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])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[44])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[45], Belle[46])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[47])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[48])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[49])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[50])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[51])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[52])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[53])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[54])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[55], Cranford[56])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[57])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[58], Pride and Prejudice 2005[59])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[60])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[61])
• William Houston (North and South[62])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[63])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[64])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[65])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[66], Emma 2009[67])
• John Light (North and South[68])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[69])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[70])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[71])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[72])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[73])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[74], The Scarlet Pimpernel[75])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[76])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[77])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[78], Outlander[79])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[80])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[81])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[82])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[83])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[84])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[85])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[86])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[87])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[88])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[89])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[90])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[91])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[92])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[93])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[94])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[95], Beau Brummell[96])
• Sam Reid (Belle[97])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[98])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[99])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[100])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[101], Emma 2009[102])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[103])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[104], Bright Star[105])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[106])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[107])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[108])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[109])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[110])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[111])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[112])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[113])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[114])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[115])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[116])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[117], Vanity Fair 1998[118])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[119], Jonathan Strange[120])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[121])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[122])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[123], Cranford[124])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[125])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[126])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[127])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[128])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[129])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[130], Poldark[131])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[132], Bright Star[133], Cranford[134])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[135])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[136])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[137])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[138])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[139])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[140])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[141])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[142])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[143])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[144], Emma 2009[145])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[146])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[147])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[148])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[149])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[150])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[151])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[152])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[153])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[154])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[155])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[156])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[157])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[158])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[159])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[160])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[161])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[162])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[163], Amazing Grace[164])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[165])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[166])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[167])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[168])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[169])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[170], Persuasion 1995[171])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[172])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[173])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[174])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[175])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[176])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[177])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[178])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[179])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[180])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[181])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[182])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[183])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[184])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[185])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[186])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[187], Death Comes to Pemberley[188], North and South[189])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[190])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[191])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[192])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[193])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[194])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[195])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[196], Northanger Abbey[197])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[198])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[199])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[200])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[201])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[202])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[203], Wives and Daughters[204])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[205])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[206])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[207])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[208])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[209])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[210])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[211])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[212])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[213])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[214], Emma ITV[215])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[216])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[217])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[218])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[219], Cranford[220])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[221])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[222])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[223])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[224])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[225])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[226])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[227])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[228], Poldark[229])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[230])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[231])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[232])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[233], Wives and Daughters[234])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[235])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[236])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[237])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[238])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[239])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[240])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[241])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[242], Miss Austen Regrets[243])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[244])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[245])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[246])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[247], Miss Austen Regrets[248], Beau Brummell[249])
• John Bowe (Cranford[250])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[251])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[252])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[253])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[254])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[255], Les Miserables[256])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[257])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[258])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [259])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[260])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[261])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[262])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[263])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[264])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[265])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[266], Amazing Grace[267], Wives and Daughters[268], Cranford[269])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[270])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[271])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[272])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[273])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[274])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[275])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[276])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[277])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[278])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[279])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[280])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[281])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[282])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[283])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[284])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[285])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[286])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[287])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[288])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[289])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[290])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[291])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[292])
• Rory McCann (Banished[293])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[294])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[295])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[296])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [297])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[298], Wives and Daughters[299])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[300])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[301])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[302])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[303])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[304])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[305])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[306])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[307])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[308])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[309])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[310], Poldark[311])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[312])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[313])
• David Wenham (Banished[314])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[315])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[316])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[317])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[318])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[319])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[320])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[321])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[322])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[323])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[324])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[325], Cranford[326])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[327])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[328])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[329])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[330], Mr Turner [331])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[332])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[333])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[334])
• Orla Brady (Banished[335])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[336])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[337])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[338]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[339])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[340])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[341], Mansfield Park[342])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[343])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[344])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[345])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[346], Cranford[347])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[348])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[349])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[350])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[351])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[352])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[353])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[354])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[355])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[356])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[357])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[358])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[359])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[360], Miss Austen Regrets[361])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[362], Wives and Daughters[363])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[364], Amazing Grace[365])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[366])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[367], Cranford[368])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[369])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[370])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[371])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[372])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[373])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[374])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[375])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[376])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[377])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[378])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[379])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[380])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[381])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[382])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[383])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[384], Cranford[385])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[386])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[387])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[388])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[389])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[390])
• Emily Watson (Belle[391])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[392], Wives and Daughters[393])

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
• Vanity Fair 1998
• Monsieur N
• Mr Turner

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford