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. A strikethrough denotes a PB in use as a current character.
Young Male
- Joe Anderson: Becoming Jane
Richard Armitage: North and South- Alexander Arnold: Poldark
- Jonathan Arris: Bright Star
- Ariyon Bakare: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- David Bamber: Pride and Prejudice 1995
- William Beck: Northanger Abbey
- Sean Bean: Sharpe
- Joseph Beattie: Mansfield Park 2007
- Paul Bettany: Master and Commander
- Alexander Beyer: War and Peace 2007
- Crispin Bonham-Carter: Pride and Prejudice 1995
Alessio Boni: War and Peace 2007- Hugh Bonneville: Mansfield Park
Douglas Booth: Great Expectations- Ed Browning: Poldark
- Andrew Buchan: Cranford, Garrow's Law, Jane Eyre
- Stephen Campbell Moore: Amazing Grace (awaiting screencaps)
- Bertie Carvel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Enzo Cilenti: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Dominic Cooper: Sense and Sensibility 2008
- Ryan Corr: Banished
- Raymond Coulthard: Emma ITV
- Elliot Cowan: Lost in Austen
- Brendan Coyle: North and South
- Benedict Cumberbatch: Amazing Grace, To The Ends of The Earth
- Alan Cumming: Emma 1996
James D'Arcy: Master and Commander, Mansfield Park 2007- Jack Davenport: Mary Bryant, Pirates of the Caribbean
- David Dawson: Banished
- Finn Den Hertog: Outlander
- Ken Duken: War and Peace 2007
- Mark Dymond: Northanger Abbey
- Charles Edwards Mansfield Park 1999
- Robin Ellis: Poldark 1976
- Daniel Evans: To The Ends of The Earth
- Rupert Evans: Emma 2009, North and South
- Jack Farthing: Poldark 2015
JJ Feild: Austenland, Northanger Abbey, To The Ends of The Earth- Tom Felton: Belle
- Colin Firth: Pride and Prejudice 1995
- James Fleet: Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: A Royal Affair
- Laurence Fox: Becoming Jane
- Hugh Fraser: Sharpe
- Dan Fredenburgh: Emma 2009
- Mark Gatiss: Sense and Sensibility 2008
Iain Glen: Wives and Daughters- Philip Glenister: Byron, Vanity Fair 1998
- Robert Glenister: Persuasion 1995
Matthew Goode: Death Comes to Pemberley, Belle- Tom Goodman-Hill Miss Austen Regrets
- Hugh Grant Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Richard E. Grant Monsieur N, The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Ioan Gruffudd Amazing Grace; Hornblower
- Jefferson Hall Emma 2009
- Richard Harrington Poldark
- s>John Heffernan Jonathan Strange
- Guy Henry Lost in Austen; John Adams
- Sam Heughan Outlander
Tom Hiddleston Miss Austen Regrets, Cranford- Ciaran Hinds Persuasion 1995
- Tom Hollander Wives and Daughters, Pride and Prejudice 2005
- John Hollingworth Poldark 2015
- Edward Hogg Jonathan Strange
- William Houston North and South
- Anthony Howell Wives and Daughters
Lee Ingleby Master & Commander- Rory Kinnear Mansfield Park
- Chris Larkin Master & Commander
- Hugh Laurie Sense and Sensibility
- Jonny Lee Miller Mansfield Park 1999, Emma 2009
- John Light North and South
- Adrian Lukis Pride and Prejudice 1995
Richard Lumsden Sense and Sensibility 1995Matthew Macfadyen Pride and Prejudice 2005; The Way We Live Now; Little Dorrit- James McAvoy Becoming Jane
- Joe McFadden Cranford
- Ewan McGregor Emma 1996
- Matthew McNulty Cranford
- Tobias Menzies Persuasion 20077, Outlander
- Mads Mikkelsen A Royal Affair
- Tom Mison Lost in Austen
- Joseph Morgan Mansfield Park 2007, Master and Commander
David Morrissey Sense and Sensibility 2008- Youssou N'Dour Amazing Grace
- Alessandro Nivola Mansfield Park 1999
- Luke Norris Poldark 2015
Jeremy Northam Emma 1996James Norton Death Comes to Pemberley)- Hugh O'Conor Northanger Abbey 2007
- Grant O'Rourke Outlander
Jamie Parker Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell- Nathaniel Parker Vanity Fair 1998
Rupert Penry-Jones Persuasion 2007- Alistair Petrie Emma ITV
James Purefoy Mansfield Park 1999, Beau Brummell: This Charming Man- Sam Reid Belle
- Julian Rhind-Tutt Banished
Matthew Rhys Death Comes to Pemberley- Tom Riley Lost in Austen
- Blake Ritson Mansfield Park 2007, Emma 2009
- Jay Rodan Monsieur N
- Samuel Roukin Miss Austen Regrets, Bright Star
- Dominic Rowan Emma ITV
- Simon Russell Beale Persuasion 1995
- Benjamin Sadler War and Peace
- Paul Schneider Bright Star
- Rufus Sewell Amazing Grace
- Jamie Sives To The Ends of the Earth
- Kyle Soller Poldark 2015
Dan Stevens Sense and Sensibility 2008- Adam Storke (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[2])
- Mark Strong Emma ITV
- Russell Tovey Banished
Aidan Turner Poldark 2015Tom Ward Death Comes to Pemberley, Vanity Fair 1998- Samuel West Persuasion, Hornblower
- Ben Whishaw Bright Star
- Greg Wise Sense and Sensibility 1995, Hornblower
- Edward Woodall Master and Commander
Simon Woods Pride and Prejudice 2005, Cranford
Young Female
Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[3])Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[4])- Catriona Balfe (Outlander[5])
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[6])
Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[7])- Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[8], Poldark[9])
- Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[10], Bright Star[11], Cranford[12])
- Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[13])
- Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[14])
- MyAnna Buring (Banished[15])
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[16])
- Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[17])
Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[18])- Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[19])
- Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[20])
- Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[21])
- Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[22], Emma 2009[23])
Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[24])- Toni Collette (Emma 1996[25])
Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[26])- Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[27])
- Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[28])
- Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[29])
- Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[30])
- Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[31])
- Lisa Dillon (Cranford[32])
- Michelle Dockery (Cranford[33])
- Laura Donnelly (Outlander[34])
- Lucinda Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[35])
- Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[36])
Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[37])Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[38])- Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[39])
Sarah Gadon (Belle[40])Romala Garai (Emma 2009[41], Amazing Grace[42], Vanity Fair 2004[43], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[44])- Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[45])
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[46])
- Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[47])
- Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[48])
- Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[49])
- Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[50])
- Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[51], Persuasion 1995[52], To The Ends of The Earth[53])
- Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[54])
Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[55])- Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[56])
- Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[57])
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[58])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[59])
- Nell Hudson (Outlander[60])
Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[61])- Jo Joyner (North and South[62])
Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[63])- Crystal Leaity (Poldark[64])
- Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[65])
- Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[66])
- Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[67])
- Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[68])
- Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[69], Death Comes to Pemberley[70], North and South[71])
- Jodhi May (Emma 2009[72])
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[73])
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[74])
- Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[75])
- Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[76])
- Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[77])
Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[78], Northanger Abbey[79])- Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[80])
- Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[81])
- Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[82])
- Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[83])
- Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[84]
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[85])
Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[86], Wives and Daughters[87])- Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[88])
- Laura Piper (Emma 2009[89])
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[90])
- Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[91])
- Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[92])
Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[93])Heida Reed (Poldark[94])- Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[95])
- Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[96]; Wuthering Heights (2009)[97])
Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[98])- Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[99], Emma ITV[100])
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[101])
- Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[102])
- Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[103])
Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[104], Cranford[105], Hornblower[106])- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[107])
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[108])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[109])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[110])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[111])
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[112])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[113])
Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[114], Poldark[115])- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[116])
Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[117])- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[118])
Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[119], Wives and Daughters[120])- Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[121])
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[122])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[123])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[124])
Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[125])- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[126])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[127])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[128], Miss Austen Regrets[129])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[130])
Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[131])
Older Male
- Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[132])
- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[133], Miss Austen Regrets[134], Beau Brummell[135])
- John Bowe (Cranford[136])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[137])
- Jim Carter (Cranford[138])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[139])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[140])
Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[141], Les Miserables[142])- Michael Culkin (Poldark[143])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[144])
- Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [145])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[146])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[147])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[148])
- Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[149])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[150])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[151])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[152])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[153], Amazing Grace[154], Wives and Daughters[155], Cranford[156])
- Philip Glenister (Cranford[157])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[158])
- Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[159])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[160])
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[161])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[162])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[163])
- Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[164])
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[165])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[166])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[167])
- Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[168])
- Alex Jennings (Cranford[169])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[170])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[171])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[172])
- Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[173])
- James Laurenson (Sharpe [174])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[175])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[176])
- Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[177], Garrow's Law[178], Little Dorrit[179])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[180])
- Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[181])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[182])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[183])
- Rory McCann (Banished[184])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[185])
- Joseph Millson Banished
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[186])
- Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [187], Mary Bryant[188])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[189], Wives and Daughters[190])
- Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[191])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[192])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[193])
- Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[194])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[195])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[196])
- Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[197])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[198])
- Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[199])
- Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[200])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[201])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[202])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[203], Poldark[204])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[205])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[206])
- David Wenham (Banished[207])
- Sam West Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[208])
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[209])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[210])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[211])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[212])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[213])
- Greg Wise (Cranford[214])
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[215])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[216])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[217])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[218], Cranford[219])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[220])
- Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[221])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[222])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[223], Mr Turner [224])
- Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[225])
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[226])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[227])
- Orla Brady (Banished[228])
- Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[229])
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[230])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[231])
Judi Dench (Cranford[232]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[233])- Sally Dexter (Poldark[234])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[235], Mansfield Park[236])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[237])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[238])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[239])
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[240], Cranford[241])
- Emma Fielding (Cranford[242])
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[243])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[244])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[245])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[246])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[247])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[248])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[249])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[250])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[251])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[252])
- Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[253])
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[254], Miss Austen Regrets[255])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[256], Wives and Daughters[257])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[258], Amazing Grace[259], Vanity Fair 1998[260])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[261])
- Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[262])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[263], Cranford[264])
- Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[265])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[266])
- Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[267])
Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[268])- Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[269])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[270])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[271])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[272])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[273])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[274])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[275])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[276])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[277])
- Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[278])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[279])
- Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[280])
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[281])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[282], Cranford[283])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[284])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[285])
- Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[286])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[287])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[288])
- Emily Watson (Belle[289])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[290], Wives and Daughters[291])
List of films/TV shows added to the list so far
Georgian
- Amazing Grace
- A Royal Affair
- Banished
- Belle
- Garrow's Law
- Longitude
- Outlander
- Poldark (1976 and 2015)
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Duchess
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
Regency
- Austenland
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
- Becoming Jane
- Bright Star
- Byron
- Death Comes to Pemberley
- Desperate Romantics
- 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
- Vanity Fair 2004
- War and Peace 2007
- Waterloo
- Wuthering Heights (at least the 2009 version, can't say for any others)
Victorian
- North and South
- Wives and Daughters
- Cranford