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. A strikethrough denotes a PB in use as a current character.
Young Male
- Joe Anderson: Becoming Jane
Richard Armitage: North and South- Alexander Arnold: Poldark
- Jonathan Arris: Bright Star
- Ariyon Bakare: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- David Bamber: Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Aneurin Barnard: The Scandalous Lady W, Moonfleet
- William Beck: Northanger Abbey
- Sean Bean: Sharpe
- Joseph Beattie: Mansfield Park 2007
- Paul Bettany: Master and Commander
- Alexander Beyer: War and Peace 2007
- Crispin Bonham-Carter: Pride and Prejudice 1995
Alessio Boni: War and Peace 2007- Hugh Bonneville: Mansfield Park
Douglas Booth: Great Expectations 2011- Ed Browning: Poldark
- Andrew Buchan: Cranford, Garrow's Law, Jane Eyre
- Robert Burbage Mansfield Park 1983
- Tom Burke Great Expectations 2011, War and Peace 2016
- Anthony Calf Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Stephen Campbell Moore: Amazing Grace (awaiting screencaps)
- Bertie Carvel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Henry Cavill: Count of Monte Cristo 2003- Enzo Cilenti: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Dominic Cooper: Sense and Sensibility 2008
- Ryan Corr: Banished
- Raymond Coulthard: Emma ITV
- Elliot Cowan: Lost in Austen
- Brendan Coyle: North and South
- Benedict Cumberbatch: Amazing Grace, To The Ends of The Earth
- Alan Cumming: Emma 1996
James D'Arcy: Master and Commander, Mansfield Park 2007- Jack Davenport: Mary Bryant, Pirates of the Caribbean
- David Dawson: Banished
- Finn Den Hertog: Outlander
- Ken Duken: War and Peace 2007
- Mark Dymond: Northanger Abbey
- Charles Edwards Mansfield Park 1999
- Robin Ellis: Poldark 1976
- Daniel Evans: To The Ends of The Earth
- Rupert Evans: Emma 2009, North and South
- Jack Farthing: Poldark 2015
JJ Feild: Austenland, Northanger Abbey, To The Ends of The Earth- Tom Felton: Belle
- Colin Firth: Pride and Prejudice 1995
- James Fleet: Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard: A Royal Affair
- Laurence Fox: Becoming Jane
- Hugh Fraser: Sharpe
- Dan Fredenburgh: Emma 2009
- Rupert Friend: Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Mark Gatiss: Sense and Sensibility 2008
Iain Glen: Wives and Daughters- Philip Glenister: Byron, Vanity Fair 1998
- Robert Glenister: Persuasion 1995
Matthew Goode: Death Comes to Pemberley, Belle- Tom Goodman-Hill Miss Austen Regrets
- Hugh Grant Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Richard E. Grant Monsieur N, The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Ioan Gruffudd Amazing Grace; Hornblower
- Jefferson Hall Emma 2009
- Tom Hardy Wuthering Heights 2009
- Richard Harrington Poldark
John Heffernan Jonathan Strange- Guy Henry Lost in Austen; John Adams
- Sam Heughan Outlander
Tom Hiddleston Miss Austen Regrets, Cranford- Ciaran Hinds Persuasion 1995
- Tom Hollander Wives and Daughters, Pride and Prejudice 2005
- John Hollingworth Poldark 2015
- Edward Hogg Jonathan Strange
- William Houston North and South
- Anthony Howell Wives and Daughters
- James Howson Wuthering Heights 2011
Lee Ingleby Master & Commander- Rory Kinnear Mansfield Park
- Chris Larkin Master & Commander
- Hugh Laurie Sense and Sensibility
- Jonny Lee Miller Mansfield Park 1999, Emma 2009
- John Light North and South
- Adrian Lukis Pride and Prejudice 1995
Richard Lumsden Sense and Sensibility 1995Matthew Macfadyen Pride and Prejudice 2005; The Way We Live Now; Little Dorrit- James McAvoy Becoming Jane
- Joe McFadden Cranford
- Ewan McGregor Emma 1996
- Matthew McNulty Cranford
- Tobias Menzies Persuasion 20077, Outlander
- Mads Mikkelsen A Royal Affair
- Tom Mison Lost in Austen
- Joseph Morgan Mansfield Park 2007, Master and Commander
David Morrissey Sense and Sensibility 2008- Youssou N'Dour Amazing Grace
- Alessandro Nivola Mansfield Park 1999
- Luke Norris Poldark 2015
Jeremy Northam Emma 1996James Norton Death Comes to Pemberley)- Hugh O'Conor Northanger Abbey 2007
- Grant O'Rourke Outlander
Jamie Parker Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell- Nathaniel Parker Vanity Fair 1998
Rupert Penry-Jones Persuasion 2007- Alistair Petrie Emma ITV
James Purefoy Mansfield Park 1999, Beau Brummell: This Charming Man- Sam Reid Belle
- Julian Rhind-Tutt Banished
Matthew Rhys Death Comes to Pemberley- Tom Riley Lost in Austen
- Blake Ritson Mansfield Park 2007, Emma 2009
- Jay Rodan Monsieur N
- Samuel Roukin Miss Austen Regrets, Bright Star
- Dominic Rowan Emma ITV
- Simon Russell Beale Persuasion 1995
- Benjamin Sadler War and Peace
- Xavier Samuel Love and Friendship
- Paul Schneider Bright Star
- Rufus Sewell Amazing Grace
- Jamie Sives To The Ends of the Earth
- Kyle Soller Poldark 2015
Dan Stevens Sense and Sensibility 2008- Adam Storke (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[2])
- Mark Strong Emma ITV
- Russell Tovey Banished
Aidan Turner Poldark 2015Tom Ward Death Comes to Pemberley, Vanity Fair 1998- Samuel West Persuasion, Hornblower
- Ben Whishaw Bright Star
- Greg Wise Sense and Sensibility 1995, Hornblower
- Edward Woodall Master and Commander
Simon Woods Pride and Prejudice 2005, Cranford
Young Female
Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[3])Hayley Atwell Mansfield Park 2007- Caitriona Balfe Outlander
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[4])
Kate Beckinsale Emma ITV, Love and Friendship- Ruby Bentall Lost in Austen, Poldark 2015
- Claudie Blakly Bright Star, Pride and Prejudice 2005, Lark Rise to Candleford
- Samantha Bond Mansfield Park 1983
- Lucy Briers Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Jessie Buckley War and Peace 2016
- MyAnna Buring Banished
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes Bright Star
- Valentina Cervi War and Peace 2007
Anna Chancellor Pride and Prejudice 1995- Morven Christie Lost in Austen
- Morfydd Clark Love and Friendship
- Lucy Cohu Becoming Jane
- Christina Cole Lost in Austen, Emma 2009
Jenna Coleman Death Comes to Pemberley- Toni Collette Emma 1996
Abbie Cornish Bright Star- Embeth Davidtz Mansfield Park 1999
- Julia Davis Persuasion 2007
- Lucy Davis Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Felicity Dean Persuasion 1995
- Daniela Denby-Ashe North and South
- Lisa Dillon Cranford
- Michelle Dockery Cranford
- Laura Donnelly Outlander
- Lucinda Dryzek Jonathan Strange
Kirsten Dunst Marie Antoinette- Louise Dylan Emma 2009
Jennifer Ehle Pride and PrejudiceAlice Englert Jonathan Strange- Emilia Fox Pride and Prejudice
Sarah Gadon BelleRomala Garai Emma 209, Amazing Grace, Vanity Fair 2004[5], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant- Frances Grey Vanity Fair 1998
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[6])
- Daisy Haggard Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Amanda Hale Persuasion 2007
- Rosalind Halstead (Wuthering Heights 2002[7])
- Anne Hathaway Becoming Jane
- Victoria Hamilton Mansfield Park 1999, Persuasion 1995, To The Ends of the Earth
- Susannah Harker Pride and Prejudice 1995
Keeley Hawes Wives and Daughters- Sally Hawkins Persuasion 2007
- Siobhan Hewlett Monsieur N
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[8])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[9])
- Nell Hudson Outlander
Felicity Jones Northanger Abbey 2007- Jo Joyner North and South
Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice 2005- Crystal Leaity Poldark 2015
- Natasha Little Vanity Fair 1998
- Polly Maberly Pride and Prejudice
- Anna Madeley Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Jena Malone Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Anna Maxwell Martin Becoming Jane, Death Comes to Pemberley, North and South
- Jodhi May Emma 2009
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw Belle
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[10])
- Hattie Morahan Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Samantha Morton Emma ITV
Carey Mulligan Pride and Prejudice 2005, Northanger Abbey 2007- Phoebe Nicholls Persuasion 1995
- Kimberley Nixon Cranford
- Gracee O'Brien Poldark 2016
- Frances O'Connor Mansfield Park 1999
- Joanna Page To the Ends of the Earth
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[11])
Rosamund Pike [[Media:Rosamund Pike1.jpg|Pride and Prejudice 2005, Wives and Daughters- Billie Piper Mansfield Park 2007
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[12])
- Clemence Poesy War and Peace
- Teri Polo (Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV mini-series[13])
Imogen Poots Miss Austen Regrets- Laura Pyper Emma 2009
Heida Reed Poldark- Kelly Reilly Pride and Prejudice 2005
- Charlotte Riley Jonathan Strange; Wuthering Heights 2009
Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[14])- Emma Roberts Persuasion 1995
- Lucy Robinson Pride and Prejudice 1995, Emma ITV
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[15])
- Amanda Root Persuasion 1995
- Michelle Ryan Mansfield Park 2007
Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[16], Cranford[17], Hornblower[18])- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[19])
- Kaya Scodelario Wuthering Heights 2011
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[20])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[21])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[22])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[23])
- Imogen Stubbs Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[24])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[25])
Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[26], Poldark[27])- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[28])
Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[29])- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[30])
Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[31], Wives and Daughters- Charity Wakefield Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[32])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[33])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[34])
Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[35])- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[36])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[37])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[38], Miss Austen Regrets[39])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[40])
Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[41])
Older Male
Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[42])- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[43], Miss Austen Regrets[44], Beau Brummell[45])
- John Bowe (Cranford[46])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[47])
- Jim Carter (Cranford[48])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[49])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[50])
Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[51], Les Miserables[52])- Michael Culkin (Poldark[53])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[54])
- Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [55])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[56])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[57])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[58])
- Robin Ellis (Poldark 2015[59])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[60])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[61])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[62])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[63], Amazing Grace[64], Wives and Daughters[65], Cranford[66])
- Philip Glenister (Cranford[67])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[68])
- Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[69])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[70])
- James Hazeldine Emma ITV
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[71])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[72])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[73])
- Bernard Hepton Emma ITV
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[74])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[75])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[76])
- Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[77])
- Alex Jennings (Cranford[78])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[79])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[80])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[81])
- James Laurenson (Sharpe [82])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[83])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[84])
- Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[85], Garrow's Law[86], Little Dorrit[87])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[88])
- Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[89])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[90])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[91])
- Rory McCann (Banished[92])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[93])
- Kevin McNally Wuthering Heights 2009
- Joseph Millson Banished
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[94])
- Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [95], Mary Bryant[96])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[97], Wives and Daughters[98])
- Alistair Petrie: Cranford 2007
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[99])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[100])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[101])
- Christopher Plummer (Waterloo[102])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[103])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[104])
- Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[105])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[106])
- Alan Rickman Sense and Sensibility 1995
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[107])
- Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[108])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[109])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[110])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[111], Poldark[112])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[113])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[114])
- David Wenham (Banished[115])
- Sam West Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Benjamin Whitrow Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[116])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[117])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[118])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[119])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[120])
- Greg Wise Cranford
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[121])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[122])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[123])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[124], Cranford[125])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[126])
- Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[127])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[128])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[129], Mr Turner [130])
- Linda Bassett Sense & Sensibility 2008
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[131])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[132])
- Samantha Bond Emma ITV
- Orla Brady (Banished[133])
- Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[134])
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[135])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[136])
Judi Dench (Cranford[137]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[138])- Sally Dexter (Poldark[139])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[140], Mansfield Park[141])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[142])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[143])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[144])
- Lynn Farleigh Pride and Prejudice 1995
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[145], Cranford[146])
- Emma Fielding Cranford
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[147])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[148])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[149])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[150])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[151])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[152])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[153])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[154])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[155])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[156])
- Alice Krige Persuasion 2008
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[157], Miss Austen Regrets[158])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt Pride and Prejudice, Wives and Daughters[159])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[160], Amazing Grace[161], Vanity Fair 1998[162])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[163])
- Cherie Lunghi (Hornblower[164])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[165], Cranford[166])
- Geraldine McEwen [Vanity Fair 2004[167])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[168])
- Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[169])
- Jean Marsh Sense & Sensibility 2008
Janet McTeer Sense & Sensibility 2008- Helen Mirren (Gosford Park[170])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[171])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[172])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[173])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[174])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[175])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[176])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[177])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[178])
- Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[179])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[180])
- Maggie Smith Becoming Jane
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[181])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[182], Cranford[183])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[184])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[185])
- Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[186])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[187])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[188])
- Emily Watson (Belle[189])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[190], Wives and Daughters[191])
List of films/TV shows added to the list so far
Georgian
- Amazing Grace
- A Royal Affair
- Banished
- Belle
- Garrow's Law
- Longitude
- Love and Friendship
- Marie Antoinette
- Outlander
- Poldark (1976 and 2015)
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Duchess
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
Regency
- Austenland
- Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
- Becoming Jane
- Bright Star
- Byron
- Death Comes to Pemberley
- Desperate Romantics
- 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
- Vanity Fair 2004
- War and Peace 2007
- Waterloo
- Wuthering Heights (at least the 2009 version, can't say for any others)
Victorian
- North and South
- Wives and Daughters
- Cranford