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])
• Richard Armitage (North and South[3])
• Alexander Arnold (Poldark[4])
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[5])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[6])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[7])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[8])
• Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[9])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[10])
• Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[11])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[12])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[13])
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford[14])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[15])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[16])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[17])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[18])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[19])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[20])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[21])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[22])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[23])
• James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[24])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[25])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[26])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[27])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[28], North and South[29])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[30])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[31])
• Tom Felton (Belle[32])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[33])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[34])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[35])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[36])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[37])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[38])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[39])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[40], Belle[41])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[42])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[43])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[44])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[45])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[46])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[47])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[48])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[49])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[50], Cranford[51])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[52])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[53], Pride and Prejudice 2005[54])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[55])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[56])
• William Houston (North and South[57])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[58])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[59])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[60])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[61], Emma 2009[62])
• John Light (North and South[63])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[64])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[65])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[66])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[67])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[68])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[69])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[70])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[71], Outlander[72])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[73])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[74])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[75])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[76])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[77])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[78])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[79])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[80])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[81])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[82])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[83])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[84])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[85])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[86])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[87], Beau Brummell[88])
• Sam Reid (Belle[89])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[90])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[91])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[92])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[93], Emma 2009[94])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[95], Bright Star[96])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[97])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[98])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[99])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[100])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[101])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[102])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[103])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[104])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[105])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[106])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[107])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[108])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[109], Jonathan Strange[110])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[111])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[112])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[113], Cranford[114])

Young Female

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

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[232])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[233], Miss Austen Regrets[234], Beau Brummell[235])
• John Bowe (Cranford[236])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[237])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[238])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[239])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[240])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[241])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[242])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[243])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[244])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[245])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[246])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[247])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[248])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[249], Amazing Grace[250], Wives and Daughters[251], Cranford[252])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[253])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[254])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[255])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[256])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[257])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[258])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[259])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[260])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[261])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[262])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[263])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[264])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[265])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[266])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[267])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[268])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[269])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[270])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[271])
• Rory McCann (Banished[272])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[273])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[274])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[275], Wives and Daughters[276])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[277])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[278])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[279])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[280])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[281])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[282])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[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])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[304])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[305])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[306])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[307])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[308])
• Orla Brady (Banished[309])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[310])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[311])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[312]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[313])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[314])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[315], Mansfield Park[316])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[317])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[318])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[319])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[320], Cranford[321])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[322])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[323])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[324])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[325])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[326])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[327])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[328])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[329])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[330])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[331])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[332])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[333])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[334], Miss Austen Regrets[335])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[336], Wives and Daughters[337])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[338], Amazing Grace[339])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[340])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[341], Cranford[342])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[343])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[344])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[345])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[346])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[347])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[348])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[349])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[350])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[351])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[352])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[353])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[354])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[355])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[356], Cranford[357])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[358])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[359])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[360])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[361])
• Emily Watson (Belle[362])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[363], Wives and Daughters[364])

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
• War and Peace 2007

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford