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 (Master and Commander[25], Mansfield Park 2007[26])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[27])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[28])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[29])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[30], North and South[31])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[32])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[33]; To The Ends of The Earth [34])
• Tom Felton (Belle[35])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[36])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[37])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[38])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[39])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[40])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[41])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[42])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[43], Belle[44])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[45])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[46])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[47])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[48])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[49])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[50])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[51])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[52])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[53], Cranford[54])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[55])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[56], Pride and Prejudice 2005[57])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[58])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[59])
• William Houston (North and South[60])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[61])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[62])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[63])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[64], Emma 2009[65])
• John Light (North and South[66])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[67])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[68])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[69])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[70])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[71])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[72])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[73])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[74], Outlander[75])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[76])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[77])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[78])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[79])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[80])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[81])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[82])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[83])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[84])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[85])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[86])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[87])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[88])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[89])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[90], Beau Brummell[91])
• Sam Reid (Belle[92])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[93])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[94])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[95])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[96], Emma 2009[97])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[98], Bright Star[99])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[100])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[101])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[102])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[103])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[104])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[105])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[106])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[107])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[108])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[109])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[110])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[111])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[112], Jonathan Strange[113])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[114])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[115])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[116], Cranford[117])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[118])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[119])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[120])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[121])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[122])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[123], Poldark[124])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[125], Bright Star[126], Cranford[127])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[128])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[129])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[130])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[131])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[132])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[133])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[134])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[135])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[136])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[137], Emma 2009[138])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[139])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[140])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[141])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[142])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[143])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[144])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[145])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[146])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[147])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[148])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[149])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[150])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[151])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[152])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[153])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[154])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[155])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[156], Amazing Grace[157])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[158])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[159])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[160])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[161])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[162], Persuasion 1995[163])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[164])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[165])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[166])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[167])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[168])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[169])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[170])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[171])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[172])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[173])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[174])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[175])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[176])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[177], Death Comes to Pemberley[178], North and South[179])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[180])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[181])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[182])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[183])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[184])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[185])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[186], Northanger Abbey[187])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[188])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[189])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[190])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[191])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[192])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[193], Wives and Daughters[194])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[195])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[196])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[197])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[198])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[199])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[200])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[201])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[202])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[203])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[204], Emma ITV[205])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[206])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[207])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[208])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[209], Cranford[210])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[211])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[212])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[213])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[214])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[215])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[216])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[217])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[218], Poldark[219])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[220])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[221])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[222])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[223], Wives and Daughters[224])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[225])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[226])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[227])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[228])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[229])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[230])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[231])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[232], Miss Austen Regrets[233])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[234])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[235])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[236], Miss Austen Regrets[237], Beau Brummell[238])
• John Bowe (Cranford[239])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[240])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[241])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[242])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[243])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[244], Les Miserables[245])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[246])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[247])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [248])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[249])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[250])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[251])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[252])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[253])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[254])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[255], Amazing Grace[256], Wives and Daughters[257], Cranford[258])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[259])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[260])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[261])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[262])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[263])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[264])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[265])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[266])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[267])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[268])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[269])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[270])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[271])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[272])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[273])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[274])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[275])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[276])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[277])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[278])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[279])
• Rory McCann (Banished[280])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[281])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[282])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[283])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [284])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[285], Wives and Daughters[286])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[287])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[288])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[289])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[290])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[291])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[292])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[293])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[294])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[295])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[296], Poldark[297])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[298])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[299])
• David Wenham (Banished[300])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[301])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[302])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[303])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[304])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[305])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[306])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[307])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[308])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[309])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[310])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[311], Cranford[312])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[313])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[314])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[315])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[316])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[317])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[318])
• Orla Brady (Banished[319])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[320])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[321])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[322]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[323])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[324])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[325], Mansfield Park[326])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[327])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[328])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[329])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[330], Cranford[331])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[332])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[333])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[334])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[335])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[336])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[337])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[338])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[339])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[340])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[341])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[342])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[343])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[344], Miss Austen Regrets[345])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[346], Wives and Daughters[347])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[348], Amazing Grace[349])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[350])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[351], Cranford[352])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[353])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[354])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[355])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[356])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[357])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[358])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[359])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[360])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[361])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[362])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[363])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[364])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[365])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[366], Cranford[367])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[368])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[369])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[370])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[371])
• Emily Watson (Belle[372])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[373], Wives and Daughters[374])

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