Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

28 May 1944 (80 years old) in 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.

Known For

Credits

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