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])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[51], The Scarlet Pimpernel[52])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[53])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[54])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[55])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[56])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[57])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[58])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[59], Cranford[60])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[61])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[62], Pride and Prejudice 2005[63])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[64])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[65])
• William Houston (North and South[66])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[67])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[68])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[69])
• Chris Larkin (Master and Commander[70])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[71])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[72], Emma 2009[73])
• John Light (North and South[74])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[75])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[76])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[77])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[78])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[79])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[80])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[81])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[82], Outlander[83])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[84])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[85])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[86])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[87])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[88])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[89])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[90])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[91])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[92])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[93])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[94])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[95])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[96])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[97])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[98])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[99], Beau Brummell[100])
• Sam Reid (Belle[101])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[102])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[103])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[104])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[105], Emma 2009[106])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[107])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[108], Bright Star[109])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[110])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[111])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[112])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[113])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[114])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[115])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[116])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[117])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[118])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[119])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[120])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[121])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[122], Vanity Fair 1998[123])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[124], Jonathan Strange[125])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[126])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[127])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[128])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[129], Cranford[130])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[131])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[132])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[133])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[134])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[135])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[136], Poldark[137])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[138], Bright Star[139], Cranford[140])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[141])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[142])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[143])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[144])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[145])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[146])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[147])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[148])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[149])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[150], Emma 2009[151])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[152])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[153])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[154])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[155])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[156])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[157])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[158])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[159])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[160])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[161])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[162])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[163])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[164])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[165])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[166])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[167])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[168])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[169], Amazing Grace[170])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[171])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[172])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[173])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[174])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[175])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[176], Persuasion 1995[177], To The Ends of The Earth[178])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[179])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[180])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[181])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[182])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[183])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[184])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[185])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[186])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[187])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[188])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[189])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[190])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[191])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[192])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[193])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[194], Death Comes to Pemberley[195], North and South[196])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[197])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[198])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[199])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[200])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[201])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[202])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[203], Northanger Abbey[204])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[205])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[206])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[207])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[208])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[209]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[210])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[211], Wives and Daughters[212])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[213])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[214])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[215])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[216])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[217])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[218])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[219])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[220])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[221])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[222], Emma ITV[223])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[224])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[225])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[226])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[227], Cranford[228])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[229])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[230])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[231])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[232])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[233])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[234])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[235])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[236], Poldark[237])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[238])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[239])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[240])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[241], Wives and Daughters[242])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[243])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[244])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[245])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[246])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[247])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[248])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[249])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[250], Miss Austen Regrets[251])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[252])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[253])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[254])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[255], Miss Austen Regrets[256], Beau Brummell[257])
• John Bowe (Cranford[258])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[259])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[260])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[261])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[262])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[263], Les Miserables[264])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[265])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[266])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [267])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[268])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[269])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[270])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[271])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[272])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[273])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[274], Amazing Grace[275], Wives and Daughters[276], Cranford[277])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[278])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[279])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[280])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[281])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[282])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[283])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[284])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[285])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[286])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[287])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[288])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[289])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[290])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[291])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[292])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[293])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[294])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[295])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[296])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[297])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[298])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[299])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[300])
• Rory McCann (Banished[301])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[302])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[303])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[304])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [305])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[306], Wives and Daughters[307])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[308])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[309])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[310])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[311])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[312])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[313])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[314])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[315])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[316])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[317])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[318])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[319], Poldark[320])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[321])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[322])
• David Wenham (Banished[323])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[324])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[325])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[326])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[327])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[328])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[329])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[330])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[331])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[332])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[333])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[334], Cranford[335])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[336])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[337])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[338])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[339], Mr Turner [340])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[341])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[342])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[343])
• Orla Brady (Banished[344])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[345])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[346])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[347])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[348]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[349])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[350])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[351], Mansfield Park[352])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[353])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[354])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[355])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[356], Cranford[357])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[358])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[359])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[360])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[361])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[362])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[363])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[364])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[365])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[366])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[367])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[368])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[369])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[370], Miss Austen Regrets[371])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[372], Wives and Daughters[373])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[374], Amazing Grace[375])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[376])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[377], Cranford[378])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[379])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[380])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[381])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[382])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[383])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[384])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[385])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[386])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[387])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[388])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[389])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[390])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[391])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[392])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[393])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[394], Cranford[395])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[396])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[397])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[398])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[399])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[400])
• Emily Watson (Belle[401])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[402], Wives and Daughters[403])

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