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])
- Paul Bettany (Master and Commander[10])
- Alexander Beyer (War and Peace 2007[11])
- Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[12])
- Alessio Boni (War and Peace 2007[13])
- Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[14])
- Ed Browning (Poldark[15])
- Andrew Buchan (Cranford[16])
- Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[17])
- Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[18])
- Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[19])
- Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[20])
- Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[21])
- Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[22])
- Brendan Coyle (North and South[23])
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[24]; To The Ends of The Earth[25])
- Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[26])
- James D'Arcy (Master and Commander[27], Mansfield Park 2007[28])
- Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[29])
- Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[30])
- Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[31])
- Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[32])
- Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[33], North and South[34])
- Jack Farthing (Poldark[35])
- JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[36]; To The Ends of The Earth [37])
- Tom Felton (Belle[38])
- Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[39])
- James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[40])
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[41])
- Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[42])
- Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[43])
- Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[44])
- Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[45])
- Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[46])
- Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[47], Belle[48])
- Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[49])
- Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[50])
- Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[51], The Scarlet Pimpernel[52])
- Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[53])
- Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[54])
- Richard Harrington (Poldark[55])
- John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[56])
- Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[57])
- Sam Heughan (Outlander[58])
- Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[59], Cranford[60])
- Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[61])
- Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[62], Pride and Prejudice 2005[63])
- John Hollingworth (Poldark[64])
- Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[65])
- William Houston (North and South[66])
- Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[67])
- Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[68])
- Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[69])
- Chris Larkin (Master and Commander[70])
- Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[71])
- Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[72], Emma 2009[73])
- John Light (North and South[74])
- Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[75])
- Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[76])
- Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[77])
- James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[78])
- Joe McFadden (Cranford[79])
- Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[80])
- Matthew McNulty (Cranford[81])
- Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[82], Outlander[83])
- Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[84])
- Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[85])
- Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[86])
- David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[87])
- Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[88])
- Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[89])
- Luke Norris (Poldark[90])
- Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[91])
- James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[92])
- Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[93])
- Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[94])
- Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[95])
- Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[96])
- Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[97])
- Alistair Petrie (Cranford[98])
- James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[99], Beau Brummell[100])
- Sam Reid (Belle[101])
- Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[102])
- Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[103])
- Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[104])
- Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[105], Emma 2009[106])
- Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[107])
- Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[108], Bright Star[109])
- Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[110])
- Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[111])
- Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[112])
- Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[113])
- Paul Schneider (Bright Star[114])
- Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[115])
- Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[116])
- Kyle Soller (Poldark[117])
- Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[118])
- Mark Strong (Emma ITV[119])
- Russell Tovey (Banished[120])
- Aidan Turner (Poldark[121])
- Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[122], Vanity Fair 1998[123])
- Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[124], Jonathan Strange[125], Hornblower[126])
- Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[127])
- Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[128])
- Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[129])
- Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[130], Cranford[131])
Young Female
- Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[132])
- Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[133])
- Catriona Balfe (Outlander[134])
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[135])
- Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[136])
- Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[137], Poldark[138])
- Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[139], Bright Star[140], Cranford[141])
- Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[142])
- Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[143])
- MyAnna Buring (Banished[144])
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[145])
- Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[146])
- Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[147])
- Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[148])
- Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[149])
- Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[150])
- Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[151], Emma 2009[152])
- Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[153])
- Toni Collette (Emma 1996[154])
- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[155])
- Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[156])
- Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[157])
- Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[158])
- Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[159])
- Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[160])
- Lisa Dillon (Cranford[161])
- Michelle Dockery (Cranford[162])
- Laura Donnelly (Outlander[163])
- Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[164])
- Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[165])
- Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[166])
- Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[167])
- Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[168])
- Sarah Gadon (Belle[169])
- Romala Garai (Emma 2009[170], Amazing Grace[171], Vanity Fair 2004[172], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[173])
- Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[174])
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[175])
- Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[176])
- Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[177])
- Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[178])
- Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[179], Persuasion 1995[180], To The Ends of The Earth[181])
- Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[182])
- Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[183])
- Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[184])
- Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[185])
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[186])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[187])
- Nell Hudson (Outlander[188])
- Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[189])
- Jo Joyner (North and South[190])
- Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[191])
- Crystal Leaity (Poldark[192])
- Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[193])
- Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[194])
- Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[195])
- Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[196])
- Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[197], Death Comes to Pemberley[198], North and South[199])
- Jodhi May (Emma 2009[200])
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[201])
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[202])
- Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[203])
- Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[204])
- Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[205])
- Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[206], Northanger Abbey[207])
- Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[208])
- Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[209])
- Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[210])
- Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[211])
- Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[212]
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[213])
- Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[214], Wives and Daughters[215])
- Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[216])
- Laura Piper (Emma 2009[217])
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[218])
- Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[219])
- Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[220])
- Heida Reed (Poldark[221])
- Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[222])
- Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[223])
- Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[224])
- Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[225], Emma ITV[226])
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[227])
- Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[228])
- Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[229])
- Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[230], Cranford[231])
- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[232])
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[233])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[234])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[235])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[236])
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[237])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[238])
- Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[239], Poldark[240])
- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[241])
- Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[242])
- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[243])
- Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[244], Wives and Daughters[245])
- Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[246])
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[247])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[248])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[249])
- Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[250])
- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[251])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[252])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[253], Miss Austen Regrets[254])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[255])
- Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[256])
Older Male
- Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[257])
- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[258], Miss Austen Regrets[259], Beau Brummell[260])
- John Bowe (Cranford[261])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[262])
- Jim Carter (Cranford[263])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[264])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[265])
- Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[266], Les Miserables[267])
- Michael Culkin (Poldark[268])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[269])
- Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [270])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[271])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[272])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[273])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[274])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[275])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[276])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[277], Amazing Grace[278], Wives and Daughters[279], Cranford[280])
- Philip Glenister (Cranford[281])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[282])
- Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[283])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[284])
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[285])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[286])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[287])
- Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[288])
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[289])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[290])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[291])
- Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[292])
- Alex Jennings (Cranford[293])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[294])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[295])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[296])
- Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[297])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[298])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[299])
- Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[300])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[301])
- Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[302])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[303])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[304])
- Rory McCann (Banished[305])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[306])
- Joseph Millson (Banished[307])
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[308])
- Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [309])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[310], Wives and Daughters[311])
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[312])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[313])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[314])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[315])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[316])
- Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[317])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[318])
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[319])
- Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[320])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[321])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[322])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[323], Poldark[324])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[325])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[326])
- David Wenham (Banished[327])
- Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[328])
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[329])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[330])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[331])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[332])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[333])
- Greg Wise (Cranford[334])
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[335])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[336])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[337])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[338], Cranford[339])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[340])
- Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[341])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[342])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[343], Mr Turner [344])
- Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[345])
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[346])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[347])
- Orla Brady (Banished[348])
- Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[349])
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[350])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[351])
- Judi Dench (Cranford[352]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[353])
- Sally Dexter (Poldark[354])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[355], Mansfield Park[356])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[357])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[358])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[359])
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[360], Cranford[361])
- Emma Fielding (Cranford[362])
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[363])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[364])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[365])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[366])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[367])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[368])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[369])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[370])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[371])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[372])
- Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[373])
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[374], Miss Austen Regrets[375])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[376], Wives and Daughters[377])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[378], Amazing Grace[379])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[380])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[381], Cranford[382])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[383])
- Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[384])
- Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[385])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[386])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[387])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[388])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[389])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[390])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[391])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[392])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[393])
- Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[394])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[395])
- Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[396])
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[397])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[398], Cranford[399])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[400])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[401])
- Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[402])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[403])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[404])
- Emily Watson (Belle[405])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[406], Wives and Daughters[407])
List of films/TV shows added to the list so far
Georgian
- Poldark
- Amazing Grace
- A Royal Affair
- Banished
- Belle
- Outlander
Regency
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
- Becoming Jane
- Bright Star
- Death Comes to Pemberley
- 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
- War and Peace 2007
- Waterloo
Victorian
- North and South
- Wives and Daughters
- Cranford