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])
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[6])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[7])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[8])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[9])
• Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[10])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[11])
• Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[12])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[13])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[14])
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford[15])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[16])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[17])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[18])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[19])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[20])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[21])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[22])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[23]; To The Ends of The Earth[24])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[25])
• James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[26], Mansfield Park 2007[27])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[28])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[29])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[30])
• Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[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])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[45])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[46], Belle[47])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[48])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[49])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[50])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[51])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[52])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[53])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[54])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[55])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[56], Cranford[57])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[58])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[59], Pride and Prejudice 2005[60])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[61])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[62])
• William Houston (North and South[63])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[64])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[65])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[66])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[67])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[68], Emma 2009[69])
• John Light (North and South[70])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[71])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[72])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[73])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[74])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[75])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[76], The Scarlet Pimpernel[77])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[78])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[79])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[80], Outlander[81])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[82])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[83])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[84])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[85])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[86])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[87])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[88])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[89])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[90])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[91])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[92])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[93])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[94])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[95])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[96])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[97], Beau Brummell[98])
• Sam Reid (Belle[99])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[100])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[101])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[102])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[103], Emma 2009[104])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[105])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[106], Bright Star[107])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[108])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[109])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[110])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[111])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[112])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[113])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[114])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[115])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[116])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[117])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[118])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[119])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[120], Vanity Fair 1998[121])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[122], Jonathan Strange[123])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[124])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[125])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[126])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[127], Cranford[128])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[129])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[130])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[131])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[132])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[133])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[134], Poldark[135])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[136], Bright Star[137], Cranford[138])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[139])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[140])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[141])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[142])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[143])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[144])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[145])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[146])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[147])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[148], Emma 2009[149])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[150])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[151])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[152])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[153])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[154])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[155])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[156])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[157])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[158])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[159])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[160])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[161])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[162])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[163])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[164])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[165])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[166])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[167], Amazing Grace[168])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[169])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[170])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[171])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[172])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[173])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[174], Persuasion 1995[175], To The Ends of The Earth[176])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[177])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[178])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[179])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[180])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[181])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[182])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[183])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[184])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[185])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[186])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[187])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[188])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[189])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[190])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[191])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[192], Death Comes to Pemberley[193], North and South[194])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[195])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[196])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[197])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[198])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[199])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[200])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[201], Northanger Abbey[202])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[203])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[204])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[205])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[206])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[207]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[208])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[209], Wives and Daughters[210])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[211])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[212])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[213])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[214])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[215])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[216])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[217])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[218])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[219])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[220], Emma ITV[221])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[222])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[223])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[224])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[225], Cranford[226])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[227])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[228])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[229])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[230])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[231])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[232])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[233])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[234], Poldark[235])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[236])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[237])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[238])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[239], Wives and Daughters[240])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[241])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[242])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[243])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[244])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[245])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[246])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[247])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[248], Miss Austen Regrets[249])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[250])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[251])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[252])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[253], Miss Austen Regrets[254], Beau Brummell[255])
• John Bowe (Cranford[256])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[257])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[258])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[259])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[260])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[261], Les Miserables[262])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[263])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[264])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [265])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[266])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[267])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[268])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[269])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[270])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[271])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[272], Amazing Grace[273], Wives and Daughters[274], Cranford[275])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[276])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[277])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[278])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[279])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[280])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[281])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[282])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[283])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[284])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[285])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[286])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[287])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[288])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[289])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[290])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[291])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[292])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[293])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[294])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[295])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[296])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[297])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[298])
• Rory McCann (Banished[299])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[300])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[301])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[302])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [303])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[304], Wives and Daughters[305])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[306])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[307])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[308])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[309])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[310])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[311])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[312])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[313])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[314])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[315])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[316])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[317], Poldark[318])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[319])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[320])
• David Wenham (Banished[321])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[322])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[323])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[324])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[325])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[326])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[327])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[328])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[329])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[330])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[331])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[332], Cranford[333])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[334])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[335])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[336])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[337], Mr Turner [338])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[339])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[340])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[341])
• Orla Brady (Banished[342])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[343])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[344])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[345])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[346]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[347])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[348])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[349], Mansfield Park[350])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[351])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[352])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[353])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[354], Cranford[355])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[356])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[357])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[358])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[359])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[360])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[361])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[362])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[363])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[364])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[365])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[366])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[367])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[368], Miss Austen Regrets[369])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[370], Wives and Daughters[371])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[372], Amazing Grace[373])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[374])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[375], Cranford[376])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[377])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[378])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[379])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[380])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[381])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[382])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[383])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[384])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[385])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[386])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[387])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[388])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[389])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[390])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[391])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[392], Cranford[393])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[394])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[395])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[396])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[397])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[398])
• Emily Watson (Belle[399])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[400], Wives and Daughters[401])

List of films/TV shows added to the list so far

Georgian

• Poldark
• Amazing Grace
• A Royal Affair
• Banished
• Belle
• Outlander

Regency

• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
• Becoming Jane
• Bright Star
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• 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
• War and Peace 2007
• Waterloo

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford