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Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Actor · Born May 28, 1944 · Paris, France

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Biography

Jean-Pierre Léaud (born 28 May 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.

Acted in 92

2020s

  1. 2021

    Morceaux de Cannes

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2018

    Alien Crystal Palace

    Horus

  2. The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    Jean

  3. 2017

    M

    Le père de Lila

  4. 2016

    The Death of Louis XIV

    Louis XIV

  5. El Brujo

    Movie

  6. 2012
  7. 2011

2000s

  1. 2009

    The Chalk Circle Man

    Le Nermord

  2. Visage

    Antoine / King Herode

  3. 2005

    I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

    Georges Franju

  4. 2004

    A Wonderful Spell

    Fernand

  5. 2003
  6. 2002

    In the Darkness of Time

    (archive footage) (uncredited)

  7. The War in Paris

    Haut Placé

  8. 2001
  9. What Time Is It There?

    Man at Cemetery

  10. 2000

    The Marcorelle Affair

    François Marcorelle

  11. A Matter of Taste

    Investigating judge

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1998
  3. 1997
  4. 1996
  5. Diary of a Seducer

    Hugo

  6. My Man

    Client

  7. 1995
  8. 1994

    Nobody Loves Me

    Lucien

  9. 1993

    The Birth of Love

    Marcus

  10. 1992

    La Vie de Bohème

    Blancheron

  11. 1991

    Paris Awakens

    Clément

  12. 1990

    Out 1

    Colin

  13. I Hired a Contract Killer

    Henri

1980s

  1. 1989

    Bunker Palace Hotel

    Solal

  2. 1988

    The Color of the Wind

    Decourt

  3. 1987

    Lady Cops

    Commissaire Bouvreuil

  4. Boran -Time to Aim

    Assistant

  5. 1986

    Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

    Gaspard Bazin

  6. Treasure Island

    Midas

  7. 1985

    Just a Movie

    Péter - a rendezõ

  8. L'Herbe rouge

    Lazuli

  9. 1984

    Rebelote

    Rémi Chauveau

  10. Paris Seen By... 20 Years After

    René (segment 3)

  11. La cassure

    Police Commissioner Rauffast

  12. Série noire

    Gaspard Bazin · 1 episode

  13. 1982

    Mersonne ne m'aime

    Daniel Flipo-Risq

  14. Pour Bonnie

    Charles Blaine

  15. 1981

    Help Me Dream

    Mario

  16. Parano

    Ignazio

  17. Le petit Pommier

    Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1976

    Lola's Lolos

    Bernard Dubois

  3. Hugs and Other Things

    Tom

  4. 1973

    Out 1: Spectre

    Colin

  5. L'Éducation sentimentale

    Frédéric Moreau · 5 episodes

  6. 1972
  7. 1971
  8. Out 1

    Colin · 8 episodes

  9. The Lion Has Seven Heads

    Preacher

  10. A Girl Is a Gun

    Billy le Kid

  11. 1970

    The Heirs

    Danton

1960s

  1. 1969

    Paul

    Paul

  2. Pigsty

    Julian Klotz

  3. Joy of Learning

    Émile Rousseau (uncredited)

  4. Bad Company

    Daniel (archive footage)

  5. 1968

    Dialogue 20-40-60

    Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")

  6. The Twenty-Year-Olds

    Adamik

  7. Concentration

    Movie

  8. 1967
  9. Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000

    The Bellboy

  10. Made in U.S.A

    Donald Siegel

  11. 1966
  12. 1965
  13. Love at Sea

    The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema

  14. 1964
  15. 1962

    Antoine and Colette

    Antoine Doinel

  16. 1960

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958

    King on Horseback

    Pierrot

Directed 6

Appearances26

2020s

  1. 2026

    Léaud et les Bas

    Self (Footage)

  2. 2024

    Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

  3. 2023

    Godard Cinema

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2022

    Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

    Self (archive footage)

  5. 2020

    Les secrets de François Truffaut

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019

    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Self (Archive Footage)

  2. André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

  3. I shot Antoine Doinel

    Self

  4. C'è tempo

    Self

  5. 2014

    François Truffaut l'insoumis

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2009

    Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

    Self / Antoine / King Herode

  2. 2004

    Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’

    Self (uncredited)

  3. 2001

    Léaud l'unique

    Self - actor

  4. 1968 - Without Losing Tenderness

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath

    Self

  2. 1993

    François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Ministries of Art

    Self

  2. 1985

    Vivement Truffaut

    Self / Doinel (archive footage)

1960s

  1. 1968

    Françoise et Udo...

    Self

  2. 1965

    Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

    Self

  3. 1964

    Pour le plaisir

    Self · 1 episode

  4. Nadja in Paris

    Self

1950s

  1. 1956
  2. 1954

    Reflets de Cannes

    Self · 2 episodes

Thanked in the credits2

2020s

  1. 2024

    Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

    Thanks