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])
• Alexander Arnold (Poldark[3])
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[4])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[5])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[6])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[7])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[8])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[9])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[10])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[11])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[12])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[13])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[14])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[15])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[16])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[17])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[18])
• James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[19])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[20])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[21])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[22])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[23])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[24])
• Tom Felton (Belle[25])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[26])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[27])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[28])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[29])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[30])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[31])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[32], Belle[33])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[34])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[35])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[36])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[37])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[38])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[39])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[40])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[41])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[42])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[43])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[44])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[45])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[46])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[47])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[48], Emma 2009[49])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[50])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[51])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[52])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[53])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[54])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[55], Outlander[56])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[57])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[58])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[59])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[60])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[61])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[62])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[63])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[64])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[65])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[66])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[67])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[68])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[69])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[70], Beau Brummell[71])
• Sam Reid (Belle[72])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[73])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[74])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[75])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[76], Emma 2009[77])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[78], Bright Star[79])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[80])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[81])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[82])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[83])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[84])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[85])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[86])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[87])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[88])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[89])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[90])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[91], Jonathan Strange[92])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[93])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[94])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[95])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[96])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[97])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[98])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[99])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[100])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[101], Poldark[102])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[103], Bright Star[104])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[105])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[106])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[107])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[108])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[109])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[110])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[111])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[112], Emma 2009[113])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[114])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[115])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[116])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[117])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[118])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[119])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[120])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[121])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[122])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[123])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[124])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[125])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[126])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[127])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[128], Amazing Grace[129])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[130])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[131])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[132])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[133], Persuasion 1995[134])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[135])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[136])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[137])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[138])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[139])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[140])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[141])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[142])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[143])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[144])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[145])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[146], Death Comes to Pemberley[147])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[148])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[149])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[150])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[151])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[152])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[153], Northanger Abbey[154])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[155])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[156])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[157])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[158])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[159])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[160])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[161])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[162])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[163])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[164])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[165])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[166])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[167], Emma ITV[168])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[169])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[170])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[171])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[172])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[173])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[174])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[175])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[176])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[177])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[178])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[179])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[180], Poldark[181])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[182])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[183])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[184])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[185])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[186])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[187])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[188])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[189])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[190])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[191], Miss Austen Regrets[192])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[193])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[194])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[195], Miss Austen Regrets[196], Beau Brummell[197])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[198])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[199])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[200])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[201])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[202])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[203])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[204])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[205])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[206])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[207])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[208], Amazing Grace[209])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[210])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[211])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[212])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[213])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[214])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[215])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[216])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[217])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[218])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[219])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[220])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[221])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[222])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[223])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[224])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[225])
• Rory McCann (Banished[226])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[227])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[228])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[229])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[230])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[231])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[232])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[233])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[234], Poldark[235])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[236])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[237])
• David Wenham (Banished[238])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[239])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[240])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[241])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[242])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[243])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[244])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[245])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[246])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[247])

Older Female

• Annette Badland (Outlander[248])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[249])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[250])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[251])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[252])
• Orla Brady (Banished[253])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[254])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[255])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[256], Mansfield Park[257])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[258])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[259])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[260])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[261])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[262])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[263])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[264])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[265])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[266])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[267])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[268])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[269], Miss Austen Regrets[270])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[271])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[272], Amazing Grace[273])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[274])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[275])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[276])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[277])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[278])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[279])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[280])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[281])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[282])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[283])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[284])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[285])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[286])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[287])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[288])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[289])
• Emily Watson (Belle[290])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[291])

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