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])
• Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange[5])
• David Bamber (Pride and Prejudice 1995[6])
• William Beck (Northanger Abbey[7])
• Joseph Beattie (Mansfield Park 2007[8])
• Crispin Bonham-Carter (Pride and Prejudice 1995[9])
• Hugh Bonneville (Mansfield Park[10])
• Ed Browning (Poldark[11])
• Andrew Buchan (Cranford[12])
• Stephen Campbell Moore (Amazing Grace[13])
• Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange[14])
• Enzo Cilenti (Jonathan Strange[15])
• Dominic Cooper (Sense and Sensibility 2008[16])
• Raymond Coulthard (Emma ITV[17])
• Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen[18])
• Brendan Coyle (North and South[19])
• Benedict Cumberbatch (Amazing Grace[20])
• Alan Cumming (Emma 1996[21])
• James D'Arcy (Mansfield Park 2007[22])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[23])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[24])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[25], North and South[26])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[27])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[28])
• Tom Felton (Belle[29])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[30])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[31])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[32])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[33])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[34])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[35])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[36])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[37], Belle[38])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[39])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[40])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[41])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[42])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[43])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[44])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[45])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[46])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[47], Cranford[48])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[49])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[50], Pride and Prejudice 2005[51])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[52])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[53])
• William Houston (North and South[54])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[55])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[56])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[57])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[58], Emma 2009[59])
• John Light (North and South[60])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[61])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[62])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[63])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[64])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[65])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[66])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[67])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[68], Outlander[69])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[70])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[71])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[72])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[73])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[74])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[75])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[76])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[77])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[78])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[79])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[80])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[81])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[82])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[83])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[84], Beau Brummell[85])
• Sam Reid (Belle[86])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[87])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[88])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[89])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[90], Emma 2009[91])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[92], Bright Star[93])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[94])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[95])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[96])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[97])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[98])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[99])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[100])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[101])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[102])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[103])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[104])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[105], Jonathan Strange[106])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[107])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[108])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[109], Cranford[110])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[111])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[112])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[113])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[114])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[115])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[116], Poldark[117])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[118], Bright Star[119], Cranford[120])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[121])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[122])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[123])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[124])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[125])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[126])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[127])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[128])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[129], Emma 2009[130])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[131])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[132])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[133])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[134])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[135])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[136])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[137])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[138])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[139])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[140])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[141])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[142])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[143])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[144])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[145])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[146])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[147])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[148], Amazing Grace[149])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[150])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[151])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[152])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[153])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[154], Persuasion 1995[155])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[156])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[157])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[158])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[159])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[160])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[161])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[162])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[163])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[164])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[165])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[166])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[167])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[168])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[169], Death Comes to Pemberley[170], North and South[171])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[172])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[173])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[174])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[175])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[176])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[177], Northanger Abbey[178])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[179])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[180])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[181])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[182])
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[183])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[184], Wives and Daughters[185])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[186])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[187])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[188])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[189])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[190])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[191])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[192])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[193], Emma ITV[194])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[195])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[196])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[197])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[198], Cranford[199])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[200])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[201])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[202])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[203])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[204])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[205])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[206])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[207], Poldark[208])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[209])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[210])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[211])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[212], Wives and Daughters[213])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[214])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[215])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[216])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[217])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[218])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[219])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[220])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[221], Miss Austen Regrets[222])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[223])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[224])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[225], Miss Austen Regrets[226], Beau Brummell[227])
• John Bowe (Cranford[228])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[229])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[230])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[231])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[232])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[233])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[234])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[235])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[236])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[237])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[238])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[239])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[240])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[241], Amazing Grace[242], Wives and Daughters[243], Cranford[244])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[245])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[246])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[247])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[248])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[249])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[250])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[251])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[252])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[253])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[254])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[255])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[256])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[257])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[258])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[259])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[260])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[261])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[262])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[263])
• Rory McCann (Banished[264])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[265])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[266], Wives and Daughters[267])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[268])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[269])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[270])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[271])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[272])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[273])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[274])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[275])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[276])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[277], Poldark[278])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[279])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[280])
• David Wenham (Banished[281])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[282])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[283])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[284])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[285])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[286])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[287])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[288])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[289])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[290])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[291])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[292], Cranford[293])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[294])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[295])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[296])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[297])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[298])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[299])
• Orla Brady (Banished[300])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[301])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[302])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[303]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[304])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[305])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[306], Mansfield Park[307])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[308])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[309])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[310], Cranford[311])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[312])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[313])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[314])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[315])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[316])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[317])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[318])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[319])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[320])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[321])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[322])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[323])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[324], Miss Austen Regrets[325])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[326], Wives and Daughters[327])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[328], Amazing Grace[329])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[330])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[331], Cranford[332])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[333])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[334])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[335])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[336])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[337])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[338])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[339])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[340])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[341])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[342])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[343])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[344])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[345])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[346], Cranford[347])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[348])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[349])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[350])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[351])
• Emily Watson (Belle[352])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[353], Wives and Daughters[354])

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

Victorian

• North and South
• Wives and Daughters
• Cranford