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. A strikethrough denotes a PB in use as a current 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 (awaiting screencaps)
• 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
• Robert Glenister: Persuasion 1995
• Matthew Goode: Death Comes to Pemberley, Belle
• Tom Goodman-Hill Miss Austen Regrets
• Hugh Grant Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Richard E. Grant Monsieur N, The Scarlet Pimpernel
• Ioan Gruffudd Amazing Grace; Hornblower
• Jefferson Hall Emma 2009
• Richard Harrington Poldark
• John Heffernan Jonathan Strange
• Guy Henry Lost in Austen; John Adams
• Sam Heughan Outlander
• Tom Hiddleston Miss Austen Regrets, Cranford
• Ciaran Hinds Persuasion 1995
• Tom Hollander Wives and Daughters, Pride and Prejudice 2005 Pride and Prejudice 2005
• John Hollingworth Poldark 2015
• Edward Hogg Jonathan Strange
• William Houston North and South
• Anthony Howell Wives and Daughters
• Lee Ingleby Master & Commander
• Rory Kinnear Mansfield Park
• Chris Larkin Master & Commander
• Hugh Laurie Sense and Sensibility
• Jonny Lee Miller Mansfield Park 1999, Emma 2009
• John Light North and South
• Adrian Lukis Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Richard Lumsden Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[2])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[3])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[4])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[5])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[6])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[7], Outlander[8])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[9])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[10])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[11])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[12])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[13])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[14])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[15])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[16])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[17])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[18])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[19])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[20])
• Nathaniel Parker (Vanity Fair 1998[21])
• <Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[22])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[23])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[24], Beau Brummell[25])
• Sam Reid (Belle[26])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[27])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[28])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[29])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[30])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[31], Emma 2009[32])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[33])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[34], Bright Star[35])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[36])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[37])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[38])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[39])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[40])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[41])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[42])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[43])
• Adam Storke (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[44])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[45])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[46])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[47])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[48], Vanity Fair 1998[49])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[50], Jonathan Strange[51], Hornblower[52])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[53])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[54], Hornblower[55])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[56])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[57], Cranford[58])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[59])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[60])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[61])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[62])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[63])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[64], Poldark[65])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[66], Bright Star[67], Cranford[68])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[69])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[70])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[71])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[72])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[73])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[74])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[75])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[76])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[77])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[78], Emma 2009[79])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[80])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[81])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[82])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[83])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[84])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[85])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[86])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[87])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[88])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[89])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[90])
• Lucinda Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[91])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[92])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[93])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[94])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[95])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[96])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[97], Amazing Grace[98], Vanity Fair 2004[99], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[100])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[101])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[102])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[103])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[104])
• Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[105])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[106])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[107], Persuasion 1995[108], To The Ends of The Earth[109])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[110])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[111])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[112])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[113])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[114])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[115])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[116])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[117])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[118])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[119])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[120])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[121])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[122])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[123])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[124])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[125], Death Comes to Pemberley[126], North and South[127])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[128])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[129])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[130])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[131])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[132])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[133])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[134], Northanger Abbey[135])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[136])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[137])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[138])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[139])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[140]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[141])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[142], Wives and Daughters[143])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[144])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[145])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[146])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[147])
• Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[148])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[149])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[150])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[151])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[152]; Wuthering Heights (2009)[153])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[154])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[155], Emma ITV[156])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[157])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[158])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[159])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[160], Cranford[161], Hornblower[162])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[163])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[164])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[165])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[166])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[167])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[168])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[169])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[170], Poldark[171])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[172])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[173])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[174])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[175], Wives and Daughters[176])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[177])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[178])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[179])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[180])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[181])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[182])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[183])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[184], Miss Austen Regrets[185])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[186])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[187])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[188])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[189], Miss Austen Regrets[190], Beau Brummell[191])
• John Bowe (Cranford[192])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[193])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[194])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[195])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[196])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[197], Les Miserables[198])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[199])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[200])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [201])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[202])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[203])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[204])
• Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[205])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[206])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[207])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[208])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[209], Amazing Grace[210], Wives and Daughters[211], Cranford[212])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[213])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[214])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[215])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[216])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[217])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[218])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[219])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[220])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[221])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[222])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[223])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[224])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[225])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[226])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[227])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[228])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[229])
• James Laurenson (Sharpe [230])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[231])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[232])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[233], Garrow's Law[234], Little Dorrit[235])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[236])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[237])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[238])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[239])
• Rory McCann (Banished[240])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[241])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[242])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[243])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [244], Mary Bryant[245])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[246], Wives and Daughters[247])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[248])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[249])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[250])
• Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[251])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[252])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[253])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[254])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[255])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[256])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[257])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[258])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[259])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[260], Poldark[261])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[262])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[263])
• David Wenham (Banished[264])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[265])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[266])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[267])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[268])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[269])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[270])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[271])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[272])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[273])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[274])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[275], Cranford[276])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[277])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[278])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[279])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[280], Mr Turner [281])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[282])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[283])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[284])
• Orla Brady (Banished[285])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[286])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[287])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[288])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[289]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[290])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[291])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[292], Mansfield Park[293])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[294])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[295])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[296])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[297], Cranford[298])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[299])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[300])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[301])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[302])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[303])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[304])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[305])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[306])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[307])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[308])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[309])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[310])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[311], Miss Austen Regrets[312])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[313], Wives and Daughters[314])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[315], Amazing Grace[316], Vanity Fair 1998[317])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[318])
• Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[319])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[320], Cranford[321])
• Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[322])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[323])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[324])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[325])
• Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[326])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[327])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[328])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[329])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[330])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[331])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[332])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[333])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[334])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[335])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[336])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[337])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[338])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[339], Cranford[340])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[341])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[342])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[343])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[344])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[345])
• Emily Watson (Belle[346])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[347], Wives and Daughters[348])

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