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
- Jonathan Aris: Hornblower, Bright Star
Richard Armitage: North and South- Alexander Arnold: Poldark
- 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
- Jamie Bell Turn; Jane Eyre 2011
- 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; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies- 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
Hugh Dancy: Great Expectations 1999James 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
- Burn Gorman Turn; Wuthering Heights 2009
- 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
- Sam Hazeldine Persuasion 2007
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- Jeremy Irvine Great Expectations 2012
- 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
Harry Lloyd Great Expectations 2011; Jane Eyre 2011- 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 2007, 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
- 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; Cold Comfort Farm
- Jamie Sives To The Ends of the Earth
- Kyle Soller Poldark 2015
- Toby Stephens JAne Eyre 2006, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Florian Stetter Beloved Sister
Dan Stevens Sense and Sensibility 2008- Adam Storke Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series
- 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[2])Hayley Atwell Mansfield Park 2007- Caitriona Balfe Outlander
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[3])
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 PrejudiceAlice Englert Jonathan Strange- Emilia Fox Pride and Prejudice
Sarah Gadon BelleRomala Garai Emma 209, Amazing Grace, Vanity Fair 2004[4], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant- Frances Grey Vanity Fair 1998
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[5])
- Daisy Haggard Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Amanda Hale Persuasion 2007
- Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[6])
- 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[7])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[8])
- 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[9])
- 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
Rosamund Pike Pride and Prejudice 2005, Wives and Daughters- Billie Piper Mansfield Park 2007
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[10])
- Clemence Poesy War and Peace
- Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[11])
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[12])- Emma Roberts Persuasion 1995
- Lucy Robinson Pride and Prejudice 1995, Emma ITV
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[13])
- Amanda Root Persuasion 1995
Keri Russell Austenland- Michelle Ryan Mansfield Park 2007
Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[14], Cranford[15], Hornblower[16])- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[17])
- Kaya Scodelario Wuthering Heights 2011
- Lucy Scott Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[18])
- 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[19])
- 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[20])
- Harriet Walter Sense and Sensibility 1995
Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[21])- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[22])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[23])
- 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
- Ewen Bremner Banished
- Jim Carter (Cranford[24])
- 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
- Robin Ellis Poldark 2015
- Nicholas Farrell Amazing Grace, Persuasion 2007
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[25])
- Vincent Franklin Jonathan Strange
- Michael Gambon Emma 2009, Amazing Grace, Wives and Daughters, Cranford
- Philip Glenister Cranford, Vanity Fair
- Robert Glenister Persuasion 1995
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[26])
- Jared Harris To The Ends Of The Earth
- Denys Hawthorne Emma 1996
- James Hazeldine Emma ITV
- Anthony Head Persuasion 2007
- Douglas Henshall Outlander
- Bernard Hepton Emma ITV
- Ciaran Hinds Amazing Grace
- Douglas Hodge Mansfield Park 2007
- Richard Hope Poldark
- Hugh Jackman Les Miserables
- Derek Jacobi The Old Curiosity Shop
- Alex Jennings Cranford
- Toby Jones Amazing Grace, Creation, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Harlot's Progress
- Paul Kaye Jonathan Strange
- Duncan Lacroiz Outlander
- James Laurenson (Sharpe [27])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[28])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[29])
- Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[30], Garrow's Law[31], Little Dorrit[32])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[33])
- Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[34])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[35])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[36])
- Rory McCann (Banished[37])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[38])
- Kevin McNally Wuthering Heights 2009
- Joseph Millson Banished
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[39])
- Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [40], Mary Bryant[41])
- John Nettles Poldark
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[42], Wives and Daughters[43])
- Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[44])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[45])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[46])
- Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[47])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[48])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[49])
- Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[50])
- Ian Richardson Becoming Jane
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[51])
- Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[52])
- Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[53])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[54])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[55])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[56], Poldark[57])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[58])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[59])
- Jason Watkins Miss Austen Regrets
- David Wenham (Banished[60])
- Sam West Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Benjamin Whitrow Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[61])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[62])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[63])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[64])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[65])
- Greg Wise Cranford
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[66])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[67])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[68])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[69], Cranford[70])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[71])
- Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[72])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[73])
- Marion Bailey Persuasion 2007, Mr Turner
- Linda Bassett Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[74])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[75])
- Samantha Bond Emma ITV
- Orla Brady (Banished[76])
- Cheryl Campbell To The Ends of the Earth
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[77])
- Joanna David Pride and Prejudice 1995
Judi Dench (Cranford[78]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[79])- Sally Dexter (Poldark[80])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[81], Mansfield Park[82])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[83])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[84])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[85])
- Lynn Farleigh Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[86], Cranford[87])
- Emma Fielding Cranford
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[88])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[89])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[90])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[91])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[92])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[93])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[94])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[95])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[96])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[97])
- Alice Krige Persuasion 2008
- Sarah Lancashire Wuthering Heights 2009
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[98], Miss Austen Regrets[99])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt Pride and Prejudice, Wives and Daughters[100])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[101], Amazing Grace[102], Vanity Fair 1998[103])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[104])
- Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[105])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[106], Cranford[107])
- Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[108])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[109])
- Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[110])
- Jean Marsh Sense & Sensibility 2008
Janet McTeer Sense & Sensibility 2008- Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[111])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[112])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[113])
- Jemma Redgrave Mansfield Park
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[114])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[115])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[116])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[117])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[118])
- Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[119])
- Claire Skinner Sense and Sensibility 2008
- Maggie Smith Becoming Jane
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[120])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[121], Cranford[122])
- Alison Steadman Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[123])
- Frances Tomelty Vanity Fair 1998
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[124])
- Julie Walters Becoming Jane
- Emily Watson (Belle[125])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[126], Wives and Daughters[127])
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
- Cranford
- Daniel Deronda
- North and South
- Wives and Daughters
- The Young Victoria