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
- Aneurin Barnard: The Scandalous Lady W, Moonfleet
- 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 2011- Ed Browning: Poldark
- Andrew Buchan: Cranford, Garrow's Law, Jane Eyre
- Robert Burbage Mansfield Park 1983
- Tom Burke Great Expectations 2011, War and Peace 2016
- Anthony Calf Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Stephen Campbell Moore: Amazing Grace (awaiting screencaps)
- Bertie Carvel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Henry Cavill: Count of Monte Cristo 2003- 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
- Tom Hardy Wuthering Heights 2009
- Richard Harrington Poldark
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
- James Howson Wuthering Heights 2011
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
- Xavier Samuel Love and Friendship
- 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- Caitriona Balfe Outlander
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[4])
Kate Beckinsale Emma ITV, Love and Friendship- Ruby Bentall Lost in Austen, Poldark 2015
- Claudie Blakly Bright Star, Pride and Prejudice 2005, Lark Rise to Candleford
- Samantha Bond Mansfield Park 1983
- Lucy Briers Pride and Prejudice 1995
- MyAnna Buring Banished
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes Bright Star
- Valentina Cervi War and Peace 2007
Anna Chancellor Pride and Prejudice 1995- Morven Christie Lost in Austen
- Morfydd Clark Love and Friendship
- Lucy Cohu Becoming Jane
- Christina Cole Lost in Austen, Emma 2009
Jenna Coleman Death Comes to Pemberley- Toni Collette Emma 1996
Abbie Cornish Bright Star- Embeth Davidtz Mansfield Park 1999
- Julia Davis Persuasion 2007
- Lucy Davis Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Felicity Dean Persuasion 1995
- Daniela Denby-Ashe North and South
- Lisa Dillon Cranford
- Michelle Dockery Cranford
- Laura Donnelly Outlander
- Lucinda Dryzek Jonathan Strange
- Louise Dylan Emma 2009
Jennifer Ehle Pride and PrejudiceAlice Englert Jonathan Strange- Emilia Fox Pride and Prejudice
Sarah Gadon BelleRomala Garai Emma 209, Amazing Grace, Vanity Fair 2004[5], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant- Frances Grey Vanity Fair 1998
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[6])
- Daisy Haggard Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Amanda Hale Persuasion 2007
- Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[7])
- Anne Hathaway Becoming Jane
- Victoria Hamilton Mansfield Park 1999, Persuasion 1995, To The Ends of the Earth
- Susannah Harker Pride and Prejudice 1995
Keeley Hawes Wives and Daughters- Sally Hawkins Persuasion 2007
- Siobhan Hewlett Monsieur N
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[8])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[9])
- Nell Hudson (Outlander[10])
Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[11])- Jo Joyner (North and South[12])
Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[13])- Crystal Leaity (Poldark[14])
- Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[15])
- Polly Maberly Pride and Prejudice
- Anna Madeley Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Jena Malone Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[16], Death Comes to Pemberley[17], North and South[18])
- Jodhi May (Emma 2009[19])
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[20])
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[21])
- Hattie Morahan Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[22])
- Samantha Morton Emma ITV
Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[23], Northanger Abbey[24])- Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[25])
- Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[26])
- Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[27])
- Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[28])
- Joanna Page To the Ends of the Earth
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[29])
Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[30], Wives and Daughters[31])- Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[32])
- Laura Piper (Emma 2009[33])
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[34])
- Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[35])
- Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[36])
Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[37])- Laura Pyper Emma 2009
Heida Reed (Poldark[38])- Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[39])
- Charlotte Riley Jonathan Strange; Wuthering Heights 2009
Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[40])- Emma Roberts Persuasion 1995
- Lucy Robinson Pride and Prejudice 1995, Emma ITV
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[41])
- Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[42])
- Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[43])
Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[44], Cranford[45], Hornblower[46])- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[47])
- Kaya Scodelario Wuthering Heights 2011
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[48])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[49])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[50])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[51])
- Imogen Stubbs Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[52])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[53])
Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[54], Poldark[55])- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[56])
Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[57])- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[58])
Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[59], Wives and Daughters- Charity Wakefield Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[60])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[61])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[62])
Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[63])- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[64])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[65])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[66], Miss Austen Regrets[67])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[68])
Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[69])
Older Male
Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[70])- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[71], Miss Austen Regrets[72], Beau Brummell[73])
- John Bowe (Cranford[74])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[75])
- Jim Carter (Cranford[76])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[77])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[78])
Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[79], Les Miserables[80])- Michael Culkin (Poldark[81])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[82])
- Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [83])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[84])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[85])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[86])
- Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[87])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[88])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[89])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[90])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[91], Amazing Grace[92], Wives and Daughters[93], Cranford[94])
- Philip Glenister (Cranford[95])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[96])
- Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[97])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[98])
- James Hazeldine Emma ITV
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[99])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[100])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[101])
- Bernard Hepton Emma ITV
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[102])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[103])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[104])
- Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[105])
- Alex Jennings (Cranford[106])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[107])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[108])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[109])
- James Laurenson (Sharpe [110])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[111])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[112])
- Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[113], Garrow's Law[114], Little Dorrit[115])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[116])
- Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[117])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[118])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[119])
- Rory McCann (Banished[120])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[121])
- Kevin McNally Wuthering Heights 2009
- Joseph Millson Banished
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[122])
- Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [123], Mary Bryant[124])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[125], Wives and Daughters[126])
- Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[127])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[128])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[129])
- Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[130])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[131])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[132])
- Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[133])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[134])
- Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[135])
- Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[136])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[137])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[138])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[139], Poldark[140])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[141])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[142])
- David Wenham (Banished[143])
- Sam West Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Benjamin Whitrow Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[144])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[145])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[146])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[147])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[148])
- Greg Wise Cranford
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[149])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[150])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[151])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[152], Cranford[153])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[154])
- Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[155])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[156])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[157], Mr Turner [158])
- Linda Bassett Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[159])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[160])
- Samantha Bond Emma ITV
- Orla Brady (Banished[161])
- Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[162])
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[163])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[164])
Judi Dench (Cranford[165]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[166])- Sally Dexter (Poldark[167])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[168], Mansfield Park[169])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[170])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[171])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[172])
- Lynn Farleigh Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[173], Cranford[174])
- Emma Fielding Cranford
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[175])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[176])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[177])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[178])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[179])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[180])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[181])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[182])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[183])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[184])
- Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[185])
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[186], Miss Austen Regrets[187])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt Pride and Prejudice, Wives and Daughters[188])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[189], Amazing Grace[190], Vanity Fair 1998[191])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[192])
- Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[193])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[194], Cranford[195])
- Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[196])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[197])
- Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[198])
- Jean Marsh Sense & Sensibility 2008
Janet McTeer Sense & Sensibility 2008- Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[199])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[200])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[201])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[202])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[203])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[204])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[205])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[206])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[207])
- Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[208])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[209])
- Maggie Smith Becoming Jane
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[210])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[211], Cranford[212])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[213])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[214])
- Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[215])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[216])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[217])
- Emily Watson (Belle[218])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[219], Wives and Daughters[220])
List of films/TV shows added to the list so far
Georgian
- Amazing Grace
- A Royal Affair
- Banished
- Belle
- Garrow's Law
- Longitude
- Love and Friendship
- 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