Jean-Pierre Léaud
Acting
Born: 1944-05-28 · Paris, France
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
Léaud et les Bas
2026
Self (Footage)
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
2023
Self (archive footage)
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020
Self
C'è tempo
2019
Self
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
Self - Actor (archive footage)
I shot Antoine Doinel
2019
Self
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019
Self (Archive Footage)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
2018
Jean
Alien Crystal Palace
2018
Horus
M
2017
Le père de Lila
The Death of Louis XIV
2016
Louis XIV
El Brujo
2016
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
Self (archive footage)
Camille Rewinds
2012
Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
Le Havre
2011
The Whistleblower
Visage
2009
Antoine / King Herode
The Chalk Circle Man
2009
Le Nermord
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
2009
Self / Antoine / King Herode
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
Self (archive footage)
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005
Georges Franju
A Wonderful Spell
2004
Fernand
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
2004
Self (uncredited)
Léaud de Hurle-dents
2004
Self
The Dreamers
2003
Jean-Pierre Léaud
The War in Paris
2002
Haut Placé
In the Darkness of Time
2002
(archive footage) (uncredited)
What Time Is It There?
2001
Man at Cemetery
