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])
- Jonathan Arris (Bright Start[5])
- Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[6])
- David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[7])
- William Beck (Northanger Abbey[8])
- Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[9])
- Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[10])
- Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[11])
- Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[12])
- Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[13])
- Ed Browning (Poldark[14])
- Andrew Buchan (Cranford[15])
- Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[16])
- Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[17])
- Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[18])
- Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[19])
- Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[20])
- Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[21])
- Brendan Coyle (North and South[22])
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[23]; To The Ends of The Earth[24])
- Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[25])
- James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[26], Mansfield Park 2007[27])
- Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[28])
- Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[29])
- Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[30])
- Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[31], North and South[32])
- Jack Farthing (Poldark[33])
- JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[34]; To The Ends of The Earth [35])
- Tom Felton (Belle[36])
- Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[37])
- James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[38])
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[39])
- Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[40])
- Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[41])
- Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[42])
- Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[43])
- Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[44], Belle[45])
- Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[46])
- Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[47])
- Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[48])
- Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[49])
- Richard Harrington (Poldark[50])
- John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[51])
- Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[52])
- Sam Heughan (Outlander[53])
- Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[54], Cranford[55])
- Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[56])
- Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[57], Pride and Prejudice 2005[58])
- John Hollingworth (Poldark[59])
- Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[60])
- William Houston (North and South[61])
- Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[62])
- Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[63])
- Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[64])
- Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[65], Emma 2009[66])
- John Light (North and South[67])
- Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[68])
- Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[69])
- Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[70])
- James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[71])
- Joe McFadden (Cranford[72])
- Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[73], The Scarlet Pimpernel[74])
- Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[75])
- Matthew McNulty (Cranford[76])
- Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[77], Outlander[78])
- Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[79])
- Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[80])
- Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[81])
- David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[82])
- Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[83])
- Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[84])
- Luke Norris (Poldark[85])
- Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[86])
- James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[87])
- Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[88])
- Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[89])
- Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[90])
- Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[91])
- Alistair Petrie (Cranford[92])
- James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[93], Beau Brummell[94])
- Sam Reid (Belle[95])
- Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[96])
- Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[97])
- Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[98])
- Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[99], Emma 2009[100])
- Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[101])
- Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[102], Bright Star[103])
- Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[104])
- Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[105])
- Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[106])
- Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[107])
- Paul Schneider (Bright Star[108])
- Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[109])
- Kyle Soller (Poldark[110])
- Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[111])
- Mark Strong (Emma ITV[112])
- Russell Tovey (Banished[113])
- Aidan Turner (Poldark[114])
- Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[115])
- Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[116], Jonathan Strange[117])
- Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[118])
- Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[119])
- Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[120], Cranford[121])
Young Female
- Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[122])
- Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[123])
- Catriona Balfe (Outlander[124])
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[125])
- Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[126])
- Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[127], Poldark[128])
- Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[129], Bright Star[130], Cranford[131])
- Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[132])
- Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[133])
- MyAnna Buring (Banished[134])
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[135])
- Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[136])
- Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[137])
- Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[138])
- Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[139])
- Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[140])
- Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[141], Emma 2009[142])
- Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[143])
- Toni Collette (Emma 1996[144])
- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[145])
- Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[146])
- Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[147])
- Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[148])
- Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[149])
- Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[150])
- Lisa Dillon (Cranford[151])
- Michelle Dockery (Cranford[152])
- Laura Donnelly (Outlander[153])
- Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[154])
- Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[155])
- Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[156])
- Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[157])
- Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[158])
- Sarah Gadon (Belle[159])
- Romala Garai (Emma 2009[160], Amazing Grace[161])
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[162])
- Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[163])
- Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[164])
- Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[165])
- Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[166], Persuasion 1995[167])
- Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[168])
- Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[169])
- Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[170])
- Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[171])
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[172])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[173])
- Nell Hudson (Outlander[174])
- Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[175])
- Jo Joyner (North and South[176])
- Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[177])
- Crystal Leaity (Poldark[178])
- Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[179])
- Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[180])
- Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[181])
- Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[182], Death Comes to Pemberley[183], North and South[184])
- Jodhi May (Emma 2009[185])
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[186])
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[187])
- Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[188])
- Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[189])
- Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[190])
- Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[191], Northanger Abbey[192])
- Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[193])
- Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[194])
- Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[195])
- Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[196])
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[197])
- Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[198], Wives and Daughters[199])
- Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[200])
- Laura Piper (Emma 2009[201])
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[202])
- Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[203])
- Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[204])
- Heida Reed (Poldark[205])
- Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[206])
- Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[207])
- Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[208])
- Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[209], Emma ITV[210])
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[211])
- Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[212])
- Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[213])
- Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[214], Cranford[215])
- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[216])
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[217])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[218])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[219])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[220])
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[221])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[222])
- Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[223], Poldark[224])
- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[225])
- Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[226])
- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[227])
- Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[228], Wives and Daughters[229])
- Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[230])
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[231])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[232])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[233])
- Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[234])
- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[235])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[236])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[237], Miss Austen Regrets[238])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[239])
- Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[240])
Older Male
- Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[241])
- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[242], Miss Austen Regrets[243], Beau Brummell[244])
- John Bowe (Cranford[245])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[246])
- Jim Carter (Cranford[247])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[248])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[249])
- Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[250], Les Miserables[251])
- Michael Culkin (Poldark[252])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[253])
- Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [254])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[255])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[256])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[257])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[258])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[259])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[260])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[261], Amazing Grace[262], Wives and Daughters[263], Cranford[264])
- Philip Glenister (Cranford[265])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[266])
- Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[267])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[268])
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[269])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[270])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[271])
- Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[272])
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[273])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[274])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[275])
- Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[276])
- Alex Jennings (Cranford[277])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[278])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[279])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[280])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[281])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[282])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[283])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[284])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[285])
- Rory McCann (Banished[286])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[287])
- Joseph Millson (Banished[288])
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[289])
- Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [290])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[291], Wives and Daughters[292])
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[293])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[294])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[295])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[296])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[297])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[298])
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[299])
- Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[300])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[301])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[302])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[303], Poldark[304])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[305])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[306])
- David Wenham (Banished[307])
- Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[308])
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[309])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[310])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[311])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[312])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[313])
- Greg Wise (Cranford[314])
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[315])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[316])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[317])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[318], Cranford[319])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[320])
- Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[321])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[322])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[323], Mr Turner [324])
- Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[325])
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[326])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[327])
- Orla Brady (Banished[328])
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[329])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[330])
- Judi Dench (Cranford[331]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[332])
- Sally Dexter (Poldark[333])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[334], Mansfield Park[335])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[336])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[337])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[338])
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[339], Cranford[340])
- Emma Fielding (Cranford[341])
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[342])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[343])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[344])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[345])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[346])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[347])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[348])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[349])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[350])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[351])
- Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[352])
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[353], Miss Austen Regrets[354])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[355], Wives and Daughters[356])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[357], Amazing Grace[358])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[359])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[360], Cranford[361])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[362])
- Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[363])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[364])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[365])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[366])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[367])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[368])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[369])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[370])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[371])
- Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[372])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[373])
- Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[374])
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[375])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[376], Cranford[377])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[378])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[379])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[380])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[381])
- Emily Watson (Belle[382])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[383], Wives and Daughters[384])
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