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. Some actors have been working a long time and therefore may appear both in the 'Younger' and 'Older' categories (Sylvestra Le Touzel and Nicholas Farrell, for example) so please check both if you are looking for an older actor.

Please note that an attempt has been made to make all pics uploaded a large 800px wide by 450px high, although this has not been possible in all cases - for example, where shots have been found via Google search. These small shots will hopefully be replaced with larger pics in the future.

Young Male

• Joe Anderson: Becoming Jane
• Thomas Arnold War and Peace
• 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, War and Peace
• 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 1999
• Paul Dano War and Peace
• James D'Arcy: Master and Commander, Mansfield Park 2007, Nicholas Nickleby
• 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
• Nicholas Farrell Mansfield Park 1983
• Jack Farthing: Poldark 2015
• Michael Fassbender Jane Eyre 2012
• 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
• Jason Isaacs The Patriot
• Rory Keenan War and Peace
• Rory Kinnear Mansfield Park, Cranford
• 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
• Jack Lowden War and Peace
• 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 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 1996
• James Norton Death Comes to Pemberley, War and Peace
• 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, Garrow's Law
• 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 2015
• Callum Turner War and Peace
• Zubin Varla Little Dorrit
• Christopher Villiers Mansfield Park 1983
• 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[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
• Jessica Biel Easy Virtue
• 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
• Imogen Byron Cranford
• 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[4], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
• Frances Grey Vanity Fair 1998
• Selina Griffiths Cranford
• Daisy Haggard Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Amanda Hale Persuasion 2007
• Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[5])
• 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
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[6])
• Nell Hudson Outlander
• Lily James War and Peace
• Felicity Jones Northanger Abbey 2007
• Jo Joyner North and South
• Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Sylvestra le Touzel Mansfield Park 1983
• Crystal Leaity Poldark 2015
• Natasha Little Vanity Fair 1998
• Aisling Loftus War and Peace
• 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[7])
• Tuppence Middleton War and Peace
• 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
• Chloe Pirrie To Walk Invisible, War and Peace
• Violante Placido War and Peace 2007
• Angela Pleasance Mansfield Park 1983
• Clemence Poesy War and Peace
• Teri Polo Phantom of the Opera 1990
• 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
• Emma Roberts Persuasion 1995
• Lucy Robinson Pride and Prejudice 1995, Emma ITV
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[8])
• Amanda Root Persuasion 1995
• Olivia Ross War and Peace
• Keri Russell Austenland
• Michelle Ryan Mansfield Park 2007
• Julia Sawalha Pride and Prejudice 1995, Cranford, Lark Rise to Candleford, Hornblower
• Greta Scacchi Emma 1996
• Kaya Scodelario Wuthering Heights 2011
• Lucy Scott Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Rosamund Stephen Persuasion 2007, Pride and Prejudice 2005
• 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[9])
• 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
• Harriet Walter Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Perdita Weeks Lost in Austen
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[10])
• Olivia Williams Emma 2009, Miss Austen Regrets
• Kate Winslet Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Reese Witherspoon Vanity Fair 2004

Older Male

• Desmond Barrit Northanger Abbey 2007
• Robert Bathurst Emma 2009
• Terence Beesley War and Peace
• David Black To The Ends of the Earth
• Hugh Bonneville Lost in Austen, Miss Austen Regrets, Beau Brummell: That Charming Man
• John Bowe Cranford
• Ewen Bremner Banished
• Jim Broadbent War and Peace
• Jim Carter Cranford
• Warren Clarke Poldark 2015
• Brian Cox War and Peace, Sharpe
• 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, War and Peace
• Robin Ellis Poldark 2015
• Nicholas Farrell Amazing Grace, Persuasion 2007
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[11])
• 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 1995
• 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, Mansfield Park 1983
• 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 [12])
• Denis Lawson Bleak House
• Nicholas Le Prevost Cranford
• Dean Lennox Kelly Cranford
• Anton Lesser Vanity Fair 1998, Garrow's Law, Little Dorrit
• Gary Lewis Outlander
• Robert Lindsay Hornblower
• Clive Mantle Jonathan Strange
• Eddie Marsan Jonathan Strange
• Rory McCann Banished
• Malcolm McDowell War and Peace
• Kevin McNally Wuthering Heights 2009
• Joseph Millson Banished
• Graham McTavish Outlander
• Sam Neill To The Ends of the Earth, Mary Bryant
• John Nettles Poldark
• Bill Paterson Little Dorrit, Outlander, Wives and Daughters
• Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
• Brian Pettifer Jonathan Strange
• Tim Pigott-Smith North and South
• Harold Pinter Mansfield Park 1999
• Christopher Plummer Waterloo
• Brian Protheroe North and South
• Jonathan Pryce Cranford
• Robert Pugh Master & Commander
• Stephen Rea War and Peace
• Corin Redgrave Persuasion 1995
• Ian Richardson Becoming Jane
• Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Adrian Scarborough Cranford
• Timothy Spall Mr Turner
• Ken Stott War and Peace
• Tristan Sturrock Poldark
• Donald Sutherland Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Pip Torrens Miss Austen Regrets, Poldark
• Stephen Walters Outlander
• Marc Warren Jonathan Strange
• Jason Watkins Miss Austen Regrets
• David Wenham Banished
• Sam West Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Benjamin Whitrow Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Peter Wight Persuasion 2007
• Tom Wilkinson Belle
• Mark Williams Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Matthew Wilson Poldark
• Rory Wilton Poldark
• Greg Wise Cranford
• John Woodvine Persuasion 1995
• Tim Wylton Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Ronan Vibert Jonathan Strange

Older Female

• Gillan Anderson War and Peace
• Francesca Annis Cranford, Wives and Daughters, Jane Eyre 2006
• Eileen Atkins Cranford
• Dorothy Atkinson Mr Turner
• Annette Badland Outlander
• Marion Bailey Persuasion 2007, Mr Turner
• Linda Bassett Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Caroline Blakiston Poldark
• Brenda Blethyn War and Peace, Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Samantha Bond Emma ITV
• Orla Brady Banished
• Cheryl Campbell To The Ends of the Earth
• Sinéad Cusack North and South
• Joanna David Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Judi Dench Cranford, Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Sally Dexter Poldark
• Lindsay Duncan Lost in Austen, Mansfield Park 1999
• Trine Dyrholm A Royal Affair
• Beatie Edney Poldark
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[13])
• Lynn Farleigh Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[14], Cranford
• Emma Fielding Cranford
• Susan Fleetwood Persuasion 1995
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford
• Kerry Fox Bright Star
• Rebecca Front War and Peace
• Debra Gillett Cranford
• Sheila Gish Mansfield Park 1999
• Stella Gonet Persuasion 2007
• Tamsin Greig Emma 2009
• Gemma Jones Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Penelope Keith Death Comes to Pemberley
• Alex Kingston Lost in Austen
• Alice Krige Persuasion 2008
• Sarah Lancashire Wuthering Heights 2009
• Phyllida Law MissAusten Regrets, Emma 1996
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt Pride and Prejudice, Wives and Daughters
• Sylvestra Le Touzel Northanger Abbey 2007, Amazing Grace, Vanity Fair 1998
• Valerie Lilley Emma 2009
• Cherie Lunghi Hornblower
• Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[15])
• Bernadette McKenna Northanger Abbey
• Julia McKenzie Cranford
• Janet McTeer Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Lesley Manville (North and South[16], Cranford[17])
• Miriam Margolyes Vanity Fair 1998
• Jean Marsh Sense & Sensibility 2008
• Anna Massey Mansfield Park 1983
• Helen Mirren Gosford Park
• Maggie O'Neill Mansfield Park 2007
• Pauline Quirke North and South
• Jemma Redgrave Mansfield Park 2007
• Miranda Richardson Belle
• Greta Scacchi War and Peace, Miss Austen Regrets
• Prunella Scales Emma ITV
• Lesley Sharp Cranford
• Fiona Shaw Persasion 1995
• Ruth Sheen Mr Turner
• Claire Skinner Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Maggie Smith Becoming Jane
• Elizabeth Spriggs Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Imelda Staunton Cranford, Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Alison Steadman Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Sophie Thompson Emma 1996
• Frances Tomelty Vanity Fair 1998
• Bridget Turner Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Harriet Walter The Young Victoria
• Julie Walters Becoming Jane
• Emily Watson Belle
• Finty Williams Cranford
• Penelope Wilton Belle, Wives and Daughters, Pride and Prejudice 2005

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

Edwardian

Resources

• http://www.cap-that.com/
• http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/
• http://kissthemgoodbye.net/PeriodDrama/index.php
• http://caps.desert-sky.net/w&d.htm
• http://austen.desert-sky.net/index.html
• http://screencapsource.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/amazing-grace-2006.html
• https://movie-screencaps.com/movie-directory/
• Google Image search