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 Media:Joe_Anderson.jpg)
• Richard Armitage (North and South Media:Richard_Armitage1.jpg)
• Alexander Arnold (Poldark Media:Alexander_Arnold.jpg)
• Jonathan Arris (Bright Star Media:Jonathan_Arris.jpg)
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange [Media:Ariyon_Bakare.jpg]])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995 Media:David Bamber1.jpg)
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey Media:William_Beck.jpg)
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007 Media:Joseph Beattie1.jpg)
• Paul Bettany (Master and Commander Media:Paul_Bettany1.jpg)
• Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007 Media:Alexander_Beyer.jpg)
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995 Media:Crispin_Bonham-Carter.jpg)
• Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007 Media:Alessio_Boni.jpg)
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park Media:Hugh_Bonneville1.jpg)
• Ed Browning (Poldark Media:Ed_Browning.jpg)
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford Media:Andrew_Buchan1.jpg, Garrow's Law [[Media::Andrew Buchan2.jpg]), Jane Eyre [[Media::Andrew Buchan3.jpg]]
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[2])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange Media:Bertie_Carvel.jpg)
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange Media:Enzo_Cilenti.jpg)
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008 Medi:Dominic Cooper.jpg)
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV Media:Raymond_Coulthard.jpg)
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen Media:Elliot_Cowan.jpg)
• Brendan Coyle (North and South Media:Brendan_Coyle.jpg)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace Media:Benedict_Cumberbatch1.jpg; To The Ends of The Earth Media:Benedict_Cumberbatch2.jpg)
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996 Media:Alan_Cumming.jpg)
• James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[3], Mansfield Park 2007[4])
• Jack Davenport (Mary Bryant[5], Pirates of the Caribbean[6])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[7])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[8])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[9])
• Robin Ellis (Poldark 1976[10])
• Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[11])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[12], North and South[13])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[14])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[15]; To The Ends of The Earth [16])
• Tom Felton (Belle[17])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[18])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[19])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[20])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[21])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[22])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[23])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[24])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[25])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[26], Belle[27])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[28])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[29])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[30], The Scarlet Pimpernel[31])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[32])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[33])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[34])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[35])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[36])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[37])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[38], Cranford[39])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[40])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[41], Pride and Prejudice 2005[42])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[43])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[44])
• William Houston (North and South[45])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[46])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[47])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[48])
• Chris Larkin (Master and Commander[49])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[50])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[51], Emma 2009[52])
• John Light (North and SouthMedia:John_Light.jpg)
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[53])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[54])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[55])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[56])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[57])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[58])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[59])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[60], Outlander[61])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[62])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[63])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[64])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[65])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[66])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[67])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[68])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[69])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[70])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[71])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[72])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[73])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[74])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[75])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[76])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[77], Beau Brummell[78])
• Sam Reid (Belle[79])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[80])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[81])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[82])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[83])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[84], Emma 2009[85])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[86])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[87], Bright Star[88])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[89])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[90])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[91])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[92])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[93])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[94])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[95])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[96])
• Adam Storke (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[97])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[98])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[99])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[100])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[101], Vanity Fair 1998[102])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[103], Jonathan Strange[104], Hornblower[105])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[106])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[107], Hornblower[108])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[109])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[110], Cranford[111])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[112])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[113])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[114])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[115])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[116])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[117], Poldark[118])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[119], Bright Star[120], Cranford[121])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[122])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[123])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[124])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[125])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[126])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[127])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[128])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[129])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[130])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[131], Emma 2009[132])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[133])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[134])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[135])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[136])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[137])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[138])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[139])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[140])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[141])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[142])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[143])
• Lucinda Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[144])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[145])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[146])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[147])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[148])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[149])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[150], Amazing Grace[151], Vanity Fair 2004[152], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[153])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[154])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[155])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[156])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[157])
• Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[158])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[159])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[160], Persuasion 1995[161], To The Ends of The Earth[162])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[163])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[164])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[165])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[166])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[167])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[168])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[169])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[170])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[171])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[172])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[173])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[174])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[175])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[176])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[177])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[178], Death Comes to Pemberley[179], North and South[180])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[181])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[182])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[183])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[184])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[185])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[186])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[187], Northanger Abbey[188])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[189])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[190])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[191])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[192])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[193]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[194])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[195], Wives and Daughters[196])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[197])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[198])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[199])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[200])
• Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[201])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[202])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[203])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[204])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[205]; Wuthering Heights (2009)phttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f9/e2/1a/f9e21a2cfd445bac2911a466e94b79ef.jpg])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[206])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[207], Emma ITV[208])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[209])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[210])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[211])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[212], Cranford[213], Hornblower[214])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[215])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[216])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[217])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[218])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[219])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[220])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[221])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[222], Poldark[223])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[224])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[225])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[226])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[227], Wives and Daughters[228])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[229])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[230])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[231])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[232])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[233])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[234])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[235])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[236], Miss Austen Regrets[237])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[238])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[239])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[240])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[241], Miss Austen Regrets[242], Beau Brummell[243])
• John Bowe (Cranford[244])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[245])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[246])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[247])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[248])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[249], Les Miserables[250])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[251])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[252])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [253])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[254])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[255])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[256])
• Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[257])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[258])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[259])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[260])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[261], Amazing Grace[262], Wives and Daughters[263], Cranford[264])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[265])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[266])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[267])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[268])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[269])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[270])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[271])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[272])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[273])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[274])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[275])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[276])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[277])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[278])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[279])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[280])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[281])
• James Laurenson (Sharpe [282])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[283])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[284])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[285], Garrow's Law[286], Little Dorrit[287])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[288])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[289])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[290])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[291])
• Rory McCann (Banished[292])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[293])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[294])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[295])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [296], Mary Bryant[297])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[298], Wives and Daughters[299])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[300])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[301])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[302])
• Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[303])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[304])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[305])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[306])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[307])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[308])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[309])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[310])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[311])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[312], Poldark[313])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[314])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[315])
• David Wenham (Banished[316])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[317])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[318])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[319])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[320])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[321])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[322])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[323])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[324])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[325])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[326])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[327], Cranford[328])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[329])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[330])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[331])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[332], Mr Turner [333])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[334])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[335])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[336])
• Orla Brady (Banished[337])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[338])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[339])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[340])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[341]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[342])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[343])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[344], Mansfield Park[345])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[346])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[347])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[348])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[349], Cranford[350])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[351])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[352])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[353])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[354])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[355])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[356])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[357])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[358])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[359])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[360])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[361])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[362])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[363], Miss Austen Regrets[364])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[365], Wives and Daughters[366])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[367], Amazing Grace[368], Vanity Fair 1998[369])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[370])
• Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[371])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[372], Cranford[373])
• Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[374])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[375])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[376])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[377])
• Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[378])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[379])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[380])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[381])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[382])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[383])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[384])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[385])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[386])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[387])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[388])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[389])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[390])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[391], Cranford[392])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[393])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[394])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[395])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[396])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[397])
• Emily Watson (Belle[398])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[399], Wives and Daughters[400])

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
• The Scarlet Pimpernel

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