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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 28, 1944
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Godard Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Quando a Coisa Vira Outra | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Les secrets de François Truffaut | Self |
| 2019 | C'è tempo | Self |
| 2019 | André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2019 | I shot Antoine Doinel | Self |
| 2018 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Jean |
| 2018 | Alien Crystal Palace | Horus |
| 2017 | M | Le père de Lila |
| 2016 | The Death of Louis XIV | Louis XIV |
| 2014 | François Truffaut l'insoumis | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger |
| 2011 | Le Havre | The Whistleblower |
| 2010 | Sodankylä Forever | Self |
| 2009 | Face | Antoine / King Herode |
| 2009 | The Chalk Circle Man | Le Nermord |
| 2009 | Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water | Self / Antoine / King Herode |
| 2009 | On the Trail of the New Wave | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed | Georges Franju |
| 2004 | A Wonderful Spell | Fernand |
| 2004 | Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ | Self (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Léaud de Hurle-dents | Self |
| 2003 | The Dreamers | Jean-Pierre Léaud |
| 2002 | The War in Paris | Haut Placé |
| 2002 | In the Darkness of Time | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | What Time Is It There? | Jean-Pierre / Man at the Cemetery |
| 2001 | The Pornographer | Jacques Laurent |
| 2001 | 1968 - Without Losing Tenderness | Self |
| 2001 | Léaud l'unique | |
| 2000 | A Matter of Taste | Investigating judge |
| 2000 | The Marcorelle Affair | François Marcorelle |
| 1999 | Innocent | Le poète |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath | Self |
| 1997 | Just for Laughs | Nicolas Gardinier |
| 1996 | Irma Vep | René Vidal |
| 1996 | Diary of a Seducer | Hugo |
| 1996 | My Man | Client |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights | The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Nobody Loves Me | Lucien |
| 1993 | The Birth of Love | Marcus |
| 1993 | François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | La Vie de Bohème | Blancheron |
| 1991 | Paris Awakens | Clément |
| 1991 | C'est la vie | |
| 1990 | I Hired a Contract Killer | Henri |
| 1990 | Out 1 | Colin |
| 1989 | Bunker Palace Hotel | Solal |
| 1989 | The Ministries of Art | Self |
| 1989 | Front woman | Marc |
| 1988 | 36 Fillette | Boris Golovine |
| 1988 | The Color of the Wind | Decourt |
| 1988 | Jane B. by Agnès V. | The Angry Lover |
| 1987 | Boran - Zeit zum Zielen | |
| 1987 | Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel | Georg Ossegg |
| 1987 | Lady Cops | Commissaire Bouvreuil |
| 1986 | With All Hands | Marcel |
| 1986 | Treasure Island | Midas |
| 1986 | Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company | Gaspard Bazin |
| 1985 | Vivement Truffaut | Self / Doinel (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Detective | Inspector Neveu |
| 1985 | L'Herbe rouge | Lazuli |
| 1985 | Just a Movie | Péter - a rendezõ |
| 1984 | La cassure | Police Commissioner Rauffast |
| 1984 | Rebelote | Rémi Chauveau |
| 1984 | Paris Seen By... 20 Years After | René (segment 3) |
| 1982 | Pour Bonnie | Charles Blaine |
| 1982 | Véra | |
| 1982 | Mersonne ne m'aime | Daniel Flipo-Risq |
| 1981 | Parano | Ignazio |
| 1981 | Help Me Dream | Mario |
| 1981 | Le petit Pommier | Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine |
| 1979 | Love on the Run | Antoine Doinel |
| 1976 | Lola's Lolos | Bernard Dubois |
| 1976 | Hugs and Other Things | Tom |
| 1973 | Day for Night | Alphonse |
| 1973 | The Mother and the Whore | Alexandre |
| 1973 | Out 1: Spectre | Colin |
| 1972 | Last Tango in Paris | Tom |
| 1971 | Two English Girls | Claude Roc |
| 1971 | A Girl Is a Gun | Billy le Kid |
| 1971 | The Lion Has Seven Heads | Preacher |
| 1970 | Bed and Board | Antoine Doinel |
| 1970 | The Heirs | Danton |
| 1969 | Paul | Paul |
| 1969 | Pigsty | Julian Klotz |
| 1969 | Le Gai Savoir | Émile Rousseau (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Bad Company | Daniel (archive footage) |
| 1968 | Stolen Kisses | Antoine Doinel |
| 1968 | Dialogue 20-40-60 | Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds") |
| 1968 | Concentration | |
| 1968 | Françoise et Udo... | |
| 1967 | La Chinoise | Guillaume |
| 1967 | Weekend | Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Made in U.S.A | Donald Siegel |
| 1967 | The Departure | Marc |
| 1967 | The Oldest Profession | The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Anticipation, or Love in the year 2000 | The Bellboy |
| 1966 | Masculin Féminin | Paul |
| 1966 | Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes | Daniel |
| 1965 | Pierrot le Fou | Young Man in Cinema (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Love at Sea | The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema |
| 1965 | Alphaville | Breakfast Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit | Self |
| 1964 | Nadja in Paris | Self |
| 1964 | Mata Hari, Agent H21 | Absalon |
| 1962 | Antoine and Colette | Antoine Doinel |
| 1962 | Love at Twenty | Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette") |
| 1960 | Testament of Orpheus | Dargelos, the schoolboy |
| 1960 | Boulevard | Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo" |
| 1959 | The 400 Blows | Antoine Doinel |
| 1958 | King on Horseback | Pierrot |
| El Brujo |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Série noire | Gaspard Bazin |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1973 | L'Éducation sentimentale | Frédéric Moreau |
| 1971 | Out 1 | Colin |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |