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])
• Paul Bettany (Master and Commander[10])
• Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[11])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[12])
• Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[13])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[14])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[15])
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford[16])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[17])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[18])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[19])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[20])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[21])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[22])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[23])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[24]; To The Ends of The Earth[25])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[26])
• James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[27], Mansfield Park 2007[28])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[29])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[30])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[31])
• Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[32])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[33], North and South[34])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[35])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[36]; To The Ends of The Earth [37])
• Tom Felton (Belle[38])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[39])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[40])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[41])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[42])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[43])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[44])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[45])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[46])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[47], Belle[48])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[49])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[50])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[51])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[52])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[53])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[54])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[55])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[56])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[57], Cranford[58])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[59])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[60], Pride and Prejudice 2005[61])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[62])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[63])
• William Houston (North and South[64])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[65])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[66])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[67])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[68])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[69], Emma 2009[70])
• John Light (North and South[71])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[72])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[73])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[74])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[75])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[76])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[77], The Scarlet Pimpernel[78])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[79])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[80])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[81], Outlander[82])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[83])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[84])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[85])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[86])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[87])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[88])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[89])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[90])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[91])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[92])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[93])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[94])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[95])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[96])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[97])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[98], Beau Brummell[99])
• Sam Reid (Belle[100])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[101])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[102])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[103])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[104], Emma 2009[105])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[106])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[107], Bright Star[108])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[109])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[110])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[111])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[112])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[113])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[114])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[115])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[116])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[117])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[118])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[119])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[120])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[121], Vanity Fair 1998[122])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[123], Jonathan Strange[124])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[125])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[126])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[127])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[128], Cranford[129])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[130])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[131])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[132])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[133])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[134])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[135], Poldark[136])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[137], Bright Star[138], Cranford[139])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[140])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[141])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[142])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[143])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[144])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[145])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[146])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[147])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[148])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[149], Emma 2009[150])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[151])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[152])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[153])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[154])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[155])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[156])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[157])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[158])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[159])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[160])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[161])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[162])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[163])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[164])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[165])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[166])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[167])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[168], Amazing Grace[169])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[170])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[171])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[172])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[173])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[174])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[175], Persuasion 1995[176], To The Ends of The Earth[177])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[178])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[179])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[180])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[181])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[182])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[183])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[184])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[185])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[186])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[187])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[188])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[189])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[190])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[191])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[192])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[193], Death Comes to Pemberley[194], North and South[195])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[196])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[197])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[198])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[199])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[200])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[201])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[202], Northanger Abbey[203])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[204])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[205])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[206])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[207])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[208]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[209])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[210], Wives and Daughters[211])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[212])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[213])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[214])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[215])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[216])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[217])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[218])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[219])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[220])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[221], Emma ITV[222])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[223])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[224])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[225])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[226], Cranford[227])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[228])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[229])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[230])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[231])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[232])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[233])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[234])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[235], Poldark[236])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[237])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[238])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[239])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[240], Wives and Daughters[241])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[242])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[243])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[244])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[245])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[246])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[247])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[248])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[249], Miss Austen Regrets[250])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[251])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[252])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[253])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[254], Miss Austen Regrets[255], Beau Brummell[256])
• John Bowe (Cranford[257])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[258])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[259])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[260])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[261])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[262], Les Miserables[263])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[264])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[265])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [266])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[267])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[268])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[269])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[270])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[271])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[272])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[273], Amazing Grace[274], Wives and Daughters[275], Cranford[276])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[277])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[278])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[279])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[280])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[281])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[282])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[283])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[284])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[285])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[286])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[287])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[288])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[289])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[290])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[291])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[292])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[293])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[294])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[295])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[296])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[297])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[298])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[299])
• Rory McCann (Banished[300])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[301])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[302])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[303])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [304])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[305], Wives and Daughters[306])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[307])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[308])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[309])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[310])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[311])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[312])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[313])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[314])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[315])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[316])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[317])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[318], Poldark[319])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[320])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[321])
• David Wenham (Banished[322])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[323])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[324])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[325])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[326])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[327])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[328])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[329])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[330])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[331])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[332])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[333], Cranford[334])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[335])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[336])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[337])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[338], Mr Turner [339])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[340])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[341])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[342])
• Orla Brady (Banished[343])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[344])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[345])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[346])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[347]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[348])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[349])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[350], Mansfield Park[351])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[352])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[353])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[354])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[355], Cranford[356])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[357])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[358])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[359])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[360])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[361])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[362])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[363])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[364])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[365])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[366])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[367])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[368])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[369], Miss Austen Regrets[370])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[371], Wives and Daughters[372])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[373], Amazing Grace[374])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[375])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[376], Cranford[377])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[378])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[379])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[380])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[381])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[382])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[383])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[384])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[385])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[386])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[387])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[388])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[389])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[390])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[391])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[392])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[393], Cranford[394])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[395])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[396])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[397])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[398])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[399])
• Emily Watson (Belle[400])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[401], Wives and Daughters[402])

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

Georgian

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

Regency

• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
• Becoming Jane
• Bright Star
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• Emma 1996
• Emma 2009
• Emma ITV
• Hornblower
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
• Lost in Austen
• Mansfield Park 1999
• Mansfield Park 2007
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Miss Austen Regrets
• Monsieur N
• Mr Turner
• Northanger Abbey
• Persuasion 1995
• Persuasion 2007
• Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Sharpe
• To The Ends of The Earth
• Vanity Fair 1998
• War and Peace 2007
• Waterloo

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford