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])
- Alexander Arnold (Poldark[3])
- Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[4])
- David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[5])
- William Beck (Northanger Abbey[6])
- Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[7])
- Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[8])
- Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[9])
- Ed Browning (Poldark[10])
- Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[11])
- Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[12])
- Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[13])
- Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[14])
- Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[15])
- Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[16])
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[17])
- Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[18])
- James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[19])
- Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[20])
- Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[21])
- Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[22])
- Jack Farthing (Poldark[23])
- JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[24])
- Tom Felton (Belle[25])
- Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[26])
- James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[27])
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[28])
- Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[29])
- Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[30])
- Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[31])
- Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[32], Belle[33])
- Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[34])
- Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[35])
- Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[36])
- Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[37])
- Richard Harrington (Poldark[38])
- John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[39])
- Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[40])
- Sam Heughan (Outlander[41])
- Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[42])
- Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[43])
- John Hollingworth (Poldark[44])
- Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[45])
- Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[46])
- Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[47])
- Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[48], Emma 2009[49])
- Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[50])
- Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[51])
- Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[52])
- James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[53])
- Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[54])
- Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[55], Outlander[56])
- Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[57])
- Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[58])
- Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[59])
- David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[60])
- Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[61])
- Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[62])
- Luke Norris (Poldark[63])
- Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[64])
- James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[65])
- Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[66])
- Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[67])
- Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[68])
- Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[69])
- James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[70], Beau Brummell[71])
- Sam Reid (Belle[72])
- Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[73])
- Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[74])
- Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[75])
- Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[76], Emma 2009[77])
- Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[78], Bright Star[79])
- Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[80])
- Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[81])
- Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[82])
- Paul Schneider (Bright Star[83])
- Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[84])
- Kyle Soller (Poldark[85])
- Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[86])
- Mark Strong (Emma ITV[87])
- Russell Tovey (Banished[88])
- Aidan Turner (Poldark[89])
- Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[90])
- Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[91], Jonathan Strange[92])
- Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[93])
- Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[94])
- Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[95])
Young Female
- Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[96])
- Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[97])
- Catriona Balfe (Outlander[98])
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[99])
- Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[100])
- Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[101], Poldark[102])
- Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[103], Bright Star[104])
- Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[105])
- Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[106])
- MyAnna Buring (Banished[107])
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[108])
- Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[109])
- Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[110])
- Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[111])
- Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[112], Emma 2009[113])
- Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[114])
- Toni Collette (Emma 1996[115])
- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[116])
- Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[117])
- Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[118])
- Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[119])
- Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[120])
- Laura Donnelly (Outlander[121])
- Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[122])
- Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[123])
- Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[124])
- Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[125])
- Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[126])
- Sarah Gadon (Belle[127])
- Romala Garai (Emma 2009[128], Amazing Grace[129])
- Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[130])
- Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[131])
- Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[132])
- Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[133], Persuasion 1995[134])
- Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[135])
- Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[136])
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[137])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[138])
- Nell Hudson (Outlander[139])
- Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[140])
- Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[141])
- Crystal Leaity (Poldark[142])
- Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[143])
- Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[144])
- Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[145])
- Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[146], Death Comes to Pemberley[147])
- Jodhi May (Emma 2009[148])
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[149])
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[150])
- Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[151])
- Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[152])
- Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[153], Northanger Abbey[154])
- Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[155])
- Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[156])
- Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[157])
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[158])
- Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[159])
- Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[160])
- Laura Piper (Emma 2009[161])
- Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[162])
- Heida Reed (Poldark[163])
- Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[164])
- Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[165])
- Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[166])
- Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[167], Emma ITV[168])
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[169])
- Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[170])
- Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[171])
- Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[172])
- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[173])
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[174])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[175])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[176])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[177])
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[178])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[179])
- Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[180], Poldark[181])
- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[182])
- Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[183])
- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[184])
- Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[185])
- Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[186])
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[187])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[188])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[189])
- Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[190])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[191], Miss Austen Regrets[192])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[193])
Older Male
- Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[194])
- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[195], Miss Austen Regrets[196], Beau Brummell[197])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[198])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[199])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[200])
- Michael Culkin (Poldark[201])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[202])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[203])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[204])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[205])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[206])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[207])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[208], Amazing Grace[209])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[210])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[211])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[212])
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[213])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[214])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[215])
- Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[216])
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[217])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[218])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[219])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[220])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[221])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[222])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[223])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[224])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[225])
- Rory McCann (Banished[226])
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[227])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[228])
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[229])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[230])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[231])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[232])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[233])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[234], Poldark[235])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[236])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[237])
- David Wenham (Banished[238])
- Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[239])
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[240])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[241])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[242])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[243])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[244])
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[245])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[246])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[247])
Older Female
- Annette Badland (Outlander[248])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[249])
- Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[250])
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[251])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[252])
- Orla Brady (Banished[253])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[254])
- Sally Dexter (Poldark[255])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[256], Mansfield Park[257])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[258])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[259])
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[260])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[261])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[262])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[263])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[264])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[265])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[266])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[267])
- Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[268])
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[269], Miss Austen Regrets[270])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[271])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[272], Amazing Grace[273])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[274])
- Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[275])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[276])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[277])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[278])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[279])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[280])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[281])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[282])
- Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[283])
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[284])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[285])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[286])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[287])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[288])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[289])
- Emily Watson (Belle[290])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[291])
List of films/TV shows added to the list so far
Georgian
- Poldark
- Amazing Grace
- A Royal Affair
- Banished
- Belle
- Outlander
Regency
- Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Lost in Austen
- Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Sense and Sensibility 2008
- Northanger Abbey
- Mansfield Park 1999
- Mansfield Park 2007
- Persuasion 1995
- Persuasion 2007
- Emma 1996
- Emma ITV
- Emma 2009
- Becoming Jane
- Death Comes to Pemberley
- Miss Austen Regrets
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
- Bright Star
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man