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])
- Richard Armitage (North and South[3])
- Alexander Arnold (Poldark[4])
- Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[5])
- David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[6])
- William Beck (Northanger Abbey[7])
- Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[8])
- Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[9])
- Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[10])
- Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[11])
- Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[12])
- Ed Browning (Poldark[13])
- Andrew Buchan (Cranford[14])
- Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[15])
- Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[16])
- Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[17])
- Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[18])
- Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[19])
- Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[20])
- Brendan Coyle (North and South[21])
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[22])
- Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[23])
- James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[24])
- Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[25])
- Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[26])
- Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[27])
- Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[28], North and South[29])
- Jack Farthing (Poldark[30])
- JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[31]; To The Ends of The Earth [32])
- Tom Felton (Belle[33])
- Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[34])
- James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[35])
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[36])
- Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[37])
- Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[38])
- Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[39])
- Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[40])
- Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[41], Belle[42])
- Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[43])
- Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[44])
- Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[45])
- Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[46])
- Richard Harrington (Poldark[47])
- John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[48])
- Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[49])
- Sam Heughan (Outlander[50])
- Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[51], Cranford[52])
- Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[53])
- Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[54], Pride and Prejudice 2005[55])
- John Hollingworth (Poldark[56])
- Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[57])
- William Houston (North and South[58])
- Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[59])
- Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[60])
- Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[61])
- Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[62], Emma 2009[63])
- John Light (North and South[64])
- Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[65])
- Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[66])
- Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[67])
- James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[68])
- Joe McFadden (Cranford[69])
- Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[70])
- Matthew McNulty (Cranford[71])
- Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[72], Outlander[73])
- Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[74])
- Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[75])
- Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[76])
- David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[77])
- Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[78])
- Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[79])
- Luke Norris (Poldark[80])
- Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[81])
- James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[82])
- Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[83])
- Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[84])
- Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[85])
- Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[86])
- Alistair Petrie (Cranford[87])
- James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[88], Beau Brummell[89])
- Sam Reid (Belle[90])
- Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[91])
- Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[92])
- Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[93])
- Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[94], Emma 2009[95])
- Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[96], Bright Star[97])
- Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[98])
- Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[99])
- Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[100])
- Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[101])
- Paul Schneider (Bright Star[102])
- Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[103])
- Kyle Soller (Poldark[104])
- Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[105])
- Mark Strong (Emma ITV[106])
- Russell Tovey (Banished[107])
- Aidan Turner (Poldark[108])
- Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[109])
- Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[110], Jonathan Strange[111])
- Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[112])
- Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[113])
- Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[114], Cranford[115])
Young Female
- Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[116])
- Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[117])
- Catriona Balfe (Outlander[118])
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[119])
- Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[120])
- Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[121], Poldark[122])
- Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[123], Bright Star[124], Cranford[125])
- Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[126])
- Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[127])
- MyAnna Buring (Banished[128])
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[129])
- Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[130])
- Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[131])
- Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[132])
- Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[133])
- Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[134])
- Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[135], Emma 2009[136])
- Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[137])
- Toni Collette (Emma 1996[138])
- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[139])
- Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[140])
- Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[141])
- Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[142])
- Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[143])
- Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[144])
- Lisa Dillon (Cranford[145])
- Michelle Dockery (Cranford[146])
- Laura Donnelly (Outlander[147])
- Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[148])
- Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[149])
- Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[150])
- Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[151])
- Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[152])
- Sarah Gadon (Belle[153])
- Romala Garai (Emma 2009[154], Amazing Grace[155])
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[156])
- Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[157])
- Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[158])
- Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[159])
- Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[160], Persuasion 1995[161])
- Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[162])
- Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[163])
- Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[164])
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[165])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[166])
- Nell Hudson (Outlander[167])
- Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[168])
- Jo Joyner (North and South[169])
- Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[170])
- Crystal Leaity (Poldark[171])
- Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[172])
- Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[173])
- Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[174])
- Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[175], Death Comes to Pemberley[176], North and South[177])
- Jodhi May (Emma 2009[178])
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[179])
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[180])
- Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[181])
- Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[182])
- Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[183])
- Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[184], Northanger Abbey[185])
- Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[186])
- Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[187])
- Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[188])
- Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[189])
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[190])
- Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[191], Wives and Daughters[192])
- Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[193])
- Laura Piper (Emma 2009[194])
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[195])
- Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[196])
- Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[197])
- Heida Reed (Poldark[198])
- Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[199])
- Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[200])
- Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[201])
- Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[202], Emma ITV[203])
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[204])
- Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[205])
- Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[206])
- Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[207], Cranford[208])
- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[209])
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[210])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[211])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[212])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[213])
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[214])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[215])
- Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[216], Poldark[217])
- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[218])
- Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[219])
- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[220])
- Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[221], Wives and Daughters[222])
- Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[223])
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[224])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[225])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[226])
- Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[227])
- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[228])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[229])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[230], Miss Austen Regrets[231])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[232])
Older Male
- Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[233])
- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[234], Miss Austen Regrets[235], Beau Brummell[236])
- John Bowe (Cranford[237])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[238])
- Jim Carter (Cranford[239])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[240])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[241])
- Michael Culkin (Poldark[242])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[243])
- Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [244])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[245])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[246])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[247])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[248])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[249])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[250])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[251], Amazing Grace[252], Wives and Daughters[253], Cranford[254])
- Philip Glenister (Cranford[255])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[256])
- Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[257])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[258])
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[259])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[260])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[261])
- Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[262])
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[263])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[264])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[265])
- Alex Jennings (Cranford[266])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[267])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[268])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[269])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[270])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[271])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[272])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[273])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[274])
- Rory McCann (Banished[275])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[276])
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[277])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[278], Wives and Daughters[279])
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[280])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[281])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[282])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[283])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[284])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[285])
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[286])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[287])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[288])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[289], Poldark[290])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[291])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[292])
- David Wenham (Banished[293])
- Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[294])
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[295])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[296])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[297])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[298])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[299])
- Greg Wise (Cranford[300])
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[301])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[302])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[303])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[304], Cranford[305])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[306])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[307])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[308])
- Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[309])
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[310])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[311])
- Orla Brady (Banished[312])
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[313])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[314])
- Judi Dench (Cranford[315]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[316])
- Sally Dexter (Poldark[317])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[318], Mansfield Park[319])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[320])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[321])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[322])
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[323], Cranford[324])
- Emma Fielding (Cranford[325])
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[326])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[327])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[328])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[329])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[330])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[331])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[332])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[333])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[334])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[335])
- Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[336])
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[337], Miss Austen Regrets[338])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[339], Wives and Daughters[340])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[341], Amazing Grace[342])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[343])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[344], Cranford[345])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[346])
- Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[347])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[348])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[349])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[350])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[351])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[352])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[353])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[354])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[355])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[356])
- Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[357])
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[358])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[359], Cranford[360])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[361])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[362])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[363])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[364])
- Emily Watson (Belle[365])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[366], Wives and Daughters[367])
List of films/TV shows added to the list so far
Georgian
- Poldark
- Amazing Grace
- A Royal Affair
- Banished
- Belle
- Outlander
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
- Bright Star
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
- War and Peace 2007
Victorian
- North and South
- Wives and Daughters
- Cranford