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.

Young Male

• Joe Anderson (Becoming Jane[2])
• Alexander Arnold (Poldark[3])
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[4])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[5])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[6])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[7])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[8])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[9])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[10])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[11])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[12])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[13])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[14])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[15])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[16])
• James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[17])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[18])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[19])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[20])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[21])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[22])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[23])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[24])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[25])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[26])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[27])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[28])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[29])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[30])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[31])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[32])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[33])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[34])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[35])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[36])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[37])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[38])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[39])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[40], Emma 2009[41])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[42])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[43])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[44])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[45])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[46])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[47])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[48])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[49])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[50])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[51])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[52])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[53])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[54])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[55])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[56])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[57])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[58])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[59])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[60])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[61], Emma 2009[62])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[63])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[64])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[65])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[66])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[67])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[68])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[69])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[70])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[71])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[72], Jonathan Strange[73])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[74])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[75])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[76])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[77])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[78])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[79])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[80], Poldark[81])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[82])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[83])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[84])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[85])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[86])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[87])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[88], Emma 2009[89])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[90])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[91])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[92])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[93])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[94])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[95])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[96])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[97])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[98])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[99])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[100])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[101])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[102])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[103])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[104])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[105], Persuasion 1995[106])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[107])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[108])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[109])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[110])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[111])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[112])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[113])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[114])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[115])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[116])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[117], Death Comes to Pemberley[118])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[119])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[120])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[121])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[122], Northanger Abbey[123])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[124])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[125])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[126])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[127])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[128])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[129])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[130])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[131])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[132])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[133])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[134])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[135])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[136], Emma ITV[137])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[138])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[139])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[140])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[141])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[142])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[143])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[144])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[145])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[146])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[147])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[148])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[149], Poldark[150])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[151])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[152])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[153])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[154])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[155])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[156])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[157], Miss Austen Regrets[158])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[159])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[160])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[161], Miss Austen Regrets[162])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[163])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[164])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[165])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[166])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[167])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[168])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[169])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[170])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[171])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[172])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[173])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[174])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[175])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[176])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[177])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[178])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[179])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[180])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[181])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[182])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[183])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[184])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[185])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[186], Poldark[187])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[188])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[189])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[190])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[191])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[192])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[193])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[194])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[195])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[196])

Older Female

• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[197])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[198])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[199])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[200])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[201])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[202])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[203], Mansfield Park[204])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[205])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[206])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[207])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[208])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[209])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[210])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[211])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[212])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[213])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[214], Miss Austen Regrets[215])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[216])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[217])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[218])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[219])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[220])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[221])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[222])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[223])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[224])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[225])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[226])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[227])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[228])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[229])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[230])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[231])

List of films/TV shows added to the list so far

Georgian

• Poldark

Regency

• Pride and Prejudice 1995
• Pride and Prejudice 2005
• Lost in Austen
• Sense and Sensibility 1995
• Sense and Sensibility 2008
• Northanger Abbey
• Mansfield Park 1999
• Mansfield Park 2007
• Persuasion 1995
• Persuasion 2007
• Emma 1996
• Emma ITV
• Emma 2009
• Becoming Jane
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• Miss Austen Regrets
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell