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Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Born: 1944-05-28 • Paris, France

Jean-Pierre Léaud (born May 28, 1944) is a French actor, best known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with The 400 Blows (1959). He also worked with Aki Kaurismäki, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jacques Rivette, and Tsai Ming-liang. He is a significant figure of the French New Wave, having appeared in eight films by Jean-Luc Godard and seven by François Truffaut.

Filmography
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema poster
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024 • Self - Actor (archive footage)
Godard Cinema poster
Godard Cinema
2023 • Self (archive footage)
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra poster
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022 • Self (archive footage)
Les secrets de François Truffaut poster
Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020 • Self
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut poster
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019 • Self (Archive Footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer poster
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019 • Self - Actor (archive footage)
I shot Antoine Doinel poster
I shot Antoine Doinel
2019 • Self
C'è tempo poster
C'è tempo
2019 • Self
Alien Crystal Palace poster
Alien Crystal Palace
2018 • Horus
The Lion Sleeps Tonight poster
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
2018 • Jean
M poster
M
2017 • Le père de Lila
The Death of Louis XIV poster
The Death of Louis XIV
2016 • Louis XIV
François Truffaut l'insoumis poster
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014 • Self (archive footage)
Camille Rewinds poster
Camille Rewinds
2012 • Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
Le Havre poster
Le Havre
2011 • The Whistleblower
Sodankylä Forever poster
Sodankylä Forever
2010 • Self
The Chalk Circle Man poster
The Chalk Circle Man
2009 • Le Nermord
Face poster
Face
2009 • Antoine / King Herode
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water poster
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
2009 • Self / Antoine / King Herode
No Image
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009 • Self (archive footage)
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed poster
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005 • Georges Franju
A Wonderful Spell poster
A Wonderful Spell
2004 • Fernand
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ poster
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
2004 • Self (uncredited)
No Image
Léaud de Hurle-dents
2004 • Self
The Dreamers poster
The Dreamers
2003 • Jean-Pierre Léaud
In the Darkness of Time poster
In the Darkness of Time
2002 • (archive footage) (uncredited)
The War in Paris poster
The War in Paris
2002 • Haut Placé
The Pornographer poster
The Pornographer
2001 • Jacques Laurent
What Time Is It There? poster
What Time Is It There?
2001 • Man at Cemetery
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness poster
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
2001 • Self
Léaud l'unique poster
Léaud l'unique
2001
The Marcorelle Affair poster
The Marcorelle Affair
2000 • François Marcorelle
A Matter of Taste poster
A Matter of Taste
2000 • Investigating judge
Innocent poster
Innocent
1999 • Le poète
Elizabeth poster
Elizabeth
1998 • (uncredited)
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath poster
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
1997 • Self
Just for Laughs poster
Just for Laughs
1997 • Nicolas Gardinier
Irma Vep poster
Irma Vep
1996 • René Vidal
Diary of a Seducer poster
Diary of a Seducer
1996 • Hugo
My Man poster
My Man
1996 • Client
One Hundred and One Nights poster
One Hundred and One Nights
1995 • The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)
Nobody Loves Me poster
Nobody Loves Me
1994 • Lucien
The Birth of Love poster
The Birth of Love
1993 • Marcus
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits poster
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993 • Self (archive footage)
La Vie de Bohème poster
La Vie de Bohème
1992 • Blancheron
Paris Awakens poster
Paris Awakens
1991 • Clément
No Image
C'est la vie
1991
Out 1 poster
Out 1
1990 • Colin
I Hired a Contract Killer poster
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990 • Henri
No Image
Paperback Woman
1989 • Marc
Bunker Palace Hotel poster
Bunker Palace Hotel
1989 • Solal
The Ministries of Art poster
The Ministries of Art
1989 • Self
The Color of the Wind poster
The Color of the Wind
1988 • Decourt
36 Fillette poster
36 Fillette
1988 • Boris Golovine
Jane B. by Agnès V. poster
Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988 • The Angry Lover
Lady Cops poster
Lady Cops
1987 • Commissaire Bouvreuil
Boran - Zeit zum Zielen poster
Boran - Zeit zum Zielen
1987
No Image
Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel
1987 • Georg Ossegg
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company poster
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
1986 • Gaspard Bazin
No Image
With All Hands
1986 • Marcel
Treasure Island poster
Treasure Island
1986 • Midas
Just a Movie poster
Just a Movie
1985 • Péter - a rendezõ
L'Herbe rouge poster
L'Herbe rouge
1985 • Lazuli
Detective poster
Detective
1985 • Inspector Neveu
Vivement Truffaut poster
Vivement Truffaut
1985 • Self / Doinel (archive footage)
Rebelote poster
Rebelote
1984 • Rémi Chauveau
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After poster
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
1984 • René (segment 3)
La cassure poster
La cassure
1984 • Police Commissioner Rauffast
Mersonne ne m'aime poster
Mersonne ne m'aime
1982 • Daniel Flipo-Risq
Pour Bonnie poster
Pour Bonnie
1982 • Charles Blaine
No Image
Véra
1982
Help Me Dream poster
Help Me Dream
1981 • Mario
Parano poster
Parano
1981 • Ignazio
Le petit Pommier poster
Le petit Pommier
1981 • Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine
Love on the Run poster
Love on the Run
1979 • Antoine Doinel
Lola's Lolos poster
Lola's Lolos
1976 • Bernard Dubois
Hugs and Other Things poster
Hugs and Other Things
1976 • Tom
Out 1: Spectre poster
Out 1: Spectre
1973 • Colin
Day for Night poster
Day for Night
1973 • Alphonse
The Mother and the Whore poster
The Mother and the Whore
1973 • Alexandre
Last Tango in Paris poster
Last Tango in Paris
1972 • Tom
Two English Girls poster
Two English Girls
1971 • Claude Roc
The Lion Has Seven Heads poster
The Lion Has Seven Heads
1971 • Preacher
A Girl Is a Gun poster
A Girl Is a Gun
1971 • Billy le Kid
The Heirs poster
The Heirs
1970 • Danton
Bed and Board poster
Bed and Board
1970 • Antoine Doinel
Paul poster
Paul
1969 • Paul
Pigsty poster
Pigsty
1969 • Julian Klotz
Le Gai Savoir poster
Le Gai Savoir
1969 • Émile Rousseau (uncredited)
Bad Company poster
Bad Company
1969 • Daniel (archive footage)
Dialogue 20-40-60 poster
Dialogue 20-40-60
1968 • Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")
The Twenty-Year-Olds poster
The Twenty-Year-Olds
1968 • Adamik
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Françoise et Udo...
1968 • Self
Concentration poster
Concentration
1968
Stolen Kisses poster
Stolen Kisses
1968 • Antoine Doinel
Weekend poster
Weekend
1967 • Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)
La Chinoise poster
La Chinoise
1967 • Guillaume
The Oldest Profession poster
The Oldest Profession
1967 • The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)
Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000 poster
Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000
1967 • The Bellboy
The Departure poster
The Departure
1967 • Marc