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])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[3])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[4])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[5])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[6])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[7])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[8])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[9])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[10])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[11])
• James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[12])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[13])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[14])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[15])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[16])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[17])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[18])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[19])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[20])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[21])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[22])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[23])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[24])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[25])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[26])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[27])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[28], Emma 2009[29])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[30])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[31])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[32])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[33])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[34])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[35])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[36])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[37])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[38])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[39])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[40])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[41])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[42])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[43])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[44])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[45])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[46])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[47], Emma 2009[48])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[49])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[50])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[51])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[52])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[53])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[54])
• Simon West (Persuasion 1995[55])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[56])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[57])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[58])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[59])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[60])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[61])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[62])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[63])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[64])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[65])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[66])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[67])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[68], Emma 2009[69])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[70])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[71])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[72])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[73])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[74])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[75])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[76])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[77])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[78])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[79])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[80])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[81])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[82])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[83], Persuasion 1995[84])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[85])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[86])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[87])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[88])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[89])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[90])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[91])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[92])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[93])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[94], Death Comes to Pemberley[95])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[96])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[97])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[98])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[99], Northanger Abbey[100])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[101])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[102])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[103])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[104])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[105])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[106])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[107])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[108])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[109], Emma ITV[110])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[111])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[112])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[113])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[114])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[115])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[116])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[117])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[118])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[119])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[120])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[121])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[122])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[123])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[124])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[125])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[126])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[127])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[128])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[129])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[130])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[131])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[132])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[133])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[134])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[135])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[136])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[137])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[138])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[139])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[140])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[141])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[142])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[143])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[144])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[145])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[146])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[147])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[148])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[149])

Older Female

• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[150])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[151])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[152])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[153])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[154], Mansfield Park[155])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[156])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[157])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[158])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[159])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[160])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[161])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[162])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[163])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[164])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[165])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[166])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[167])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[168])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[169])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[170])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[171])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[172])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[173])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[174])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[175])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[176])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[177])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[178])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[179])

List of films/TV shows added to the list so far

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