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])
• Adam Storke (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[122])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[123])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[124])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[125])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[126], Vanity Fair 1998[127])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[128], Jonathan Strange[129], Hornblower[130])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[131])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[132], Hornblower[133])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[134])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[135], Cranford[136])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[137])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[138])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[139])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[140])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[141])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[142], Poldark[143])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[144], Bright Star[145], Cranford[146])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[147])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[148])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[149])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[150])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[151])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[152])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[153])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[154])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[155])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[156], Emma 2009[157])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[158])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[159])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[160])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[161])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[162])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[163])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[164])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[165])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[166])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[167])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[168])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[169])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[170])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[171])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[172])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[173])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[174])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[175], Amazing Grace[176], Vanity Fair 2004[177], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[178])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[179])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[180])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[181])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[182])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[183])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[184], Persuasion 1995[185], To The Ends of The Earth[186])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[187])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[188])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[189])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[190])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[191])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[192])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[193])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[194])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[195])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[196])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[197])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[198])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[199])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[200])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[201])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[202], Death Comes to Pemberley[203], North and South[204])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[205])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[206])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[207])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[208])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[209])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[210])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[211], Northanger Abbey[212])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[213])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[214])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[215])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[216])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[217]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[218])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[219], Wives and Daughters[220])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[221])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[222])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[223])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[224])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[225])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[226])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[227])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[228])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[229])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[230], Emma ITV[231])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[232])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[233])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[234])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[235], Cranford[236])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[237])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[238])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[239])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[240])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[241])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[242])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[243])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[244], Poldark[245])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[246])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[247])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[248])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[249], Wives and Daughters[250])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[251])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[252])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[253])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[254])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[255])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[256])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[257])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[258], Miss Austen Regrets[259])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[260])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[261])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[262])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[263], Miss Austen Regrets[264], Beau Brummell[265])
• John Bowe (Cranford[266])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[267])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[268])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[269])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[270])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[271], Les Miserables[272])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[273])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[274])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [275])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[276])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[277])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[278])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[279])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[280])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[281])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[282], Amazing Grace[283], Wives and Daughters[284], Cranford[285])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[286])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[287])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[288])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[289])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[290])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[291])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[292])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[293])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[294])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[295])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[296])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[297])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[298])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[299])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[300])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[301])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[302])
• James Laurenson (Sharpe [303])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[304])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[305])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[306], Garrow's Law[307], Little Dorrit[308])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[309])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[310])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[311])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[312])
• Rory McCann (Banished[313])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[314])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[315])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[316])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [317], Mary Bryant[318])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[319], Wives and Daughters[320])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[321])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[322])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[323])
• Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[324])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[325])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[326])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[327])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[328])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[329])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[330])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[331])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[332])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[333], Poldark[334])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[335])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[336])
• David Wenham (Banished[337])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[338])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[339])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[340])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[341])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[342])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[343])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[344])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[345])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[346])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[347])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[348], Cranford[349])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[350])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[351])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[352])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[353], Mr Turner [354])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[355])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[356])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[357])
• Orla Brady (Banished[358])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[359])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[360])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[361])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[362]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[363])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[364])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[365], Mansfield Park[366])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[367])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[368])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[369])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[370], Cranford[371])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[372])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[373])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[374])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[375])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[376])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[377])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[378])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[379])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[380])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[381])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[382])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[383])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[384], Miss Austen Regrets[385])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[386], Wives and Daughters[387])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[388], Amazing Grace[389], Vanity Fair 1998[390])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[391])
• Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[392])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[393], Cranford[394])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[395])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[396])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[397])
• Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[398])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[399])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[400])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[401])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[402])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[403])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[404])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[405])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[406])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[407])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[408])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[409])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[410])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[411], Cranford[412])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[413])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[414])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[415])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[416])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[417])
• Emily Watson (Belle[418])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[419], Wives and Daughters[420])

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