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
• Rupert Friend: Pride and Prejudice 2005
• 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 1995
• Matthew 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 1996
• James Norton Death Comes to Pemberley)
• Hugh O'Conor Northanger Abbey 2007
• Alex O'Loughlin The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
• 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 2015
• Tom 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
• Jessie Buckley War and Peace 2016
• 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
• Kirsten Dunst Marie Antoinette
• Louise Dylan Emma 2009
• Jennifer Ehle Pride and Prejudice
• Alice Englert Jonathan Strange
• Emilia Fox Pride and Prejudice
• Sarah Gadon Belle
• Romala 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
• Felicity Jones Northanger Abbey 2007
• Jo Joyner North and South
• Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Crystal Leaity Poldark 2015
• Natasha Little Vanity Fair 1998
• Polly Maberly Pride and Prejudice
• Anna Madeley Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Jena Malone Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Anna Maxwell Martin Becoming Jane, Death Comes to Pemberley, North and South
• Jodhi May Emma 2009
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw Belle
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[10])
• Hattie Morahan Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Samantha Morton Emma ITV
• Carey Mulligan Pride and Prejudice 2005, Northanger Abbey 2007
• Phoebe Nicholls Persuasion 1995
• Kimberley Nixon Cranford
• Gracee O'Brien Poldark 2016
• Frances O'Connor Mansfield Park 1999
• Genevieve O'Reilly Banished
• Joanna Page To the Ends of the Earth
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[11])
• Rosamund Pike Pride and Prejudice 2005, Wives and Daughters
• Billie Piper Mansfield Park 2007
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[12])
• Clemence Poesy War and Peace
• Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[13])
• Imogen Poots Miss Austen Regrets
• Laura Pyper Emma 2009
• Heida Reed Poldark
• Kelly Reilly Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Charlotte Riley Jonathan Strange; Wuthering Heights 2009
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[14])
• Emma Roberts Persuasion 1995
• Lucy Robinson Pride and Prejudice 1995, Emma ITV
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[15])
• Amanda Root Persuasion 1995
• Michelle Ryan Mansfield Park 2007
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[16], Cranford[17], Hornblower[18])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[19])
• Kaya Scodelario Wuthering Heights 2011
• Lucy Scott Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[20])
• Juliet Stevenson Emma 1996
• Mary Stockley Persuasion 2007
• Imogen Stubbs Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Sophie Thompson Persuasion 1995
• Eleanor Tomlinson Death Comes to Pemberley, Poldark 2015
• Joanna Vanderham Banished
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[21])
• Alicia Vikander A Royal Affair
• Justine Waddell Mansfield Park 1999, Wives and Daughters
• Charity Wakefield Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Catherine Walker Northanger Abbey 2007
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[22])
• Harriet Walter Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[23])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[24])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[25])
• Olivia Williams Emma 2009, Miss Austen Regrets
• Kate Winslet Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Reese Witherspoon Vanity Fair 2004

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst Emma 2009
• Hugh Bonneville Lost in Austen, Miss Austen Regrets, Beau Brummell: That Charming Man
• John Bowe (Cranford[26])
• Ewen Bremner Banished
• Jim Carter (Cranford[27])
• Warren Clarke Poldark 2015
• James Cromwell Becoming Jane
• Russell Crowe Master & Commander:The Far Side of the World, Les Miserables
• Michael Culkin Poldark 2015
• Liam Cunningham Northanger Abbey 2007
• Charles Dance To the Ends of the Earth
• Philip Davis Poldark 2015
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[28])
• Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[29])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[30])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[31])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[32])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[33], Amazing Grace[34], Wives and Daughters[35], Cranford[36])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[37])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[38])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[39])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[40])
• James Hazeldine Emma ITV
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[41])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[42])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[43])
• Bernard Hepton Emma ITV
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[44])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[45])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[46])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[47])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[48])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[49])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[50])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[51])
• James Laurenson (Sharpe [52])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[53])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[54])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[55], Garrow's Law[56], Little Dorrit[57])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[58])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[59])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[60])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[61])
• Rory McCann (Banished[62])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[63])
• Kevin McNally Wuthering Heights 2009
• Joseph Millson Banished
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[64])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [65], Mary Bryant[66])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[67], Wives and Daughters[68])
• Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[69])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[70])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[71])
• Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[72])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[73])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[74])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[75])
• Ian Richardson Becoming Jane
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[76])
• Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[77])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[78])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[79])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[80])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[81], Poldark[82])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[83])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[84])
• David Wenham (Banished[85])
• Sam West Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Benjamin Whitrow Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[86])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[87])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[88])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[89])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[90])
• Greg Wise Cranford
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[91])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[92])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[93])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[94], Cranford[95])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[96])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[97])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[98])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[99], Mr Turner [100])
• Linda Bassett Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[101])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[102])
• Samantha Bond Emma ITV
• Orla Brady (Banished[103])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[104])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[105])
• Joanna David Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Judi Dench (Cranford[106]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[107])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[108])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[109], Mansfield Park[110])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[111])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[112])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[113])
• Lynn Farleigh Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[114], Cranford[115])
• Emma Fielding Cranford
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[116])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[117])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[118])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[119])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[120])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[121])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[122])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[123])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[124])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[125])
• Alice Krige Persuasion 2008
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[126], Miss Austen Regrets[127])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt Pride and Prejudice, Wives and Daughters[128])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[129], Amazing Grace[130], Vanity Fair 1998[131])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[132])
• Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[133])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[134], Cranford[135])
• Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[136])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[137])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[138])
• Jean Marsh Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Janet McTeer Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[139])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[140])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[141])
• Jemma Redgrave Mansfield Park
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[142])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[143])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[144])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[145])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[146])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[147])
• Claire Skinner Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Maggie Smith Becoming Jane
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[148])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[149], Cranford[150])
• Alison Steadman Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[151])
• Frances Tomelty Vanity Fair 1998
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[152])
• Julie Walters Becoming Jane
• Emily Watson (Belle[153])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[154], Wives and Daughters[155])

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
• Marie Antoinette
• 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

Edwardian