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])
• Jack Davenport (Mary Bryant[29], Pirates of the Caribbean[30])
• Finn Den Hertog (Outlander[31])
• Ken Duken (War and Peace 2007[32])
• Mark Dymond (Northanger Abbey[33])
• Daniel Evans (To The Ends of The Earth[34])
• Rupert Evans (Emma 2009[35], North and South[36])
• Jack Farthing (Poldark[37])
• JJ Feild (Northanger Abbey[38]; To The Ends of The Earth [39])
• Tom Felton (Belle[40])
• Colin Firth (Pride and Prejudice 1995[41])
• James Fleet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[42])
• Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (A Royal Affair[43])
• Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane[44])
• Dan Fredenburgh (Emma 2009[45])
• Mark Gatiss (Sense and Sensibility 2008[46])
• Iain Glen (Wives and Daughters[47])
• Philip Glenister (Vanity Fair 1998[48])
• Matthew Goode (Death Comes to Pemberley[49], Belle[50])
• Tom Goodman-Hill (Miss Austen Regrets[51])
• Hugh Grant (Sense and Sensibility 1995[52])
• Richard E. Grant (Monsieur N[53], The Scarlet Pimpernel[54])
• Ioan Gruffudd (Amazing Grace[55])
• Jefferson Hall (Emma 2009[56])
• Richard Harrington (Poldark[57])
• John Heffernan (Jonathan Strange[58])
• Guy Henry (Lost in Austen[59])
• Sam Heughan (Outlander[60])
• Tom Hiddleston (Miss Austen Regrets[61], Cranford[62])
• Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion 1995[63])
• Tom Hollander (Wives and Daughters[64], Pride and Prejudice 2005[65])
• John Hollingworth (Poldark[66])
• Edward Hogg (Jonathan Strange[67])
• William Houston (North and South[68])
• Anthony Howell (Wives and Daughters[69])
• Lee Ingleby (Master and Commander[70])
• Rory Kinnear (Mansfield Park 2007[71])
• Chris Larkin (Master and Commander[72])
• Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility[73])
• Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park 1999[74], Emma 2009[75])
• John Light (North and South[76])
• Adrian Lukis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[77])
• Richard Lumsden (Sense and Sensibility 1995[78])
• Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice 2005[79])
• James McAvoy (Becoming Jane[80])
• Joe McFadden (Cranford[81])
• Ewan McGregor (Emma 1996[82])
• Matthew McNulty (Cranford[83])
• Tobias Menzies (Persuasion 2007[84], Outlander[85])
• Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair[86])
• Tom Mison (Lost in Austen[87])
• Joseph Morgan (Mansfield Park 2007[88])
• David Morrissey (Sense and Sensibility 2008[89])
• Youssou N'Dour (Amazing Grace[90])
• Alessandro Nivola (Mansfield Park 1999[91])
• Luke Norris (Poldark[92])
• Jeremy Northam (Emma 1996[93])
• James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley[94])
• Hugh O'Conor (Northanger Abbey[95])
• Grant O'Rourke (Outlander[96])
• Jamie Parker (Jonathan Strange[97])
• Nathaniel Prker (Vanity Fair 1998[98])
• Rupert Penry-Jones (Persuasion 2007[99])
• Alistair Petrie (Cranford[100])
• James Purefoy (Mansfield Park 1999[101], Beau Brummell[102])
• Sam Reid (Belle[103])
• Julian Rhind-Tut (Banished[104])
• Alan Rickman (Sense and Sensibility 1995[105])
• Tom Riley (Lost in Austen[106])
• Blake Ritson (Mansfield Park 2007[107], Emma 2009[108])
• Jay Rodan (Monsieur N[109])
• Samuel Roukin (Miss Austen Regrets[110], Bright Star[111])
• Dominic Rowan (Emma ITV[112])
• Simon Russell Beale (Persuasion 1995[113])
• Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley[114])
• Benjamin Sadler (War and Peace 2007[115])
• Paul Schneider (Bright Star[116])
• Rufus Sewell (Amazing Grace[117])
• Jamie Sives (To The Ends of The Earth[118])
• Kyle Soller (Poldark[119])
• Dan Stevens (Sense and Sensibility 2008[120])
• Mark Strong (Emma ITV[121])
• Russell Tovey (Banished[122])
• Aidan Turner (Poldark[123])
• Tom Ward (Death Comes to Pemberley[124], Vanity Fair 1998[125])
• Samuel West (Persuasion 1995[126], Jonathan Strange[127], Hornblower[128])
• Ben Whishaw (Bright Star[129])
• Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility 1995[130])
• Edward Woodall (Master and Commander[131])
• Simon Woods (Pride and Prejudice 2005[132], Cranford[133])

Young Female

• Gemma Arterton (Lost in Austen[134])
• Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park 2007[135])
• Catriona Balfe (Outlander[136])
• Harriet Ballard (Poldark[137])
• Kate Beckinsale (Emma ITV[138])
• Ruby Bentall (Lost in Austen[139], Poldark[140])
• Claudie Blakly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[141], Bright Star[142], Cranford[143])
• Samantha Bond (Emma ITV[144])
• Lucy Briers (Pride and Prejudice 1995[145])
• MyAnna Buring (Banished[146])
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star[147])
• Valentina Cervi (War and Peace 2007[148])
• Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice 1995[149])
• Tonia Chauvet (Wives and Daughters[150])
• Morven Christie (Lost in Austen[151])
• Lucy Cohu (Becoming Jane[152])
• Christina Cole (Lost in Austen[153], Emma 2009[154])
• Jenna Coleman (Death Comes to Pemberley[155])
• Toni Collette (Emma 1996[156])
• Abbie Cornish (Bright Star[157])
• Embeth Davidtz (Mansfield Park 1999[158])
• Julia Davis (Persuasion 2007[159])
• Lucy Davis (Pride and Prejudice 1995[160])
• Felicity Dean (Persuasion 1995[161])
• Daniela Denby-Ashe (North and South[162])
• Lisa Dillon (Cranford[163])
• Michelle Dockery (Cranford[164])
• Laura Donnelly (Outlander[165])
• Louisa Dryzek (Jonathan Strange[166])
• Louise Dylan (Emma 2009[167])
• Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice 1995[168])
• Alice Englert (Jonathan Strange[169])
• Emilia Fox (Pride and Prejudice 1995[170])
• Sarah Gadon (Belle[171])
• Romala Garai (Emma 2009[172], Amazing Grace[173], Vanity Fair 2004[174], The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant[175])
• Frances Grey (Vanity Fair 1998[176])
• Selina Griffiths (Cranford[177])
• Daisy Haggard (Sense and Sensibility 2008[178])
• Amanda Hale (Persuasion 2007[179])
• Anne Hathaway (Becoming Jane[180])
• Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park 1999[181], Persuasion 1995[182], To The Ends of The Earth[183])
• Susannah Harker (Pride and Prejudice 1995[184])
• Keeley Hawes (Wives and Daughters[185])
• Sally Hawkins (Persuasion 2007[186])
• Siobhan Hewlett (Monsieur N[187])
• Jennifer Higham (Persuasion 2007[188])
• Florence Hoath (Lost in Austen[189])
• Nell Hudson (Outlander[190])
• Felicity Jones (Northanger Abbey[191])
• Jo Joyner (North and South[192])
• Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[193])
• Crystal Leaity (Poldark[194])
• Natasha Little (Vanity Fair 1998[195])
• Polly Maberly (Pride and Prejudice 1995[196])
• Anna Madeley (Sense and Sensibility 2008[197])
• Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice 2005[198])
• Anna Maxwell Martin (Becoming Jane[199], Death Comes to Pemberley[200], North and South[201])
• Jodhi May (Emma 2009[202])
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle[203])
• Aislin McGuckin (Outlander[204])
• Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility 2008[205])
• Ana Caterina Morariu (War and Peace 2007[206])
• Samantha Morton (Emma ITV[207])
• Carey Mulligan (Pride and Prejudice 2005[208], Northanger Abbey[209])
• Phoebe Nicholls (Persuasion 1995[210])
• Kimberley Nixon (Cranford[211])
• Gracee O'Brien (Poldark[212])
• Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park 1999[213])
• Joanna Page (To The Ends of The Earth[214]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (Emma 1996[215])
• Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice 2005[216], Wives and Daughters[217])
• Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007[218])
• Laura Piper (Emma 2009[219])
• Violante Placido (War and Peace 2007[220])
• Clemence Poesy (War and Peace 2007[221])
• Imogen Poots (Miss Austen Regrets[222])
• Heida Reed (Poldark[223])
• Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice 2005[224])
• Charlotte Riley (Jonathan Strange[225])
• Talulah Riley (Pride and Prejudice 2005[226])
• Lucy Robinson (Pride and Prejudice 1995[227], Emma ITV[228])
• Jemima Rooper (Lost in Austen[229])
• Amanda Root (Persuasion 1995[230])
• Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park 2007[231])
• Julia Sawalha (Pride and Prejudice 1995[232], Cranford[233])
• Greta Scacchi (Emma 1996[234])
• Lucy Scott (Pride and Prejudice 1995[235])
• Rosamund Stephen (Persuasion 2007[236])
• Juliet Stevenson (Emma 1996[237])
• Mary Stockley (Persuasion 2007[238])
• Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility 1995[239])
• Sophie Thompson (Persuasion 1995[240])
• Eleanor Tomlinson (Death Comes to Pemberley[241], Poldark[242])
• Joanna Vanderham (Banished[243])
• Lotte Verbeek (Outlander[244])
• Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair[245])
• Justine Waddell (Mansfield Park 1999[246], Wives and Daughters[247])
• Charity Wakefield (Sense and Sensibility 2008)[248])
• Catherine Walker (Northanger Abbey[249])
• Polly Walker (Emma 1996[250])
• Harriet Walter (Sense and Sensibility 1995[251])
• Perdita Weeks (Lost in Austen[252])
• Jodie Whittaker (Cranford[253])
• Finty Williams (Cranford[254])
• Olivia Williams (Emma ITV[255], Miss Austen Regrets[256])
• Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility 1995[257])
• Reese Witherspoon (Vanity Fair 2004[258])

Older Male

• Robert Bathurst (Emma 2009[259])
• Hugh Bonneville (Lost in Austen[260], Miss Austen Regrets[261], Beau Brummell[262])
• John Bowe (Cranford[263])
• Ewen Bremner (Banished[264])
• Jim Carter (Cranford[265])
• Warren Clarke (Poldark[266])
• James Cromwell (Becoming Jane[267])
• Russell Crowe (Master and Commander[268], Les Miserables[269])
• Michael Culkin (Poldark[270])
• Liam Cunningham (Northanger Abbey[271])
• Charles Dance (To The Ends of The Earth [272])
• Philip Davis (Poldark[273])
• David Dencik (A Royal Affair[274])
• Adrian Edmondson (Miss Austen Regrets[275])
• Nicholas Farrell (Amazing Grace[276])
• Albert Finney (Amazing Grace[277])
• Vincent Franklin (Jonathan Strange[278])
• Michael Gambon (Emma 2009[279], Amazing Grace[280], Wives and Daughters[281], Cranford[282])
• Philip Glenister (Cranford[283])
• Robert Hardy (Sense and Sensibility[284])
• Jared Harris (To The Ends of the Earth[285])
• Denys Hawthorne (Emma 1996[286])
• Sam Hazeldine (Persuasion 2007[287])
• Anthony Head (Persuasion 2007[288])
• Douglas Henshall (Outlander[289])
• Bernard Hepton (Emma ITV[290])
• Ciaran Hinds (Amazing Grace[291])
• Douglas Hodge (Mansfield Park 2007[292])
• Richard Hope (Poldark[293])
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables[294])
• Alex Jennings (Cranford[295])
• Toby Jones (Amazing Grace[296])
• Paul Kaye (Jonathan Strange[297])
• Duncan Lacroiz (Outlander[298])
• Mark Lambert (Vanity Fair 1998[299])
• Nicholas Le Prevost (Cranford[300])
• Dean Lennox Kelly (Cranford[301])
• Anton Lesser (Vanity Fair 1998[302])
• Gary Lewis (Outlander[303])
• Robert Lindsay (Hornblower[304])
• Clive Mantel (Jonathan Strange[305])
• Eddie Marsan (Jonathan Strange[306])
• Rory McCann (Banished[307])
• Malcolm McDowell (War and Peace 2007[308])
• Joseph Millson (Banished[309])
• Graham McTavish (Outlander[310])
• Sam Neill (To The Ends of The Earth [311])
• Bill Paterson (Outlander[312], Wives and Daughters[313])
• Brian Pettifer (Jonathan Strange[314])
• Tim Pigott-Smith (North and South[315])
• Harold Pinter (Mansfield Park 1999[316])
• Brian Protheroe (North and South[317])
• Jonathan Pryce (Cranford[318])
• Robert Pugh (Master and Commander[319])
• Corin Redgrave (Persuasion 1995[320])
• Adrian Scarborough (Cranford[321])
• Timothy Spall (Mr Turner[322])
• Tristan Sturrock (Poldark[323])
• Donald Sutherland (Pride and Prejudice 2005[324])
• Pip Torrens (Miss Austen Regrets[325], Poldark[326])
• Stephen Walters (Outlander[327])
• Marc Warren (Jonathan Strange[328])
• David Wenham (Banished[329])
• Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice 1995[330])
• Peter Wight (Persuasion 2007[331])
• Tom Wilkinson (Belle[332])
• Mark Williams (Sense and Sensibility 2008[333])
• Matthew Wilson (Poldark[334])
• Rory Wilton (Poldark[335])
• Greg Wise (Cranford[336])
• John Woodvine (Persuasion 1995[337])
• Tim Wylton (Pride and Prejudice 1995[338])
• Ronan Vibert (Jonathan Strange[339])

Older Female

• Francesca Annis (North and South[340], Cranford[341])
• Eileen Atkins (Cranford[342])
• Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner[343])
• Annette Badland (Outlander[344])
• Marion Bailey (Persuasion 2007[345], Mr Turner [346])
• Linda Bassett (Sense and Sensibility 2008[347])
• Caroline Blakiston (Poldark[348])
• Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice 2005[349])
• Orla Brady (Banished[350])
• Cheryl Campbell (To The Ends of The Earth[351])
• Sinéad Cusack (North and South[352])
• Joanna David (Pride and Prejudice 1995[353])
• Judi Dench (Cranford[354]), Pride and Prejudice 2005[355])
• Sally Dexter (Poldark[356])
• Lindsay Duncan (Lost in Austen[357], Mansfield Park[358])
• Trine Dyrholm (A Royal Affair[359])
• Beatie Edney (Poldark[360])
• Hannelore Elsner (War and Peace 2007[361])
• Deborah Findlay (Wives and Daughters[362], Cranford[363])
• Emma Fielding (Cranford[364])
• Susan Fleetwood (Persuasion 1995[365])
• Barbara Flynn (Wives and Daughters PICTURE REQUIRED, Cranford[366])
• Kerry Fox (Bright Star[367])
• Debra Gillett (Cranford[368])
• Sheila Gish (Mansfield Park[369])
• Stella Gonet (Persuasion 2007[370])
• Tamsin Greig (Emma 2009[371])
• Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility 1995[372])
• Penelope Keith (Death Comes to Pemberley[373])
• Alex Kingston (Lost in Austen[374])
• Alice Krige (Persuasion 2007[375])
• Phyllida Law (Emma 1996[376], Miss Austen Regrets[377])
• Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice 1995[378], Wives and Daughters[379])
• Sylvestra Le Touzel (Northanger Abbey[380], Amazing Grace[381])
• Valerie Lilley (Emma 2009[382])
• Lesley Manville (North and South[383], Cranford[384])
• Julia McKenzie (Cranford[385])
• Miriam Margolyes (Vanity Fair 1998[386])
• Janet McTeer (Sense and Sensibility 2008[387])
• Maggie O'Neill (Mansfield Park 2007[388])
• Pauline Quirk (North and South[389])
• Jemma Redgrave (Mansfeidl Park 2007[390])
• Miranda Richardson (Belle[391])
• Greta Scacchi (Miss Austen Regrets[392])
• Prunella Scales (Emma ITV[393])
• Lesley Sharp (Cranford[394])
• Fiona Shaw (Persuasion 1995[395])
• Ruth Sheen (Mr Turner[396])
• Claire Skinner (Sense and Sensibility 2008[397])
• Maggie Smith (Becoming Jane[398])
• Elizabeth Spriggs (Sense and Sensibility 1995[399])
• Imelda Staunton (Sense and Sensibility 1995[400], Cranford[401])
• Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice 1995[402])
• Sophie Thompson (Emma 1996[403])
• Frances Tomelty (Vanity Fair 1998[404])
• Harriet Walter (A Royal Affair[405])
• Julie Walters (Becoming Jane[406])
• Emily Watson (Belle[407])
• Penelope Wilton (Belle[408], Wives and Daughters[409])

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