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
• Richard Armitage: North and South
• Alexander Arnold: Poldark
• Jonathan Arris: Bright Star
• Ariyon Bakare: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• David Bamber: Pride and Prejudice 1995
• William Beck: Northanger Abbey
• Joseph Beattie: Mansfield Park 2007
• Paul Bettany: Master and Commander
• Alexander Beyer: War and Peace 2007
• Crispin Bonham-Carter: Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Alessio Boni: War and Peace 2007
• Hugh Bonneville: Mansfield Park
• Ed Browning: Poldark
• Andrew Buchan: Cranford, Garrow's Law, Jane Eyre
• Stephen Campbell Moore: Amazing Grace
• Bertie Carvel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Enzo Cilenti: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Dominic Cooper: Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Raymond Coulthard: Emma ITV
• Elliot Cowan: Lost in Austen
• Brendan Coyle: North and South
• Benedict Cumberbatch: Amazing Grace, To The Ends of The Earth
• Alan Cumming: Emma 1996
• James D'Arcy: Master and Commander, Mansfield Park 2007
• Jack Davenport: Mary Bryant, Pirates of the Caribbean
• Finn Den Hertog: Outlander
• Ken Duken: War and Peace 2007
• Mark Dymond: Northanger Abbey
• Robin Ellis: Poldark 1976
• Daniel Evans: To The Ends of The Earth
• Rupert Evans: Emma 2009, North and South
• Jack Farthing: Poldark 2015
• JJ Feild: Austenland, Northanger Abbey, To The Ends of The Earth
• Tom Felton: Belle
• Colin Firth: Pride and Prejudice 1995
• James Fleet: Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: A Royal Affair
• Laurence Fox: Becoming Jane
• Dan Fredenburgh: Emma 2009
• Mark Gatiss: Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Iain Glen: Wives and Daughters
• Philip Glenister: Byron, Vanity Fair 1998
• Matthew Goode: Death Comes to Pemberley, Belle
• Tom Goodman-Hill: Miss Austen Regrets[2])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[3])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[4], The Scarlet Pimpernel[5])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[6])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[7])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[8])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[9])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[10])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[11])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[12], Cranford[13])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[14])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[15], Pride and Prejudice 2005[16])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[17])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[18])
• William Houston (North and South[19])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[20])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[21])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[22])
• Chris Larkin (Master and Commander[23])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[24])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[25], Emma 2009[26])
• John Light (North and SouthMedia:John_Light.jpg)
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[27])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[28])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[29])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[30])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[31])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[32])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[33])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[34], Outlander[35])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[36])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[37])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[38])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[39])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[40])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[41])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[42])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[43])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[44])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[45])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[46])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[47])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[48])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[49])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[50])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[51], Beau Brummell[52])
• Sam Reid (Belle[53])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[54])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[55])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[56])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[57])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[58], Emma 2009[59])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[60])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[61], Bright Star[62])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[63])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[64])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[65])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[66])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[67])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[68])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[69])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[70])
• Adam Storke (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[71])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[72])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[73])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[74])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[75], Vanity Fair 1998[76])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[77], Jonathan Strange[78], Hornblower[79])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[80])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[81], Hornblower[82])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[83])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[84], Cranford[85])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[86])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[87])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[88])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[89])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[90])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[91], Poldark[92])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[93], Bright Star[94], Cranford[95])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[96])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[97])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[98])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[99])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[100])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[101])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[102])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[103])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[104])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[105], Emma 2009[106])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[107])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[108])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[109])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[110])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[111])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[112])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[113])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[114])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[115])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[116])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[117])
• Lucinda Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[118])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[119])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[120])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[121])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[122])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[123])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[124], Amazing Grace[125], Vanity Fair 2004[126], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[127])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[128])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[129])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[130])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[131])
• Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[132])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[133])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[134], Persuasion 1995[135], To The Ends of The Earth[136])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[137])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[138])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[139])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[140])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[141])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[142])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[143])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[144])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[145])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[146])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[147])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[148])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[149])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[150])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[151])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[152], Death Comes to Pemberley[153], North and South[154])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[155])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[156])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[157])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[158])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[159])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[160])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[161], Northanger Abbey[162])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[163])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[164])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[165])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[166])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[167]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[168])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[169], Wives and Daughters[170])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[171])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[172])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[173])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[174])
• Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[175])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[176])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[177])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[178])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[179]; Wuthering Heights (2009)phttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f9/e2/1a/f9e21a2cfd445bac2911a466e94b79ef.jpg])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[180])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[181], Emma ITV[182])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[183])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[184])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[185])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[186], Cranford[187], Hornblower[188])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[189])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[190])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[191])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[192])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[193])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[194])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[195])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[196], Poldark[197])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[198])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[199])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[200])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[201], Wives and Daughters[202])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[203])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[204])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[205])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[206])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[207])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[208])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[209])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[210], Miss Austen Regrets[211])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[212])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[213])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[214])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[215], Miss Austen Regrets[216], Beau Brummell[217])
• John Bowe (Cranford[218])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[219])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[220])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[221])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[222])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[223], Les Miserables[224])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[225])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[226])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [227])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[228])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[229])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[230])
• Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[231])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[232])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[233])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[234])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[235], Amazing Grace[236], Wives and Daughters[237], Cranford[238])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[239])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[240])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[241])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[242])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[243])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[244])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[245])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[246])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[247])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[248])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[249])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[250])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[251])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[252])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[253])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[254])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[255])
• James Laurenson (Sharpe [256])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[257])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[258])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[259], Garrow's Law[260], Little Dorrit[261])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[262])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[263])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[264])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[265])
• Rory McCann (Banished[266])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[267])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[268])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[269])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [270], Mary Bryant[271])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[272], Wives and Daughters[273])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[274])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[275])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[276])
• Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[277])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[278])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[279])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[280])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[281])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[282])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[283])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[284])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[285])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[286], Poldark[287])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[288])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[289])
• David Wenham (Banished[290])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[291])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[292])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[293])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[294])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[295])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[296])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[297])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[298])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[299])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[300])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[301], Cranford[302])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[303])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[304])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[305])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[306], Mr Turner [307])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[308])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[309])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[310])
• Orla Brady (Banished[311])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[312])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[313])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[314])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[315]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[316])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[317])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[318], Mansfield Park[319])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[320])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[321])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[322])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[323], Cranford[324])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[325])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[326])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[327])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[328])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[329])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[330])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[331])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[332])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[333])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[334])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[335])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[336])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[337], Miss Austen Regrets[338])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[339], Wives and Daughters[340])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[341], Amazing Grace[342], Vanity Fair 1998[343])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[344])
• Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[345])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[346], Cranford[347])
• Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[348])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[349])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[350])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[351])
• Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[352])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[353])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[354])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[355])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[356])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[357])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[358])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[359])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[360])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[361])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[362])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[363])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[364])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[365], Cranford[366])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[367])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[368])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[369])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[370])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[371])
• Emily Watson (Belle[372])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[373], Wives and Daughters[374])

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