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])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[44])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[45], Belle[46])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[47])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[48])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[49])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[50])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[51])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[52])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[53])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[54])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[55], Cranford[56])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[57])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[58], Pride and Prejudice 2005[59])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[60])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[61])
• William Houston (North and South[62])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[63])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[64])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[65])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[66], Emma 2009[67])
• John Light (North and South[68])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[69])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[70])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[71])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[72])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[73])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[74], The Scarlet Pimpernel[75])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[76])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[77])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[78], Outlander[79])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[80])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[81])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[82])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[83])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[84])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[85])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[86])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[87])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[88])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[89])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[90])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[91])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[92])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[93])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[94])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[95], Beau Brummell[96])
• Sam Reid (Belle[97])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[98])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[99])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[100])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[101], Emma 2009[102])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[103])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[104], Bright Star[105])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[106])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[107])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[108])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[109])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[110])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[111])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[112])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[113])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[114])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[115])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[116])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[117], Vanity Fair 1998[118])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[119], Jonathan Strange[120])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[121])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[122])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[123], Cranford[124])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[125])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[126])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[127])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[128])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[129])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[130], Poldark[131])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[132], Bright Star[133], Cranford[134])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[135])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[136])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[137])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[138])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[139])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[140])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[141])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[142])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[143])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[144], Emma 2009[145])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[146])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[147])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[148])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[149])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[150])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[151])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[152])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[153])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[154])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[155])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[156])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[157])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[158])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[159])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[160])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[161])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[162])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[163], Amazing Grace[164])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[165])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[166])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[167])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[168])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[169], Persuasion 1995[170])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[171])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[172])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[173])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[174])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[175])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[176])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[177])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[178])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[179])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[180])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[181])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[182])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[183])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[184])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[185], Death Comes to Pemberley[186], North and South[187])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[188])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[189])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[190])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[191])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[192])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[193])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[194], Northanger Abbey[195])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[196])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[197])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[198])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[199])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[200])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[201], Wives and Daughters[202])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[203])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[204])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[205])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[206])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[207])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[208])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[209])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[210])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[211])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[212], Emma ITV[213])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[214])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[215])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[216])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[217], Cranford[218])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[219])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[220])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[221])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[222])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[223])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[224])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[225])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[226], Poldark[227])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[228])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[229])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[230])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[231], Wives and Daughters[232])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[233])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[234])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[235])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[236])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[237])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[238])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[239])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[240], Miss Austen Regrets[241])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[242])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[243])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[244])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[245], Miss Austen Regrets[246], Beau Brummell[247])
• John Bowe (Cranford[248])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[249])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[250])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[251])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[252])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[253], Les Miserables[254])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[255])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[256])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [257])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[258])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[259])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[260])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[261])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[262])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[263])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[264], Amazing Grace[265], Wives and Daughters[266], Cranford[267])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[268])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[269])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[270])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[271])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[272])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[273])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[274])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[275])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[276])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[277])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[278])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[279])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[280])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[281])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[282])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[283])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[284])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[285])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[286])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[287])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[288])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[289])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[290])
• Rory McCann (Banished[291])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[292])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[293])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[294])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [295])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[296], Wives and Daughters[297])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[298])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[299])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[300])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[301])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[302])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[303])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[304])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[305])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[306])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[307])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[308], Poldark[309])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[310])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[311])
• David Wenham (Banished[312])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[313])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[314])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[315])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[316])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[317])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[318])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[319])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[320])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[321])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[322])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[323], Cranford[324])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[325])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[326])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[327])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[328], Mr Turner [329])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[330])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[331])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[332])
• Orla Brady (Banished[333])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[334])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[335])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[336]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[337])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[338])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[339], Mansfield Park[340])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[341])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[342])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[343])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[344], Cranford[345])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[346])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[347])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[348])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[349])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[350])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[351])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[352])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[353])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[354])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[355])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[356])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[357])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[358], Miss Austen Regrets[359])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[360], Wives and Daughters[361])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[362], Amazing Grace[363])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[364])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[365], Cranford[366])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[367])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[368])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[369])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[370])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[371])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[372])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[373])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[374])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[375])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[376])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[377])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[378])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[379])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[380])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[381])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[382], Cranford[383])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[384])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[385])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[386])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[387])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[388])
• Emily Watson (Belle[389])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[390], Wives and Daughters[391])

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
• Vanity Fair 1998
• Monsieur N
• Mr Turner

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford