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]; To The Ends of The Earth[23])
- Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[24])
- James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[25])
- Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[26])
- Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[27])
- Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[28])
- Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[29], North and South[30])
- Jack Farthing (Poldark[31])
- JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[32]; To The Ends of The Earth [33])
- Tom Felton (Belle[34])
- Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[35])
- James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[36])
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[37])
- Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[38])
- Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[39])
- Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[40])
- Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[41])
- Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[42], Belle[43])
- Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[44])
- Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[45])
- Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[46])
- Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[47])
- Richard Harrington (Poldark[48])
- John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[49])
- Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[50])
- Sam Heughan (Outlander[51])
- Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[52], Cranford[53])
- Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[54])
- Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[55], Pride and Prejudice 2005[56])
- John Hollingworth (Poldark[57])
- Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[58])
- William Houston (North and South[59])
- Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[60])
- Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[61])
- Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[62])
- Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[63], Emma 2009[64])
- John Light (North and South[65])
- Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[66])
- Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[67])
- Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[68])
- James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[69])
- Joe McFadden (Cranford[70])
- Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[71])
- Matthew McNulty (Cranford[72])
- Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[73], Outlander[74])
- Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[75])
- Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[76])
- Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[77])
- David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[78])
- Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[79])
- Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[80])
- Luke Norris (Poldark[81])
- Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[82])
- James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[83])
- Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[84])
- Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[85])
- Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[86])
- Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[87])
- Alistair Petrie (Cranford[88])
- James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[89], Beau Brummell[90])
- Sam Reid (Belle[91])
- Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[92])
- Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[93])
- Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[94])
- Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[95], Emma 2009[96])
- Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[97], Bright Star[98])
- Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[99])
- Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[100])
- Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[101])
- Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[102])
- Paul Schneider (Bright Star[103])
- Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[104])
- Kyle Soller (Poldark[105])
- Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[106])
- Mark Strong (Emma ITV[107])
- Russell Tovey (Banished[108])
- Aidan Turner (Poldark[109])
- Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[110])
- Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[111], Jonathan Strange[112])
- Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[113])
- Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[114])
- Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[115], Cranford[116])
Young Female
- Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[117])
- Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[118])
- Catriona Balfe (Outlander[119])
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[120])
- Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[121])
- Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[122], Poldark[123])
- Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[124], Bright Star[125], Cranford[126])
- Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[127])
- Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[128])
- MyAnna Buring (Banished[129])
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[130])
- Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[131])
- Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[132])
- Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[133])
- Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[134])
- Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[135])
- Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[136], Emma 2009[137])
- Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[138])
- Toni Collette (Emma 1996[139])
- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[140])
- Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[141])
- Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[142])
- Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[143])
- Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[144])
- Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[145])
- Lisa Dillon (Cranford[146])
- Michelle Dockery (Cranford[147])
- Laura Donnelly (Outlander[148])
- Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[149])
- Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[150])
- Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[151])
- Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[152])
- Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[153])
- Sarah Gadon (Belle[154])
- Romala Garai (Emma 2009[155], Amazing Grace[156])
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[157])
- Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[158])
- Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[159])
- Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[160])
- Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[161], Persuasion 1995[162])
- Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[163])
- Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[164])
- Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[165])
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[166])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[167])
- Nell Hudson (Outlander[168])
- Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[169])
- Jo Joyner (North and South[170])
- Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[171])
- Crystal Leaity (Poldark[172])
- Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[173])
- Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[174])
- Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[175])
- Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[176], Death Comes to Pemberley[177], North and South[178])
- Jodhi May (Emma 2009[179])
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[180])
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[181])
- Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[182])
- Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[183])
- Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[184])
- Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[185], Northanger Abbey[186])
- Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[187])
- Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[188])
- Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[189])
- Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[190])
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[191])
- Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[192], Wives and Daughters[193])
- Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[194])
- Laura Piper (Emma 2009[195])
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[196])
- Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[197])
- Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[198])
- Heida Reed (Poldark[199])
- Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[200])
- Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[201])
- Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[202])
- Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[203], Emma ITV[204])
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[205])
- Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[206])
- Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[207])
- Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[208], Cranford[209])
- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[210])
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[211])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[212])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[213])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[214])
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[215])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[216])
- Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[217], Poldark[218])
- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[219])
- Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[220])
- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[221])
- Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[222], Wives and Daughters[223])
- Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[224])
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[225])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[226])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[227])
- Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[228])
- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[229])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[230])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[231], Miss Austen Regrets[232])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[233])
Older Male
- Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[234])
- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[235], Miss Austen Regrets[236], Beau Brummell[237])
- John Bowe (Cranford[238])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[239])
- Jim Carter (Cranford[240])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[241])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[242])
- Michael Culkin (Poldark[243])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[244])
- Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [245])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[246])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[247])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[248])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[249])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[250])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[251])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[252], Amazing Grace[253], Wives and Daughters[254], Cranford[255])
- Philip Glenister (Cranford[256])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[257])
- Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[258])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[259])
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[260])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[261])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[262])
- Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[263])
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[264])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[265])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[266])
- Alex Jennings (Cranford[267])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[268])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[269])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[270])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[271])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[272])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[273])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[274])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[275])
- Rory McCann (Banished[276])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[277])
- Joseph Millson (Banished[278])
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[279])
- Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [280])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[281], Wives and Daughters[282])
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[283])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[284])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[285])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[286])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[287])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[288])
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[289])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[290])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[291])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[292], Poldark[293])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[294])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[295])
- David Wenham (Banished[296])
- Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[297])
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[298])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[299])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[300])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[301])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[302])
- Greg Wise (Cranford[303])
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[304])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[305])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[306])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[307], Cranford[308])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[309])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[310])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[311])
- Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[312])
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[313])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[314])
- Orla Brady (Banished[315])
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[316])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[317])
- Judi Dench (Cranford[318]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[319])
- Sally Dexter (Poldark[320])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[321], Mansfield Park[322])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[323])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[324])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[325])
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[326], Cranford[327])
- Emma Fielding (Cranford[328])
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[329])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[330])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[331])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[332])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[333])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[334])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[335])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[336])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[337])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[338])
- Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[339])
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[340], Miss Austen Regrets[341])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[342], Wives and Daughters[343])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[344], Amazing Grace[345])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[346])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[347], Cranford[348])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[349])
- Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[350])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[351])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[352])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[353])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[354])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[355])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[356])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[357])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[358])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[359])
- Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[360])
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[361])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[362], Cranford[363])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[364])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[365])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[366])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[367])
- Emily Watson (Belle[368])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[369], Wives and Daughters[370])
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