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])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[73])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[74])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[75], Outlander[76])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[77])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[78])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[79])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[80])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[81])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[82])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[83])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[84])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[85])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[86])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[87])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[88])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[89])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[90])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[91], Beau Brummell[92])
• Sam Reid (Belle[93])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[94])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[95])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[96])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[97], Emma 2009[98])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[99], Bright Star[100])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[101])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[102])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[103])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[104])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[105])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[106])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[107])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[108])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[109])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[110])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[111])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[112])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[113], Jonathan Strange[114])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[115])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[116])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[117], Cranford[118])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[119])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[120])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[121])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[122])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[123])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[124], Poldark[125])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[126], Bright Star[127], Cranford[128])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[129])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[130])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[131])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[132])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[133])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[134])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[135])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[136])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[137])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[138], Emma 2009[139])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[140])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[141])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[142])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[143])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[144])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[145])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[146])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[147])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[148])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[149])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[150])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[151])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[152])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[153])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[154])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[155])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[156])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[157], Amazing Grace[158])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[159])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[160])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[161])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[162])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[163], Persuasion 1995[164])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[165])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[166])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[167])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[168])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[169])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[170])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[171])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[172])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[173])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[174])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[175])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[176])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[177])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[178])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[179], Death Comes to Pemberley[180], North and South[181])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[182])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[183])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[184])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[185])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[186])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[187])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[188], Northanger Abbey[189])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[190])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[191])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[192])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[193])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[194])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[195], Wives and Daughters[196])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[197])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[198])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[199])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[200])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[201])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[202])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[203])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[204])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[205])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[206], Emma ITV[207])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[208])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[209])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[210])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[211], Cranford[212])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[213])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[214])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[215])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[216])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[217])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[218])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[219])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[220], Poldark[221])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[222])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[223])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[224])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[225], Wives and Daughters[226])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[227])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[228])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[229])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[230])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[231])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[232])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[233])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[234], Miss Austen Regrets[235])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[236])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[237])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[238])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[239], Miss Austen Regrets[240], Beau Brummell[241])
• John Bowe (Cranford[242])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[243])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[244])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[245])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[246])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[247], Les Miserables[248])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[249])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[250])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [251])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[252])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[253])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[254])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[255])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[256])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[257])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[258], Amazing Grace[259], Wives and Daughters[260], Cranford[261])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[262])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[263])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[264])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[265])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[266])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[267])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[268])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[269])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[270])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[271])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[272])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[273])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[274])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[275])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[276])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[277])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[278])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[279])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[280])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[281])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[282])
• Rory McCann (Banished[283])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[284])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[285])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[286])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [287])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[288], Wives and Daughters[289])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[290])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[291])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[292])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[293])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[294])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[295])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[296])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[297])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[298])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[299])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[300], Poldark[301])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[302])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[303])
• David Wenham (Banished[304])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[305])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[306])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[307])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[308])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[309])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[310])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[311])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[312])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[313])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[314])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[315], Cranford[316])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[317])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[318])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[319])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[320], Mr Turner [321])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[322])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[323])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[324])
• Orla Brady (Banished[325])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[326])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[327])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[328]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[329])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[330])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[331], Mansfield Park[332])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[333])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[334])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[335])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[336], Cranford[337])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[338])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[339])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[340])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[341])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[342])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[343])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[344])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[345])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[346])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[347])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[348])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[349])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[350], Miss Austen Regrets[351])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[352], Wives and Daughters[353])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[354], Amazing Grace[355])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[356])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[357], Cranford[358])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[359])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[360])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[361])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[362])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[363])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[364])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[365])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[366])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[367])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[368])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[369])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[370])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[371])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[372])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[373], Cranford[374])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[375])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[376])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[377])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[378])
• Emily Watson (Belle[379])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[380], Wives and Daughters[381])

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