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], Garrow's Law[17])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[18])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[19])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[20])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[21])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[22])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[23])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[24])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[25]; To The Ends of The Earth[26])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[27])
• James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[28], Mansfield Park 2007[29])
• Jack Davenport (Mary Bryant[30], Pirates of the Caribbean[31])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[32])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[33])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[34])
• Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[35])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[36], North and South[37])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[38])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[39]; To The Ends of The Earth [40])
• Tom Felton (Belle[41])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[42])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[43])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[44])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[45])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[46])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[47])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[48])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[49])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[50], Belle[51])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[52])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[53])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[54], The Scarlet Pimpernel[55])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[56])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[57])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[58])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[59])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[60])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[61])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[62], Cranford[63])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[64])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[65], Pride and Prejudice 2005[66])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[67])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[68])
• William Houston (North and South[69])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[70])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[71])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[72])
• Chris Larkin (Master and Commander[73])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[74])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[75], Emma 2009[76])
• John Light (North and South[77])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[78])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[79])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[80])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[81])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[82])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[83])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[84])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[85], Outlander[86])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[87])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[88])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[89])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[90])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[91])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[92])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[93])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[94])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[95])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[96])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[97])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[98])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[99])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[100])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[101])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[102], Beau Brummell[103])
• Sam Reid (Belle[104])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[105])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[106])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[107])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[108])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[109], Emma 2009[110])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[111])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[112], Bright Star[113])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[114])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[115])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[116])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[117])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[118])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[119])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[120])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[121])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[122])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[123])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[124])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[125], Vanity Fair 1998[126])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[127], Jonathan Strange[128], Hornblower[129])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[130])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[131], Hornblower[132])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[133])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[134], Cranford[135])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[136])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[137])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[138])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[139])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[140])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[141], Poldark[142])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[143], Bright Star[144], Cranford[145])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[146])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[147])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[148])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[149])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[150])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[151])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[152])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[153])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[154])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[155], Emma 2009[156])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[157])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[158])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[159])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[160])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[161])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[162])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[163])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[164])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[165])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[166])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[167])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[168])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[169])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[170])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[171])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[172])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[173])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[174], Amazing Grace[175], Vanity Fair 2004[176], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[177])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[178])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[179])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[180])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[181])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[182])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[183], Persuasion 1995[184], To The Ends of The Earth[185])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[186])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[187])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[188])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[189])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[190])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[191])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[192])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[193])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[194])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[195])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[196])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[197])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[198])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[199])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[200])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[201], Death Comes to Pemberley[202], North and South[203])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[204])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[205])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[206])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[207])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[208])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[209])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[210], Northanger Abbey[211])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[212])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[213])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[214])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[215])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[216]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[217])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[218], Wives and Daughters[219])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[220])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[221])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[222])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[223])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[224])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[225])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[226])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[227])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[228])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[229], Emma ITV[230])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[231])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[232])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[233])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[234], Cranford[235])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[236])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[237])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[238])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[239])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[240])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[241])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[242])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[243], Poldark[244])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[245])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[246])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[247])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[248], Wives and Daughters[249])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[250])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[251])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[252])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[253])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[254])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[255])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[256])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[257], Miss Austen Regrets[258])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[259])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[260])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[261])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[262], Miss Austen Regrets[263], Beau Brummell[264])
• John Bowe (Cranford[265])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[266])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[267])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[268])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[269])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[270], Les Miserables[271])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[272])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[273])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [274])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[275])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[276])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[277])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[278])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[279])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[280])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[281], Amazing Grace[282], Wives and Daughters[283], Cranford[284])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[285])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[286])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[287])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[288])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[289])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[290])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[291])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[292])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[293])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[294])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[295])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[296])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[297])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[298])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[299])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[300])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[301])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[302])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[303])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[304])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[305])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[306])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[307])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[308])
• Rory McCann (Banished[309])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[310])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[311])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[312])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [313], Mary Bryant[314])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[315], Wives and Daughters[316])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[317])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[318])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[319])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[320])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[321])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[322])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[323])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[324])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[325])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[326])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[327])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[328], Poldark[329])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[330])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[331])
• David Wenham (Banished[332])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[333])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[334])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[335])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[336])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[337])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[338])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[339])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[340])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[341])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[342])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[343], Cranford[344])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[345])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[346])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[347])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[348], Mr Turner [349])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[350])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[351])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[352])
• Orla Brady (Banished[353])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[354])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[355])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[356])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[357]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[358])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[359])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[360], Mansfield Park[361])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[362])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[363])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[364])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[365], Cranford[366])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[367])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[368])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[369])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[370])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[371])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[372])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[373])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[374])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[375])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[376])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[377])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[378])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[379], Miss Austen Regrets[380])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[381], Wives and Daughters[382])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[383], Amazing Grace[384], Vanity Fair 1998[385])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[386])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[387], Cranford[388])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[389])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[390])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[391])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[392])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[393])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[394])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[395])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[396])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[397])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[398])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[399])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[400])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[401])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[402])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[403])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[404], Cranford[405])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[406])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[407])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[408])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[409])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[410])
• Emily Watson (Belle[411])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[412], Wives and Daughters[413])

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

Georgian

• Amazing Grace
• A Royal Affair
• Banished
• Belle
• Garrow's Law
• Longitude
• Outlander
• Poldark
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Duchess

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