Jean-Pierre Léaud

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Jean-Pierre Léaud

Acting 82 May 28, 1944

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…

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The Dreamers

The Dreamers

7.2 2003 Movie
The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows

8.0 1959 Movie
Elizabeth

Elizabeth

7.2 1998 Movie
Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris

6.9 1972 Movie
Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou

7.3 1965 Movie
Day for Night

Day for Night

7.8 1973 Movie
Alphaville

Alphaville

6.9 1965 Movie
Le Havre

Le Havre

7.0 2011 Movie
Stolen Kisses

Stolen Kisses

7.3 1968 Movie
Masculin Féminin

Masculin Féminin

7.2 1966 Movie
Bed and Board

Bed and Board

7.1 1970 Movie
Weekend

Weekend

6.9 1967 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Léaud et les Bas

    Movie Self (Footage)

  2. 2024
    Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

    Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)

  3. 2023
    Godard Cinema

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2022
    Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2021
    Morceaux de Cannes

    Movie

  6. 2020
    Les secrets de François Truffaut

    Movie Self

  7. 2019
    Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

    Movie Self (Archive Footage)

  8. 2019
    André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

    Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)

  9. 2019
    I shot Antoine Doinel

    Movie Self

  10. 2019
    C'è tempo

    Movie Self

  11. 2018
    Alien Crystal Palace

    Movie Horus

  12. 2018
    The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    Movie Jean

  13. 2017
    M

    Movie Le père de Lila

  14. 2016
    The Death of Louis XIV

    Movie Louis XIV

  15. 2016
    El Brujo

    Movie

  16. 2014
    François Truffaut l'insoumis

    Movie Self (archive footage)

More credits
  1. 2012
    Camille Rewinds

    Movie Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger

  2. 2011
    Le Havre

    Movie The Whistleblower

  3. 2009
    The Chalk Circle Man

    Movie Le Nermord

  4. 2009
    Visage

    Movie Antoine / King Herode

  5. 2009
    Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

    Movie Self / Antoine / King Herode

  6. 2009
    On the Trail of the New Wave

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2005
    I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

    Movie Georges Franju

  8. 2004
    A Wonderful Spell

    Movie Fernand

  9. 2004
    Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  10. 2004
    Léaud de Hurle-dents

    Movie Self

  11. 2003
    The Dreamers

    Movie Jean-Pierre Léaud

  12. 2002
    In the Darkness of Time

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  13. 2002
    The War in Paris

    Movie Haut Placé

  14. 2001
    Léaud l'unique

    Movie Self - actor

  15. 2001
    The Pornographer

    Movie Jacques Laurent

  16. 2001
    What Time Is It There?

    Movie Man at Cemetery

  17. 2001
    1968 - Without Losing Tenderness

    Movie Self

  18. 2000
    The Marcorelle Affair

    Movie François Marcorelle

  19. 2000
    A Matter of Taste

    Movie Investigating judge

  20. 1999
    Innocent

    Movie Le poète

  21. 1998
    Elizabeth

    Movie (uncredited)

  22. 1997
    Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath

    Movie Self

  23. 1997
    Just for Laughs

    Movie Nicolas Gardinier

  24. 1996
    Irma Vep

    Movie René Vidal