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])
- Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[126])
- Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[127])
- Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[128])
- Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[129], Cranford[130])
Young Female
- Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[131])
- Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[132])
- Catriona Balfe (Outlander[133])
- Harriet Ballard (Poldark[134])
- Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[135])
- Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[136], Poldark[137])
- Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[138], Bright Star[139], Cranford[140])
- Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[141])
- Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[142])
- MyAnna Buring (Banished[143])
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[144])
- Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[145])
- Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[146])
- Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[147])
- Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[148])
- Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[149])
- Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[150], Emma 2009[151])
- Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[152])
- Toni Collette (Emma 1996[153])
- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[154])
- Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[155])
- Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[156])
- Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[157])
- Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[158])
- Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[159])
- Lisa Dillon (Cranford[160])
- Michelle Dockery (Cranford[161])
- Laura Donnelly (Outlander[162])
- Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[163])
- Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[164])
- Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[165])
- Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[166])
- Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[167])
- Sarah Gadon (Belle[168])
- Romala Garai (Emma 2009[169], Amazing Grace[170])
- Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[171])
- Selina Griffiths (Cranford[172])
- Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[173])
- Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[174])
- Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[175])
- Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[176], Persuasion 1995[177], To The Ends of The Earth[178])
- Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[179])
- Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[180])
- Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[181])
- Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[182])
- Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[183])
- Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[184])
- Nell Hudson (Outlander[185])
- Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[186])
- Jo Joyner (North and South[187])
- Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[188])
- Crystal Leaity (Poldark[189])
- Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[190])
- Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[191])
- Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[192])
- Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[193])
- Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[194], Death Comes to Pemberley[195], North and South[196])
- Jodhi May (Emma 2009[197])
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[198])
- Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[199])
- Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[200])
- Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[201])
- Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[202])
- Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[203], Northanger Abbey[204])
- Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[205])
- Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[206])
- Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[207])
- Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[208])
- Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[209]
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[210])
- Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[211], Wives and Daughters[212])
- Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[213])
- Laura Piper (Emma 2009[214])
- Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[215])
- Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[216])
- Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[217])
- Heida Reed (Poldark[218])
- Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[219])
- Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[220])
- Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[221])
- Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[222], Emma ITV[223])
- Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[224])
- Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[225])
- Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[226])
- Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[227], Cranford[228])
- Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[229])
- Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[230])
- Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[231])
- Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[232])
- Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[233])
- Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[234])
- Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[235])
- Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[236], Poldark[237])
- Joanna Vanderham (Banished[238])
- Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[239])
- Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[240])
- Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[241], Wives and Daughters[242])
- Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[243])
- Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[244])
- Polly Walker (Emma 1996[245])
- Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[246])
- Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[247])
- Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[248])
- Finty Williams (Cranford[249])
- Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[250], Miss Austen Regrets[251])
- Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[252])
- Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[253])
Older Male
- Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[254])
- Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[255], Miss Austen Regrets[256], Beau Brummell[257])
- John Bowe (Cranford[258])
- Ewen Bremner (Banished[259])
- Jim Carter (Cranford[260])
- Warren Clarke (Poldark[261])
- James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[262])
- Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[263], Les Miserables[264])
- Michael Culkin (Poldark[265])
- Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[266])
- Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [267])
- Philip Davis (Poldark[268])
- David Dencik (A Royal Affair[269])
- Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[270])
- Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[271])
- Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[272])
- Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[273])
- Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[274], Amazing Grace[275], Wives and Daughters[276], Cranford[277])
- Philip Glenister (Cranford[278])
- Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[279])
- Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[280])
- Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[281])
- Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[282])
- Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[283])
- Douglas Henshall (Outlander[284])
- Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[285])
- Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[286])
- Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[287])
- Richard Hope (Poldark[288])
- Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[289])
- Alex Jennings (Cranford[290])
- Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[291])
- Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[292])
- Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[293])
- Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[294])
- Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[295])
- Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[296])
- Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[297])
- Gary Lewis (Outlander[298])
- Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[299])
- Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[300])
- Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[301])
- Rory McCann (Banished[302])
- Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[303])
- Joseph Millson (Banished[304])
- Graham McTavish (Outlander[305])
- Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [306])
- Bill Paterson (Outlander[307], Wives and Daughters[308])
- Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[309])
- Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[310])
- Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[311])
- Brian Protheroe (North and South[312])
- Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[313])
- Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[314])
- Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[315])
- Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[316])
- Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[317])
- Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[318])
- Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[319])
- Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[320], Poldark[321])
- Stephen Walters (Outlander[322])
- Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[323])
- David Wenham (Banished[324])
- Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[325])
- Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[326])
- Tom Wilkinson (Belle[327])
- Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[328])
- Matthew Wilson (Poldark[329])
- Rory Wilton (Poldark[330])
- Greg Wise (Cranford[331])
- John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[332])
- Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[333])
- Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[334])
Older Female
- Francesca Annis (North and South[335], Cranford[336])
- Eileen Atkins (Cranford[337])
- Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[338])
- Annette Badland (Outlander[339])
- Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[340], Mr Turner [341])
- Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[342])
- Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[343])
- Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[344])
- Orla Brady (Banished[345])
- Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[346])
- Sinéad Cusack (North and South[347])
- Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[348])
- Judi Dench (Cranford[349]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[350])
- Sally Dexter (Poldark[351])
- Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[352], Mansfield Park[353])
- Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[354])
- Beatie Edney (Poldark[355])
- Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[356])
- Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[357], Cranford[358])
- Emma Fielding (Cranford[359])
- Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[360])
- Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[361])
- Kerry Fox (Bright Star[362])
- Debra Gillett (Cranford[363])
- Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[364])
- Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[365])
- Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[366])
- Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[367])
- Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[368])
- Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[369])
- Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[370])
- Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[371], Miss Austen Regrets[372])
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[373], Wives and Daughters[374])
- Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[375], Amazing Grace[376])
- Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[377])
- Lesley Manville (North and South[378], Cranford[379])
- Julia McKenzie (Cranford[380])
- Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[381])
- Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[382])
- Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[383])
- Pauline Quirk (North and South[384])
- Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[385])
- Miranda Richardson (Belle[386])
- Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[387])
- Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[388])
- Lesley Sharp (Cranford[389])
- Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[390])
- Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[391])
- Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[392])
- Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[393])
- Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[394])
- Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[395], Cranford[396])
- Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[397])
- Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[398])
- Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[399])
- Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[400])
- Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[401])
- Emily Watson (Belle[402])
- Penelope Wilton (Belle[403], Wives and Daughters[404])
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