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. A strikethrough denotes a PB in use as a current character.

Young Male

• Joe Anderson: Becoming Jane
• Richard Armitage: North and South
• Alexander Arnold: Poldark
• Jonathan Arris: Bright Star
• Ariyon Bakare: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• David Bamber: Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Aneurin Barnard: The Scandalous Lady W, Moonfleet
• William Beck: Northanger Abbey
• Sean Bean: Sharpe
• Joseph Beattie: Mansfield Park 2007
• Jamie Bell Turn; Jane Eyre 2011
• Paul Bettany: Master and Commander
• Alexander Beyer: War and Peace 2007
• Crispin Bonham-Carter: Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Alessio Boni: War and Peace 2007
• Hugh Bonneville: Mansfield Park
• Douglas Booth: Great Expectations 2011; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
• Ed Browning: Poldark
• Andrew Buchan: Cranford, Garrow's Law, Jane Eyre
• Robert Burbage Mansfield Park 1983
• Tom Burke Great Expectations 2011, War and Peace 2016
• Anthony Calf Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Stephen Campbell Moore: Amazing Grace (awaiting screencaps)
• Bertie Carvel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Henry Cavill: Count of Monte Cristo 2003
• Enzo Cilenti: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Dominic Cooper: Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Ryan Corr: Banished
• Raymond Coulthard: Emma ITV
• Elliot Cowan: Lost in Austen
• Brendan Coyle: North and South
• Benedict Cumberbatch: Amazing Grace, To The Ends of The Earth
• Alan Cumming: Emma 1996
• Hugh Dancy: Great Expectations 1999
• James D'Arcy: Master and Commander, Mansfield Park 2007
• Jack Davenport: Mary Bryant, Pirates of the Caribbean
• David Dawson: Banished
• Finn Den Hertog: Outlander
• Ken Duken: War and Peace 2007
• Mark Dymond: Northanger Abbey
• Charles Edwards Mansfield Park 1999
• Robin Ellis: Poldark 1976
• Daniel Evans: To The Ends of The Earth
• Rupert Evans: Emma 2009, North and South
• Jack Farthing: Poldark 2015
• JJ Feild: Austenland, Northanger Abbey, To The Ends of The Earth
• Tom Felton: Belle
• Colin Firth: Pride and Prejudice 1995
• James Fleet: Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: A Royal Affair
• Laurence Fox: Becoming Jane
• Hugh Fraser: Sharpe
• Dan Fredenburgh: Emma 2009
• Rupert Friend: Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Mark Gatiss: Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Iain Glen: Wives and Daughters
• Philip Glenister: Byron, Vanity Fair 1998
• Robert Glenister: Persuasion 1995
• Matthew Goode: Death Comes to Pemberley, Belle
• Tom Goodman-Hill Miss Austen Regrets
• Burn Gorman Turn; Wuthering Heights 2009
• Hugh Grant Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Richard E. Grant Monsieur N, The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Ioan Gruffudd Amazing Grace; Hornblower
• Jefferson Hall Emma 2009
• Tom Hardy Wuthering Heights 2009
• Richard Harrington Poldark
• Sam Hazeldine Persuasion 2007
• John Heffernan Jonathan Strange
• Guy Henry Lost in Austen; John Adams
• Sam Heughan Outlander
• Tom Hiddleston Miss Austen Regrets, Cranford
• Ciaran Hinds Persuasion 1995
• Tom Hollander Wives and Daughters, Pride and Prejudice 2005
• John Hollingworth Poldark 2015
• Edward Hogg Jonathan Strange
• William Houston North and South
• Anthony Howell Wives and Daughters
• James Howson Wuthering Heights 2011
• Lee Ingleby Master & Commander
• Jeremy Irvine Great Expectations 2012
• Rory Kinnear Mansfield Park
• Chris Larkin Master & Commander
• Hugh Laurie Sense and Sensibility
• Jonny Lee Miller Mansfield Park 1999, Emma 2009
• John Light North and South
• Harry Lloyd Great Expectations 2011; Jane Eyre 2011
• Adrian Lukis Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Richard Lumsden Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Matthew Macfadyen Pride and Prejudice 2005; The Way We Live Now; Little Dorrit
• James McAvoy Becoming Jane
• Joe McFadden Cranford
• Ewan McGregor Emma 1996
• Matthew McNulty Cranford
• Tobias Menzies Persuasion 2007, Outlander
• Mads Mikkelsen A Royal Affair
• Tom Mison Lost in Austen
• Joseph Morgan Mansfield Park 2007, Master and Commander
• David Morrissey Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Youssou N'Dour Amazing Grace
• Alessandro Nivola Mansfield Park 1999
• Luke Norris Poldark 2015
• Jeremy Northam Emma 1996
• James Norton Death Comes to Pemberley)
• Hugh O'Conor Northanger Abbey 2007
• Alex O'Loughlin The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
• Grant O'Rourke Outlander
• Jamie Parker Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Nathaniel Parker Vanity Fair 1998
• Rupert Penry-Jones Persuasion 2007
• Alistair Petrie Emma ITV
• James Purefoy Mansfield Park 1999, Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
• Sam Reid Belle
• Julian Rhind-Tutt Banished
• Matthew Rhys Death Comes to Pemberley
• Tom Riley Lost in Austen
• Blake Ritson Mansfield Park 2007, Emma 2009
• Jay Rodan Monsieur N
• Samuel Roukin Miss Austen Regrets, Bright Star
• Dominic Rowan Emma ITV
• Simon Russell Beale Persuasion 1995
• Benjamin Sadler War and Peace
• Xavier Samuel Love and Friendship
• Paul Schneider Bright Star
• Rufus Sewell Amazing Grace; Cold Comfort Farm
• Jamie Sives To The Ends of the Earth
• Kyle Soller Poldark 2015
• Florian Stetter Beloved Sister
• Dan Stevens Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Adam Storke Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series
• Mark Strong Emma ITV
• Russell Tovey Banished
• Aidan Turner Poldark 2015
• Tom Ward Death Comes to Pemberley, Vanity Fair 1998
• Samuel West Persuasion, Hornblower
• Ben Whishaw Bright Star
• Greg Wise Sense and Sensibility 1995, Hornblower
• Edward Woodall Master and Commander
• Simon Woods Pride and Prejudice 2005, Cranford

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[2])
• Hayley Atwell Mansfield Park 2007
• Caitriona Balfe Outlander
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[3])
• Kate Beckinsale Emma ITV, Love and Friendship
• Ruby Bentall Lost in Austen, Poldark 2015
• Claudie Blakly Bright Star, Pride and Prejudice 2005, Lark Rise to Candleford
• Samantha Bond Mansfield Park 1983
• Lucy Briers Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Jessie Buckley War and Peace 2016
• MyAnna Buring Banished
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes Bright Star
• Valentina Cervi War and Peace 2007
• Anna Chancellor Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Morven Christie Lost in Austen
• Morfydd Clark Love and Friendship
• Lucy Cohu Becoming Jane
• Christina Cole Lost in Austen, Emma 2009
• Jenna Coleman Death Comes to Pemberley
• Toni Collette Emma 1996
• Abbie Cornish Bright Star
• Embeth Davidtz Mansfield Park 1999
• Julia Davis Persuasion 2007
• Lucy Davis Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Felicity Dean Persuasion 1995
• Daniela Denby-Ashe North and South
• Lisa Dillon Cranford
• Michelle Dockery Cranford
• Laura Donnelly Outlander
• Lucinda Dryzek Jonathan Strange
• Kirsten Dunst Marie Antoinette
• Louise Dylan Emma 2009
• Jennifer Ehle Pride and Prejudice
• Alice Englert Jonathan Strange
• Emilia Fox Pride and Prejudice
• Sarah Gadon Belle
• Romala Garai Emma 209, Amazing Grace, Vanity Fair 2004[4], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
• Frances Grey Vanity Fair 1998
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[5])
• Daisy Haggard Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Amanda Hale Persuasion 2007
• Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[6])
• Anne Hathaway Becoming Jane
• Victoria Hamilton Mansfield Park 1999, Persuasion 1995, To The Ends of the Earth
• Susannah Harker Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Keeley Hawes Wives and Daughters
• Sally Hawkins Persuasion 2007
• Siobhan Hewlett Monsieur N
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[7])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[8])
• Nell Hudson Outlander
• Felicity Jones Northanger Abbey 2007
• Jo Joyner North and South
• Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Crystal Leaity Poldark 2015
• Natasha Little Vanity Fair 1998
• Polly Maberly Pride and Prejudice
• Anna Madeley Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Jena Malone Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Anna Maxwell Martin Becoming Jane, Death Comes to Pemberley, North and South
• Jodhi May Emma 2009
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw Belle
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[9])
• Hattie Morahan Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Samantha Morton Emma ITV
• Carey Mulligan Pride and Prejudice 2005, Northanger Abbey 2007
• Phoebe Nicholls Persuasion 1995
• Kimberley Nixon Cranford
• Gracee O'Brien Poldark 2016
• Frances O'Connor Mansfield Park 1999
• Genevieve O'Reilly Banished
• Joanna Page To the Ends of the Earth
• Gwyneth Paltrow Emma 1996
• Rosamund Pike Pride and Prejudice 2005, Wives and Daughters
• Billie Piper Mansfield Park 2007
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[10])
• Clemence Poesy War and Peace
• Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[11])
• Imogen Poots Miss Austen Regrets
• Laura Pyper Emma 2009
• Heida Reed Poldark
• Kelly Reilly Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Charlotte Riley Jonathan Strange; Wuthering Heights 2009
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[12])
• Emma Roberts Persuasion 1995
• Lucy Robinson Pride and Prejudice 1995, Emma ITV
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[13])
• Amanda Root Persuasion 1995
• Keri Russell Austenland
• Michelle Ryan Mansfield Park 2007
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[14], Cranford[15], Hornblower[16])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[17])
• Kaya Scodelario Wuthering Heights 2011
• Lucy Scott Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[18])
• Juliet Stevenson Emma 1996
• Mary Stockley Persuasion 2007
• Imogen Stubbs Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Sophie Thompson Persuasion 1995
• Eleanor Tomlinson Death Comes to Pemberley, Poldark 2015
• Joanna Vanderham Banished
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[19])
• Alicia Vikander A Royal Affair
• Justine Waddell Mansfield Park 1999, Wives and Daughters
• Charity Wakefield Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Catherine Walker Northanger Abbey 2007
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[20])
• Harriet Walter Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[21])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[22])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[23])
• Olivia Williams Emma 2009, Miss Austen Regrets
• Kate Winslet Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Reese Witherspoon Vanity Fair 2004

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst Emma 2009
• Hugh Bonneville Lost in Austen, Miss Austen Regrets, Beau Brummell: That Charming Man
• John Bowe (Cranford[24])
• Ewen Bremner Banished
• Jim Carter (Cranford[25])
• Warren Clarke Poldark 2015
• James Cromwell Becoming Jane
• Russell Crowe Master & Commander:The Far Side of the World, Les Miserables
• Michael Culkin Poldark 2015
• Liam Cunningham Northanger Abbey 2007
• Charles Dance To the Ends of the Earth
• Philip Davis Poldark 2015
• Adrian Edmondson Miss Austen Regrets
• Robin Ellis Poldark 2015
• Nicholas Farrell Amazing Grace, Persuasion 2007
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[26])
• Vincent Franklin Jonathan Strange
• Michael Gambon Emma 2009, Amazing Grace, Wives and Daughters, Cranford
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[27])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[28])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[29])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[30])
• James Hazeldine Emma ITV
• Anthony Head Persuasion 2007
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[31])
• Bernard Hepton Emma ITV
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[32])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[33])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[34])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[35])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[36])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[37])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[38])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[39])
• James Laurenson (Sharpe [40])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[41])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[42])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[43], Garrow's Law[44], Little Dorrit[45])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[46])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[47])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[48])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[49])
• Rory McCann (Banished[50])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[51])
• Kevin McNally Wuthering Heights 2009
• Joseph Millson Banished
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[52])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [53], Mary Bryant[54])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[55], Wives and Daughters[56])
• Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[57])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[58])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[59])
• Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[60])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[61])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[62])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[63])
• Ian Richardson Becoming Jane
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[64])
• Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[65])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[66])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[67])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[68])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[69], Poldark[70])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[71])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[72])
• Jason Watkins Miss Austen Regrets
• David Wenham (Banished[73])
• Sam West Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Benjamin Whitrow Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[74])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[75])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[76])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[77])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[78])
• Greg Wise Cranford
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[79])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[80])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[81])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[82], Cranford[83])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[84])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[85])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[86])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[87], Mr Turner [88])
• Linda Bassett Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[89])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[90])
• Samantha Bond Emma ITV
• Orla Brady (Banished[91])
• Cheryl Campbell To The Ends of the Earth
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[92])
• Joanna David Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Judi Dench (Cranford[93]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[94])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[95])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[96], Mansfield Park[97])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[98])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[99])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[100])
• Lynn Farleigh Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[101], Cranford[102])
• Emma Fielding Cranford
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[103])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[104])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[105])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[106])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[107])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[108])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[109])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[110])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[111])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[112])
• Alice Krige Persuasion 2008
• Sarah Lancashire Wuthering Heights 2009
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[113], Miss Austen Regrets[114])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt Pride and Prejudice, Wives and Daughters[115])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[116], Amazing Grace[117], Vanity Fair 1998[118])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[119])
• Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[120])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[121], Cranford[122])
• Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[123])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[124])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[125])
• Jean Marsh Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Janet McTeer Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[126])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[127])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[128])
• Jemma Redgrave Mansfield Park
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[129])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[130])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[131])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[132])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[133])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[134])
• Claire Skinner Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Maggie Smith Becoming Jane
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[135])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[136], Cranford[137])
• Alison Steadman Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[138])
• Frances Tomelty Vanity Fair 1998
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[139])
• Julie Walters Becoming Jane
• Emily Watson (Belle[140])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[141], Wives and Daughters[142])

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

Georgian

• Amazing Grace
• A Royal Affair
• Banished
• Belle
• Garrow's Law
• Longitude
• Love and Friendship
• Marie Antoinette
• Outlander
• Poldark (1976 and 2015)
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Duchess
• The Scarlet Pimpernel

Regency

• Austenland
• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
• Becoming Jane
• Bright Star
• Byron
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• Desperate Romantics
• 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
• Vanity Fair 2004
• War and Peace 2007
• Waterloo
• Wuthering Heights (at least the 2009 version, can't say for any others)

Victorian

• Cranford
• Daniel Deronda
• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• The Young Victoria