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[18])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[19])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[20])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[21])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[22])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[23])
• James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[24])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[25])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[26])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[27])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[28], North and South[29])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[30])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[31]; To The Ends of The Earth [32])
• Tom Felton (Belle[33])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[34])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[35])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[36])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[37])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[38])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[39])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[40])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[41], Belle[42])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[43])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[44])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[45])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[46])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[47])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[48])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[49])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[50])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[51], Cranford[52])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[53])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[54], Pride and Prejudice 2005[55])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[56])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[57])
• William Houston (North and South[58])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[59])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[60])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[61])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[62], Emma 2009[63])
• John Light (North and South[64])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[65])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[66])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[67])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[68])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[69])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[70])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[71])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[72], Outlander[73])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[74])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[75])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[76])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[77])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[78])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[79])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[80])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[81])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[82])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[83])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[84])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[85])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[86])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[87])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[88], Beau Brummell[89])
• Sam Reid (Belle[90])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[91])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[92])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[93])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[94], Emma 2009[95])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[96], Bright Star[97])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[98])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[99])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[100])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[101])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[102])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[103])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[104])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[105])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[106])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[107])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[108])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[109])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[110], Jonathan Strange[111])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[112])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[113])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[114], Cranford[115])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[116])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[117])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[118])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[119])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[120])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[121], Poldark[122])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[123], Bright Star[124], Cranford[125])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[126])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[127])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[128])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[129])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[130])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[131])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[132])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[133])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[134])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[135], Emma 2009[136])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[137])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[138])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[139])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[140])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[141])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[142])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[143])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[144])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[145])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[146])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[147])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[148])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[149])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[150])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[151])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[152])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[153])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[154], Amazing Grace[155])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[156])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[157])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[158])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[159])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[160], Persuasion 1995[161])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[162])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[163])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[164])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[165])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[166])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[167])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[168])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[169])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[170])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[171])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[172])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[173])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[174])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[175], Death Comes to Pemberley[176], North and South[177])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[178])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[179])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[180])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[181])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[182])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[183])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[184], Northanger Abbey[185])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[186])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[187])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[188])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[189])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[190])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[191], Wives and Daughters[192])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[193])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[194])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[195])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[196])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[197])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[198])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[199])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[200])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[201])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[202], Emma ITV[203])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[204])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[205])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[206])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[207], Cranford[208])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[209])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[210])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[211])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[212])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[213])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[214])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[215])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[216], Poldark[217])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[218])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[219])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[220])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[221], Wives and Daughters[222])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[223])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[224])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[225])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[226])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[227])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[228])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[229])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[230], Miss Austen Regrets[231])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[232])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[233])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[234], Miss Austen Regrets[235], Beau Brummell[236])
• John Bowe (Cranford[237])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[238])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[239])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[240])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[241])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[242])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[243])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [244])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[245])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[246])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[247])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[248])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[249])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[250])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[251], Amazing Grace[252], Wives and Daughters[253], Cranford[254])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[255])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[256])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[257])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[258])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[259])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[260])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[261])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[262])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[263])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[264])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[265])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[266])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[267])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[268])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[269])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[270])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[271])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[272])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[273])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[274])
• Rory McCann (Banished[275])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[276])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[277])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [278])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[279], Wives and Daughters[280])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[281])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[282])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[283])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[284])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[285])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[286])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[287])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[288])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[289])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[290], Poldark[291])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[292])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[293])
• David Wenham (Banished[294])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[295])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[296])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[297])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[298])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[299])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[300])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[301])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[302])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[303])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[304])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[305], Cranford[306])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[307])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[308])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[309])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[310])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[311])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[312])
• Orla Brady (Banished[313])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[314])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[315])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[316]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[317])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[318])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[319], Mansfield Park[320])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[321])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[322])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[323])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[324], Cranford[325])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[326])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[327])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[328])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[329])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[330])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[331])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[332])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[333])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[334])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[335])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[336])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[337])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[338], Miss Austen Regrets[339])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[340], Wives and Daughters[341])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[342], Amazing Grace[343])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[344])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[345], Cranford[346])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[347])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[348])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[349])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[350])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[351])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[352])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[353])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[354])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[355])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[356])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[357])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[358])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[359])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[360], Cranford[361])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[362])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[363])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[364])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[365])
• Emily Watson (Belle[366])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[367], Wives and Daughters[368])

List of films/TV shows added to the list so far

Georgian

• Poldark
• Amazing Grace
• A Royal Affair
• Banished
• Belle
• Outlander

Regency

• Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Lost in Austen
• Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Northanger Abbey
• Mansfield Park 1999
• Mansfield Park 2007
• Persuasion 1995
• Persuasion 2007
• Emma 1996
• Emma ITV
• Emma 2009
• Becoming Jane
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• Miss Austen Regrets
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
• Bright Star
• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
• War and Peace 2007

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford