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])
• Paul Bettany (Master and Commander[10])
• Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[11])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[12])
• Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[13])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[14])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[15])
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford[16])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[17])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[18])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[19])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[20])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[21])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[22])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[23])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[24]; To The Ends of The Earth[25])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[26])
• James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[27], Mansfield Park 2007[28])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[29])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[30])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[31])
• Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[32])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[33], North and South[34])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[35])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[36]; To The Ends of The Earth [37])
• Tom Felton (Belle[38])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[39])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[40])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[41])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[42])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[43])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[44])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[45])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[46])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[47], Belle[48])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[49])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[50])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[51], The Scarlet Pimpernel[52])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[53])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[54])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[55])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[56])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[57])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[58])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[59], Cranford[60])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[61])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[62], Pride and Prejudice 2005[63])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[64])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[65])
• William Houston (North and South[66])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[67])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[68])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[69])
• Chris Larkin (Master and Commander[70])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[71])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[72], Emma 2009[73])
• John Light (North and South[74])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[75])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[76])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[77])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[78])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[79])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[80])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[81])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[82], Outlander[83])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[84])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[85])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[86])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[87])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[88])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[89])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[90])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[91])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[92])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[93])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[94])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[95])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[96])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[97])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[98])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[99], Beau Brummell[100])
• Sam Reid (Belle[101])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[102])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[103])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[104])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[105], Emma 2009[106])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[107])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[108], Bright Star[109])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[110])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[111])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[112])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[113])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[114])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[115])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[116])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[117])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[118])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[119])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[120])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[121])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[122], Vanity Fair 1998[123])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[124], Jonathan Strange[125], Hornblower[126])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[127])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[128])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[129])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[130], Cranford[131])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[132])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[133])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[134])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[135])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[136])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[137], Poldark[138])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[139], Bright Star[140], Cranford[141])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[142])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[143])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[144])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[145])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[146])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[147])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[148])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[149])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[150])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[151], Emma 2009[152])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[153])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[154])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[155])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[156])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[157])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[158])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[159])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[160])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[161])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[162])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[163])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[164])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[165])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[166])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[167])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[168])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[169])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[170], Amazing Grace[171], Vanity Fair 2004[172], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[173])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[174])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[175])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[176])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[177])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[178])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[179], Persuasion 1995[180], To The Ends of The Earth[181])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[182])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[183])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[184])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[185])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[186])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[187])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[188])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[189])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[190])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[191])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[192])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[193])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[194])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[195])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[196])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[197], Death Comes to Pemberley[198], North and South[199])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[200])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[201])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[202])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[203])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[204])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[205])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[206], Northanger Abbey[207])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[208])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[209])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[210])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[211])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[212]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[213])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[214], Wives and Daughters[215])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[216])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[217])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[218])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[219])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[220])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[221])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[222])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[223])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[224])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[225], Emma ITV[226])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[227])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[228])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[229])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[230], Cranford[231])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[232])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[233])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[234])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[235])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[236])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[237])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[238])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[239], Poldark[240])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[241])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[242])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[243])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[244], Wives and Daughters[245])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[246])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[247])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[248])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[249])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[250])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[251])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[252])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[253], Miss Austen Regrets[254])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[255])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[256])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[257])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[258], Miss Austen Regrets[259], Beau Brummell[260])
• John Bowe (Cranford[261])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[262])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[263])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[264])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[265])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[266], Les Miserables[267])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[268])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[269])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [270])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[271])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[272])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[273])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[274])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[275])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[276])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[277], Amazing Grace[278], Wives and Daughters[279], Cranford[280])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[281])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[282])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[283])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[284])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[285])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[286])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[287])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[288])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[289])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[290])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[291])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[292])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[293])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[294])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[295])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[296])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[297])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[298])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[299])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[300])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[301])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[302])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[303])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[304])
• Rory McCann (Banished[305])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[306])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[307])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[308])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [309])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[310], Wives and Daughters[311])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[312])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[313])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[314])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[315])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[316])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[317])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[318])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[319])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[320])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[321])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[322])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[323], Poldark[324])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[325])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[326])
• David Wenham (Banished[327])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[328])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[329])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[330])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[331])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[332])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[333])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[334])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[335])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[336])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[337])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[338], Cranford[339])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[340])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[341])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[342])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[343], Mr Turner [344])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[345])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[346])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[347])
• Orla Brady (Banished[348])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[349])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[350])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[351])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[352]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[353])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[354])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[355], Mansfield Park[356])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[357])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[358])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[359])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[360], Cranford[361])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[362])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[363])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[364])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[365])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[366])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[367])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[368])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[369])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[370])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[371])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[372])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[373])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[374], Miss Austen Regrets[375])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[376], Wives and Daughters[377])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[378], Amazing Grace[379])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[380])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[381], Cranford[382])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[383])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[384])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[385])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[386])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[387])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[388])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[389])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[390])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[391])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[392])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[393])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[394])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[395])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[396])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[397])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[398], Cranford[399])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[400])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[401])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[402])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[403])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[404])
• Emily Watson (Belle[405])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[406], Wives and Daughters[407])

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