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]; To The Ends of The Earth[23])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[24])
• James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[25])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[26])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[27])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[28])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[29], North and South[30])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[31])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[32]; To The Ends of The Earth [33])
• Tom Felton (Belle[34])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[35])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[36])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[37])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[38])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[39])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[40])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[41])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[42], Belle[43])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[44])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[45])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[46])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[47])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[48])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[49])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[50])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[51])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[52], Cranford[53])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[54])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[55], Pride and Prejudice 2005[56])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[57])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[58])
• William Houston (North and South[59])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[60])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[61])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[62])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[63], Emma 2009[64])
• John Light (North and South[65])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[66])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[67])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[68])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[69])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[70])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[71])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[72])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[73], Outlander[74])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[75])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[76])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[77])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[78])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[79])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[80])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[81])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[82])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[83])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[84])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[85])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[86])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[87])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[88])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[89], Beau Brummell[90])
• Sam Reid (Belle[91])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[92])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[93])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[94])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[95], Emma 2009[96])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[97], Bright Star[98])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[99])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[100])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[101])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[102])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[103])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[104])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[105])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[106])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[107])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[108])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[109])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[110])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[111], Jonathan Strange[112])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[113])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[114])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[115], Cranford[116])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[117])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[118])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[119])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[120])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[121])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[122], Poldark[123])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[124], Bright Star[125], Cranford[126])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[127])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[128])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[129])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[130])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[131])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[132])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[133])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[134])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[135])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[136], Emma 2009[137])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[138])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[139])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[140])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[141])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[142])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[143])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[144])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[145])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[146])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[147])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[148])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[149])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[150])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[151])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[152])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[153])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[154])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[155], Amazing Grace[156])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[157])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[158])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[159])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[160])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[161], Persuasion 1995[162])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[163])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[164])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[165])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[166])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[167])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[168])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[169])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[170])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[171])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[172])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[173])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[174])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[175])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[176], Death Comes to Pemberley[177], North and South[178])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[179])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[180])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[181])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[182])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[183])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[184])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[185], Northanger Abbey[186])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[187])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[188])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[189])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[190])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[191])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[192], Wives and Daughters[193])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[194])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[195])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[196])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[197])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[198])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[199])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[200])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[201])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[202])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[203], Emma ITV[204])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[205])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[206])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[207])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[208], Cranford[209])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[210])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[211])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[212])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[213])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[214])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[215])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[216])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[217], Poldark[218])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[219])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[220])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[221])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[222], Wives and Daughters[223])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[224])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[225])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[226])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[227])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[228])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[229])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[230])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[231], Miss Austen Regrets[232])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[233])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[234])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[235], Miss Austen Regrets[236], Beau Brummell[237])
• John Bowe (Cranford[238])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[239])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[240])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[241])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[242])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[243])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[244])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [245])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[246])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[247])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[248])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[249])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[250])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[251])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[252], Amazing Grace[253], Wives and Daughters[254], Cranford[255])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[256])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[257])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[258])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[259])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[260])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[261])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[262])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[263])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[264])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[265])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[266])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[267])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[268])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[269])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[270])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[271])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[272])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[273])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[274])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[275])
• Rory McCann (Banished[276])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[277])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[278])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[279])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [280])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[281], Wives and Daughters[282])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[283])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[284])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[285])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[286])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[287])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[288])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[289])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[290])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[291])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[292], Poldark[293])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[294])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[295])
• David Wenham (Banished[296])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[297])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[298])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[299])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[300])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[301])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[302])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[303])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[304])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[305])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[306])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[307], Cranford[308])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[309])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[310])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[311])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[312])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[313])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[314])
• Orla Brady (Banished[315])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[316])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[317])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[318]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[319])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[320])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[321], Mansfield Park[322])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[323])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[324])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[325])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[326], Cranford[327])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[328])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[329])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[330])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[331])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[332])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[333])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[334])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[335])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[336])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[337])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[338])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[339])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[340], Miss Austen Regrets[341])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[342], Wives and Daughters[343])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[344], Amazing Grace[345])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[346])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[347], Cranford[348])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[349])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[350])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[351])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[352])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[353])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[354])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[355])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[356])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[357])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[358])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[359])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[360])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[361])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[362], Cranford[363])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[364])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[365])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[366])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[367])
• Emily Watson (Belle[368])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[369], Wives and Daughters[370])

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