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
• Sean Bean: Sharpe
• 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
• Douglas Booth: Great Expectations
• 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
• Ryan Corr: Banished
• 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
• David Dawson: Banished
• 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
• Hugh Fraser: Sharpe
• 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
• s>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
• 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; The Way We Live Now; Little Dorrit
• James McAvoy Becoming Jane
• Joe McFadden Cranford
• Ewan McGregor Emma 1996
• Matthew McNulty Cranford
• Tobias Menzies Persuasion 20077, Outlander
• Mads Mikkelsen A Royal Affair
• Tom Mison Lost in Austen
• Joseph Morgan Mansfield Park 2007, Master and Commander
• David Morrissey Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Youssou N'Dour Amazing Grace
• Alessandro Nivola Mansfield Park 1999
• Luke Norris Poldark 2015
• Jeremy Northam Emma 1996
• James Norton Death Comes to Pemberley)
• Hugh O'Conor Northanger Abbey 2007
• Grant O'Rourke Outlander
• Jamie Parker Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Nathaniel Parker Vanity Fair 1998
• Rupert Penry-Jones Persuasion 2007
• Alistair Petrie Emma ITV
• James Purefoy Mansfield Park 1999, Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
• Sam Reid Belle
• Julian Rhind-Tut Banished
• Matthew Rhys Death Comes to Pemberley
• Tom Riley Lost in Austen
• Blake Ritson [[Media:|Mansfiled Park 2007]], Emma 2009
• Jay Rodan Monsieur N
• Samuel Roukin Miss Austen Regrets, Bright Star
• Dominic Rowan Emma ITV
• Simon Russell Beale Persuasion 1995
• Benjamin Sadler War and Peace
• Paul Schneider Bright Star
• Rufus Sewell Amazing Grace
• Jamie Sives To The Ends of the Earth
• Kyle Soller Poldark 2015
• Dan Stevens Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Adam Storke (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[2])
• Mark Strong Emma ITV
• Russell Tovey Banished
• Aidan Turner Poldark 2015
• Tom Ward Death Comes to Pemberley, Vanity Fair 1998
• Samuel West Persuasion, Hornblower
• Ben Whishaw Bright Star
• Greg Wise Sense and Sensibility 1995, Hornblower
• Edward Woodall Master and Commander
• Simon Woods Pride and Prejudice 2005, Cranford

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[3])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[4])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[5])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[6])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[7])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[8], Poldark[9])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[10], Bright Star[11], Cranford[12])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[13])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[14])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[15])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[16])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[17])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[18])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[19])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[20])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[21])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[22], Emma 2009[23])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[24])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[25])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[26])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[27])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[28])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[29])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[30])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[31])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[32])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[33])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[34])
• Lucinda Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[35])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[36])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[37])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[38])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[39])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[40])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[41], Amazing Grace[42], Vanity Fair 2004[43], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[44])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[45])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[46])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[47])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[48])
• Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[49])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[50])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[51], Persuasion 1995[52], To The Ends of The Earth[53])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[54])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[55])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[56])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[57])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[58])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[59])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[60])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[61])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[62])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[63])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[64])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[65])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[66])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[67])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[68])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[69], Death Comes to Pemberley[70], North and South[71])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[72])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[73])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[74])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[75])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[76])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[77])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[78], Northanger Abbey[79])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[80])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[81])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[82])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[83])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[84]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[85])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[86], Wives and Daughters[87])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[88])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[89])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[90])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[91])
• Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[92])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[93])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[94])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[95])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[96]; Wuthering Heights (2009)[97])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[98])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[99], Emma ITV[100])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[101])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[102])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[103])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[104], Cranford[105], Hornblower[106])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[107])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[108])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[109])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[110])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[111])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[112])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[113])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[114], Poldark[115])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[116])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[117])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[118])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[119], Wives and Daughters[120])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[121])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[122])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[123])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[124])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[125])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[126])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[127])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[128], Miss Austen Regrets[129])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[130])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[131])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[132])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[133], Miss Austen Regrets[134], Beau Brummell[135])
• John Bowe (Cranford[136])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[137])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[138])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[139])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[140])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[141], Les Miserables[142])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[143])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[144])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [145])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[146])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[147])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[148])
• Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[149])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[150])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[151])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[152])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[153], Amazing Grace[154], Wives and Daughters[155], Cranford[156])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[157])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[158])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[159])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[160])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[161])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[162])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[163])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[164])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[165])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[166])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[167])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[168])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[169])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[170])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[171])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[172])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[173])
• James Laurenson (Sharpe [174])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[175])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[176])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[177], Garrow's Law[178], Little Dorrit[179])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[180])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[181])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[182])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[183])
• Rory McCann (Banished[184])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[185])
• Joseph Millson Banished
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[186])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [187], Mary Bryant[188])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[189], Wives and Daughters[190])
• Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[191])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[192])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[193])
• Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[194])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[195])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[196])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[197])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[198])
• Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[199])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[200])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[201])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[202])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[203], Poldark[204])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[205])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[206])
• David Wenham (Banished[207])
• Sam West Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[208])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[209])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[210])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[211])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[212])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[213])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[214])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[215])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[216])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[217])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[218], Cranford[219])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[220])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[221])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[222])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[223], Mr Turner [224])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[225])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[226])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[227])
• Orla Brady (Banished[228])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[229])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[230])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[231])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[232]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[233])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[234])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[235], Mansfield Park[236])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[237])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[238])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[239])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[240], Cranford[241])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[242])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[243])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[244])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[245])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[246])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[247])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[248])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[249])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[250])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[251])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[252])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[253])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[254], Miss Austen Regrets[255])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[256], Wives and Daughters[257])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[258], Amazing Grace[259], Vanity Fair 1998[260])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[261])
• Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[262])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[263], Cranford[264])
• Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[265])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[266])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[267])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[268])
• Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[269])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[270])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[271])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[272])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[273])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[274])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[275])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[276])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[277])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[278])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[279])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[280])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[281])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[282], Cranford[283])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[284])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[285])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[286])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[287])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[288])
• Emily Watson (Belle[289])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[290], Wives and Daughters[291])

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