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])
• Jonathan Arris (Bright Start[5])
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[6])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[7])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[8])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[9])
• Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[10])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[11])
• Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[12])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[13])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[14])
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford[15])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[16])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[17])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[18])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[19])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[20])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[21])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[22])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[23]; To The Ends of The Earth[24])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[25])
• James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[26], Mansfield Park 2007[27])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[28])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[29])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[30])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[31], North and South[32])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[33])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[34]; To The Ends of The Earth [35])
• Tom Felton (Belle[36])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[37])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[38])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[39])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[40])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[41])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[42])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[43])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[44], Belle[45])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[46])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[47])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[48])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[49])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[50])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[51])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[52])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[53])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[54], Cranford[55])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[56])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[57], Pride and Prejudice 2005[58])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[59])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[60])
• William Houston (North and South[61])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[62])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[63])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[64])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[65], Emma 2009[66])
• John Light (North and South[67])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[68])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[69])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[70])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[71])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[72])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[73], The Scarlet Pimpernel[74])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[75])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[76])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[77], Outlander[78])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[79])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[80])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[81])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[82])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[83])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[84])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[85])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[86])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[87])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[88])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[89])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[90])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[91])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[92])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[93], Beau Brummell[94])
• Sam Reid (Belle[95])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[96])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[97])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[98])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[99], Emma 2009[100])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[101])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[102], Bright Star[103])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[104])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[105])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[106])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[107])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[108])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[109])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[110])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[111])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[112])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[113])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[114])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[115])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[116], Jonathan Strange[117])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[118])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[119])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[120], Cranford[121])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[122])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[123])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[124])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[125])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[126])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[127], Poldark[128])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[129], Bright Star[130], Cranford[131])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[132])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[133])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[134])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[135])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[136])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[137])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[138])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[139])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[140])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[141], Emma 2009[142])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[143])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[144])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[145])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[146])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[147])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[148])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[149])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[150])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[151])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[152])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[153])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[154])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[155])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[156])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[157])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[158])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[159])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[160], Amazing Grace[161])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[162])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[163])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[164])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[165])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[166], Persuasion 1995[167])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[168])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[169])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[170])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[171])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[172])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[173])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[174])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[175])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[176])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[177])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[178])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[179])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[180])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[181])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[182], Death Comes to Pemberley[183], North and South[184])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[185])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[186])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[187])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[188])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[189])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[190])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[191], Northanger Abbey[192])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[193])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[194])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[195])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[196])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[197])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[198], Wives and Daughters[199])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[200])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[201])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[202])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[203])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[204])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[205])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[206])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[207])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[208])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[209], Emma ITV[210])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[211])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[212])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[213])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[214], Cranford[215])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[216])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[217])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[218])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[219])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[220])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[221])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[222])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[223], Poldark[224])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[225])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[226])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[227])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[228], Wives and Daughters[229])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[230])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[231])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[232])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[233])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[234])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[235])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[236])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[237], Miss Austen Regrets[238])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[239])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[240])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[241])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[242], Miss Austen Regrets[243], Beau Brummell[244])
• John Bowe (Cranford[245])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[246])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[247])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[248])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[249])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[250], Les Miserables[251])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[252])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[253])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [254])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[255])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[256])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[257])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[258])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[259])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[260])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[261], Amazing Grace[262], Wives and Daughters[263], Cranford[264])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[265])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[266])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[267])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[268])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[269])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[270])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[271])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[272])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[273])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[274])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[275])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[276])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[277])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[278])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[279])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[280])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[281])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[282])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[283])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[284])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[285])
• Rory McCann (Banished[286])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[287])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[288])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[289])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [290])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[291], Wives and Daughters[292])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[293])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[294])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[295])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[296])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[297])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[298])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[299])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[300])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[301])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[302])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[303], Poldark[304])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[305])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[306])
• David Wenham (Banished[307])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[308])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[309])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[310])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[311])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[312])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[313])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[314])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[315])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[316])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[317])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[318], Cranford[319])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[320])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[321])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[322])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[323], Mr Turner [324])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[325])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[326])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[327])
• Orla Brady (Banished[328])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[329])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[330])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[331]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[332])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[333])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[334], Mansfield Park[335])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[336])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[337])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[338])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[339], Cranford[340])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[341])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[342])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[343])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[344])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[345])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[346])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[347])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[348])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[349])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[350])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[351])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[352])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[353], Miss Austen Regrets[354])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[355], Wives and Daughters[356])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[357], Amazing Grace[358])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[359])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[360], Cranford[361])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[362])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[363])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[364])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[365])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[366])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[367])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[368])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[369])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[370])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[371])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[372])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[373])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[374])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[375])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[376], Cranford[377])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[378])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[379])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[380])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[381])
• Emily Watson (Belle[382])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[383], Wives and Daughters[384])

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