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])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[65])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[66])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[67])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[68], Emma 2009[69])
• John Light (North and South[70])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[71])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[72])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[73])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[74])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[75])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[76], The Scarlet Pimpernel[77])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[78])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[79])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[80], Outlander[81])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[82])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[83])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[84])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[85])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[86])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[87])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[88])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[89])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[90])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[91])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[92])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[93])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[94])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[95])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[96])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[97], Beau Brummell[98])
• Sam Reid (Belle[99])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[100])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[101])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[102])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[103], Emma 2009[104])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[105])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[106], Bright Star[107])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[108])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[109])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[110])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[111])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[112])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[113])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[114])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[115])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[116])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[117])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[118])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[119])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[120], Vanity Fair 1998[121])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[122], Jonathan Strange[123])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[124])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[125])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[126], Cranford[127])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[128])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[129])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[130])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[131])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[132])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[133], Poldark[134])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[135], Bright Star[136], Cranford[137])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[138])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[139])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[140])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[141])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[142])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[143])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[144])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[145])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[146])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[147], Emma 2009[148])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[149])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[150])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[151])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[152])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[153])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[154])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[155])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[156])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[157])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[158])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[159])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[160])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[161])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[162])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[163])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[164])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[165])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[166], Amazing Grace[167])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[168])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[169])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[170])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[171])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[172])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[173], Persuasion 1995[174], To The Ends of The Earth[175])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[176])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[177])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[178])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[179])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[180])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[181])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[182])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[183])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[184])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[185])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[186])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[187])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[188])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[189])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[190])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[191], Death Comes to Pemberley[192], North and South[193])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[194])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[195])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[196])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[197])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[198])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[199])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[200], Northanger Abbey[201])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[202])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[203])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[204])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[205])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[206]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[207])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[208], Wives and Daughters[209])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[210])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[211])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[212])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[213])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[214])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[215])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[216])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[217])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[218])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[219], Emma ITV[220])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[221])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[222])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[223])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[224], Cranford[225])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[226])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[227])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[228])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[229])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[230])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[231])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[232])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[233], Poldark[234])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[235])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[236])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[237])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[238], Wives and Daughters[239])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[240])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[241])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[242])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[243])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[244])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[245])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[246])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[247], Miss Austen Regrets[248])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[249])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[250])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[251])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[252], Miss Austen Regrets[253], Beau Brummell[254])
• John Bowe (Cranford[255])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[256])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[257])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[258])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[259])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[260], Les Miserables[261])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[262])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[263])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [264])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[265])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[266])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[267])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[268])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[269])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[270])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[271], Amazing Grace[272], Wives and Daughters[273], Cranford[274])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[275])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[276])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[277])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[278])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[279])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[280])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[281])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[282])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[283])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[284])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[285])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[286])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[287])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[288])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[289])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[290])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[291])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[292])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[293])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[294])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[295])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[296])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[297])
• Rory McCann (Banished[298])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[299])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[300])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[301])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [302])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[303], Wives and Daughters[304])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[305])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[306])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[307])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[308])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[309])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[310])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[311])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[312])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[313])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[314])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[315], Poldark[316])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[317])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[318])
• David Wenham (Banished[319])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[320])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[321])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[322])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[323])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[324])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[325])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[326])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[327])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[328])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[329])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[330], Cranford[331])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[332])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[333])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[334])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[335], Mr Turner [336])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[337])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[338])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[339])
• Orla Brady (Banished[340])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[341])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[342])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[343])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[344]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[345])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[346])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[347], Mansfield Park[348])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[349])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[350])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[351])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[352], Cranford[353])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[354])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[355])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[356])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[357])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[358])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[359])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[360])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[361])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[362])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[363])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[364])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[365])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[366], Miss Austen Regrets[367])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[368], Wives and Daughters[369])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[370], Amazing Grace[371])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[372])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[373], Cranford[374])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[375])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[376])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[377])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[378])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[379])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[380])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[381])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[382])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[383])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[384])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[385])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[386])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[387])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[388])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[389])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[390], Cranford[391])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[392])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[393])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[394])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[395])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[396])
• Emily Watson (Belle[397])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[398], Wives and Daughters[399])

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

Georgian

• Poldark
• Amazing Grace
• A Royal Affair
• Banished
• Belle
• Outlander

Regency

• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
• Becoming Jane
• Bright Star
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• 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
• War and Peace 2007
• Waterloo

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford