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])
• Jonathan Arris (Bright Start[5])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[6])
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[7])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[8])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[9])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[10])
• Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[11])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[12])
• Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[13])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[14])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[15])
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford[16])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[17])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[18])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[19])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[20])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[21])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[22])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[23])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[24]; To The Ends of The Earth[25])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[26])
• James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[27], Mansfield Park 2007[28])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[29])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[30])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[31])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[32], North and South[33])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[34])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[35]; To The Ends of The Earth [36])
• Tom Felton (Belle[37])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[38])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[39])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[40])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[41])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[42])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[43])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[44])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[45], Belle[46])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[47])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[48])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[49])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[50])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[51])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[52])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[53])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[54])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[55], Cranford[56])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[57])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[58], Pride and Prejudice 2005[59])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[60])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[61])
• William Houston (North and South[62])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[63])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[64])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[65])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[66], Emma 2009[67])
• John Light (North and South[68])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[69])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[70])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[71])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[72])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[73])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[74])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[75])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[76], Outlander[77])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[78])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[79])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[80])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[81])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[82])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[83])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[84])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[85])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[86])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[87])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[88])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[89])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[90])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[91])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[92], Beau Brummell[93])
• Sam Reid (Belle[94])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[95])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[96])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[97])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[98], Emma 2009[99])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[100], Bright Star[101])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[102])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[103])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[104])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[105])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[106])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[107])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[108])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[109])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[110])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[111])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[112])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[113])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[114], Jonathan Strange[115])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[116])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[117])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[118], Cranford[119])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[120])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[121])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[122])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[123])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[124])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[125], Poldark[126])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[127], Bright Star[128], Cranford[129])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[130])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[131])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[132])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[133])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[134])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[135])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[136])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[137])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[138])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[139], Emma 2009[140])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[141])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[142])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[143])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[144])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[145])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[146])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[147])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[148])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[149])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[150])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[151])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[152])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[153])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[154])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[155])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[156])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[157])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[158], Amazing Grace[159])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[160])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[161])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[162])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[163])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[164], Persuasion 1995[165])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[166])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[167])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[168])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[169])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[170])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[171])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[172])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[173])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[174])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[175])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[176])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[177])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[178])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[179], Death Comes to Pemberley[180], North and South[181])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[182])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[183])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[184])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[185])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[186])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[187])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[188], Northanger Abbey[189])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[190])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[191])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[192])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[193])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[194])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[195], Wives and Daughters[196])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[197])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[198])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[199])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[200])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[201])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[202])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[203])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[204])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[205])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[206], Emma ITV[207])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[208])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[209])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[210])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[211], Cranford[212])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[213])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[214])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[215])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[216])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[217])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[218])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[219])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[220], Poldark[221])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[222])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[223])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[224])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[225], Wives and Daughters[226])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[227])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[228])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[229])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[230])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[231])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[232])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[233])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[234], Miss Austen Regrets[235])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[236])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[237])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[238], Miss Austen Regrets[239], Beau Brummell[240])
• John Bowe (Cranford[241])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[242])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[243])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[244])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[245])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[246], Les Miserables[247])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[248])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[249])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [250])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[251])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[252])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[253])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[254])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[255])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[256])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[257], Amazing Grace[258], Wives and Daughters[259], Cranford[260])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[261])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[262])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[263])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[264])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[265])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[266])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[267])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[268])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[269])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[270])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[271])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[272])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[273])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[274])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[275])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[276])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[277])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[278])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[279])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[280])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[281])
• Rory McCann (Banished[282])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[283])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[284])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[285])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [286])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[287], Wives and Daughters[288])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[289])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[290])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[291])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[292])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[293])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[294])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[295])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[296])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[297])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[298])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[299], Poldark[300])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[301])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[302])
• David Wenham (Banished[303])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[304])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[305])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[306])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[307])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[308])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[309])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[310])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[311])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[312])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[313])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[314], Cranford[315])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[316])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[317])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[318])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[319])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[320])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[321])
• Orla Brady (Banished[322])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[323])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[324])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[325]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[326])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[327])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[328], Mansfield Park[329])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[330])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[331])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[332])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[333], Cranford[334])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[335])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[336])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[337])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[338])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[339])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[340])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[341])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[342])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[343])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[344])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[345])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[346])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[347], Miss Austen Regrets[348])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[349], Wives and Daughters[350])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[351], Amazing Grace[352])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[353])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[354], Cranford[355])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[356])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[357])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[358])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[359])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[360])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[361])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[362])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[363])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[364])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[365])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[366])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[367])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[368])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[369], Cranford[370])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[371])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[372])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[373])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[374])
• Emily Watson (Belle[375])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[376], Wives and Daughters[377])

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