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])
• Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[31])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[32], North and South[33])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[34])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[35]; To The Ends of The Earth [36])
• Tom Felton (Belle[37])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[38])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[39])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[40])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[41])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[42])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[43])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[44])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[45])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[46], Belle[47])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[48])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[49])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[50])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[51])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[52])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[53])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[54])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[55])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[56], Cranford[57])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[58])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[59], Pride and Prejudice 2005[60])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[61])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[62])
• William Houston (North and South[63])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[64])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[65])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[66])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[67], Emma 2009[68])
• John Light (North and South[69])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[70])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[71])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[72])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[73])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[74])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[75], The Scarlet Pimpernel[76])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[77])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[78])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[79], Outlander[80])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[81])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[82])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[83])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[84])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[85])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[86])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[87])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[88])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[89])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[90])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[91])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[92])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[93])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[94])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[95])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[96], Beau Brummell[97])
• Sam Reid (Belle[98])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[99])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[100])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[101])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[102], Emma 2009[103])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[104])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[105], Bright Star[106])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[107])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[108])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[109])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[110])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[111])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[112])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[113])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[114])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[115])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[116])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[117])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[118])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[119], Vanity Fair 1998[120])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[121], Jonathan Strange[122])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[123])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[124])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[125], Cranford[126])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[127])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[128])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[129])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[130])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[131])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[132], Poldark[133])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[134], Bright Star[135], Cranford[136])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[137])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[138])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[139])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[140])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[141])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[142])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[143])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[144])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[145])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[146], Emma 2009[147])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[148])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[149])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[150])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[151])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[152])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[153])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[154])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[155])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[156])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[157])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[158])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[159])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[160])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[161])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[162])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[163])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[164])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[165], Amazing Grace[166])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[167])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[168])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[169])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[170])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[171])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[172], Persuasion 1995[173], To The Ends of The Earth[174])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[175])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[176])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[177])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[178])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[179])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[180])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[181])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[182])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[183])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[184])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[185])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[186])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[187])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[188])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[189])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[190], Death Comes to Pemberley[191], North and South[192])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[193])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[194])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[195])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[196])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[197])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[198])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[199], Northanger Abbey[200])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[201])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[202])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[203])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[204])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[205]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[206])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[207], Wives and Daughters[208])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[209])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[210])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[211])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[212])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[213])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[214])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[215])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[216])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[217])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[218], Emma ITV[219])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[220])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[221])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[222])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[223], Cranford[224])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[225])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[226])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[227])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[228])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[229])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[230])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[231])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[232], Poldark[233])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[234])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[235])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[236])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[237], Wives and Daughters[238])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[239])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[240])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[241])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[242])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[243])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[244])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[245])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[246], Miss Austen Regrets[247])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[248])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[249])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[250])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[251], Miss Austen Regrets[252], Beau Brummell[253])
• John Bowe (Cranford[254])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[255])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[256])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[257])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[258])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[259], Les Miserables[260])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[261])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[262])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [263])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[264])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[265])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[266])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[267])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[268])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[269])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[270], Amazing Grace[271], Wives and Daughters[272], Cranford[273])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[274])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[275])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[276])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[277])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[278])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[279])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[280])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[281])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[282])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[283])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[284])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[285])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[286])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[287])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[288])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[289])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[290])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[291])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[292])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[293])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[294])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[295])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[296])
• Rory McCann (Banished[297])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[298])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[299])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[300])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [301])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[302], Wives and Daughters[303])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[304])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[305])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[306])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[307])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[308])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[309])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[310])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[311])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[312])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[313])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[314], Poldark[315])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[316])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[317])
• David Wenham (Banished[318])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[319])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[320])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[321])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[322])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[323])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[324])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[325])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[326])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[327])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[328])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[329], Cranford[330])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[331])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[332])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[333])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[334], Mr Turner [335])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[336])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[337])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[338])
• Orla Brady (Banished[339])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[340])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[341])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[342]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[343])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[344])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[345], Mansfield Park[346])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[347])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[348])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[349])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[350], Cranford[351])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[352])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[353])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[354])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[355])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[356])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[357])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[358])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[359])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[360])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[361])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[362])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[363])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[364], Miss Austen Regrets[365])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[366], Wives and Daughters[367])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[368], Amazing Grace[369])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[370])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[371], Cranford[372])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[373])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[374])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[375])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[376])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[377])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[378])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[379])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[380])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[381])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[382])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[383])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[384])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[385])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[386])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[387])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[388], Cranford[389])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[390])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[391])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[392])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[393])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[394])
• Emily Watson (Belle[395])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[396], Wives and Daughters[397])

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
• To The Ends of The Earth

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford