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])
• Robin Ellis (Poldark 1976[35])
• Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[36])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[37], North and South[38])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[39])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[40]; To The Ends of The Earth [41])
• Tom Felton (Belle[42])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[43])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[44])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[45])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[46])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[47])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[48])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[49])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[50])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[51], Belle[52])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[53])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[54])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[55], The Scarlet Pimpernel[56])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[57])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[58])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[59])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[60])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[61])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[62])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[63], Cranford[64])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[65])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[66], Pride and Prejudice 2005[67])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[68])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[69])
• William Houston (North and South[70])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[71])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[72])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[73])
• Chris Larkin (Master and Commander[74])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[75])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[76], Emma 2009[77])
• John Light (North and South[78])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[79])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[80])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[81])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[82])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[83])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[84])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[85])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[86], Outlander[87])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[88])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[89])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[90])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[91])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[92])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[93])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[94])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[95])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[96])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[97])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[98])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[99])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[100])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[101])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[102])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[103], Beau Brummell[104])
• Sam Reid (Belle[105])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[106])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[107])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[108])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[109])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[110], Emma 2009[111])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[112])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[113], Bright Star[114])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[115])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[116])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[117])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[118])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[119])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[120])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[121])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[122])
• Adam Storke (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[123])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[124])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[125])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[126])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[127], Vanity Fair 1998[128])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[129], Jonathan Strange[130], Hornblower[131])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[132])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[133], Hornblower[134])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[135])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[136], Cranford[137])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[138])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[139])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[140])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[141])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[142])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[143], Poldark[144])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[145], Bright Star[146], Cranford[147])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[148])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[149])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[150])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[151])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[152])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[153])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[154])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[155])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[156])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[157], Emma 2009[158])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[159])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[160])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[161])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[162])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[163])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[164])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[165])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[166])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[167])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[168])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[169])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[170])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[171])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[172])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[173])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[174])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[175])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[176], Amazing Grace[177], Vanity Fair 2004[178], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[179])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[180])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[181])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[182])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[183])
• Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[184])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[185])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[186], Persuasion 1995[187], To The Ends of The Earth[188])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[189])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[190])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[191])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[192])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[193])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[194])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[195])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[196])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[197])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[198])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[199])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[200])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[201])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[202])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[203])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[204], Death Comes to Pemberley[205], North and South[206])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[207])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[208])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[209])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[210])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[211])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[212])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[213], Northanger Abbey[214])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[215])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[216])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[217])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[218])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[219]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[220])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[221], Wives and Daughters[222])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[223])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[224])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[225])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[226])
• Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[227])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[228])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[229])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[230])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[231]; Wuthering Heights (2009)phttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f9/e2/1a/f9e21a2cfd445bac2911a466e94b79ef.jpg])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[232])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[233], Emma ITV[234])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[235])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[236])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[237])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[238], Cranford[239], Hornblower[240])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[241])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[242])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[243])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[244])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[245])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[246])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[247])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[248], Poldark[249])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[250])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[251])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[252])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[253], Wives and Daughters[254])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[255])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[256])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[257])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[258])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[259])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[260])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[261])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[262], Miss Austen Regrets[263])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[264])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[265])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[266])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[267], Miss Austen Regrets[268], Beau Brummell[269])
• John Bowe (Cranford[270])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[271])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[272])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[273])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[274])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[275], Les Miserables[276])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[277])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[278])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [279])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[280])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[281])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[282])
• Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[283])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[284])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[285])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[286])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[287], Amazing Grace[288], Wives and Daughters[289], Cranford[290])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[291])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[292])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[293])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[294])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[295])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[296])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[297])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[298])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[299])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[300])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[301])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[302])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[303])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[304])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[305])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[306])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[307])
• James Laurenson (Sharpe [308])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[309])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[310])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[311], Garrow's Law[312], Little Dorrit[313])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[314])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[315])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[316])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[317])
• Rory McCann (Banished[318])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[319])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[320])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[321])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [322], Mary Bryant[323])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[324], Wives and Daughters[325])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[326])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[327])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[328])
• Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[329])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[330])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[331])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[332])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[333])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[334])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[335])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[336])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[337])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[338], Poldark[339])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[340])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[341])
• David Wenham (Banished[342])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[343])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[344])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[345])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[346])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[347])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[348])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[349])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[350])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[351])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[352])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[353], Cranford[354])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[355])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[356])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[357])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[358], Mr Turner [359])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[360])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[361])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[362])
• Orla Brady (Banished[363])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[364])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[365])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[366])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[367]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[368])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[369])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[370], Mansfield Park[371])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[372])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[373])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[374])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[375], Cranford[376])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[377])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[378])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[379])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[380])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[381])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[382])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[383])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[384])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[385])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[386])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[387])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[388])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[389], Miss Austen Regrets[390])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[391], Wives and Daughters[392])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[393], Amazing Grace[394], Vanity Fair 1998[395])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[396])
• Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[397])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[398], Cranford[399])
• Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[400])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[401])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[402])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[403])
• Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[404])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[405])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[406])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[407])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[408])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[409])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[410])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[411])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[412])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[413])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[414])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[415])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[416])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[417], Cranford[418])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[419])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[420])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[421])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[422])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[423])
• Emily Watson (Belle[424])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[425], Wives and Daughters[426])

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 (1976 and 2015)
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Duchess

Regency

• Austenland
• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
• Becoming Jane
• Bright Star
• Byron
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• Desperate Romantics
• 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
• Vanity Fair 2004
• War and Peace 2007
• Waterloo
• Wuthering Heights (at least the 2009 version, can't say for any others)

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford