Jean-Pierre Léaud

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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

The Dreamers

Jean-Pierre Léaud

The 400 Blows

Antoine Doinel

Elizabeth

(uncredited)

Last Tango in Paris

Tom

Pierrot le Fou

Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Day for Night

Alphonse

Alphaville

Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)

Le Havre

The Whistleblower

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Léaud et les Bas MOVIE	Self (Footage)
2024	Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema MOVIE	Self - Actor (archive footage)
2023	Godard Cinema MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	Quando a Coisa Vira Outra MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Morceaux de Cannes MOVIE	Self
2020	Les secrets de François Truffaut MOVIE	Self
2019	Introducing My Father, François Truffaut MOVIE	Self (Archive Footage)
2019	André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer MOVIE	Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019	I shot Antoine Doinel MOVIE	Self
2019	C'è tempo MOVIE	Self
2018	Alien Crystal Palace MOVIE	Horus
2018	The Lion Sleeps Tonight MOVIE	Jean
2017	M MOVIE	Le père de Lila
2016	The Death of Louis XIV MOVIE	Louis XIV
2014	François Truffaut l'insoumis MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2012	Camille Rewinds MOVIE	Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
2011	Le Havre MOVIE	The Whistleblower
2010	Sodankylä Forever MOVIE	Self
2009	The Chalk Circle Man MOVIE	Le Nermord
2009	Visage MOVIE	Antoine / King Herode
2009	Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water MOVIE	Self / Antoine / King Herode
2009	On the Trail of the New Wave MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2005	I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed MOVIE	Georges Franju
2004	A Wonderful Spell MOVIE	Fernand
2004	Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
2004	Léaud de Hurle-dents MOVIE	Self
2003	The Dreamers MOVIE	Jean-Pierre Léaud
2002	In the Darkness of Time MOVIE	(archive footage) (uncredited)
2002	The War in Paris MOVIE	Haut Placé
2001	The Pornographer MOVIE	Jacques Laurent
2001	What Time Is It There? MOVIE	Man at Cemetery
2001	1968 - Without Losing Tenderness MOVIE	Self
2001	Léaud l'unique MOVIE	Self
2000	The Marcorelle Affair MOVIE	François Marcorelle
2000	A Matter of Taste MOVIE	Investigating judge
1999	Innocent MOVIE	Le poète
1998	Elizabeth MOVIE	(uncredited)
1997	Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath MOVIE	Self
1997	Just for Laughs MOVIE	Nicolas Gardinier
1996	Irma Vep MOVIE	René Vidal
1996	Diary of a Seducer MOVIE	Hugo
1996	My Man MOVIE	Client
1995	One Hundred and One Nights MOVIE	The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)
1994	Nobody Loves Me MOVIE	Lucien
1993	The Birth of Love MOVIE	Marcus
1993	François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1992	La Vie de Bohème MOVIE	Blancheron
1991	Paris Awakens MOVIE	Clément
1991	C'est la vie MOVIE	Self
1990	Out 1 MOVIE	Colin
1990	I Hired a Contract Killer MOVIE	Henri
1989	Paperback Woman MOVIE	Marc
1989	Bunker Palace Hotel MOVIE	Solal
1989	The Ministries of Art MOVIE	Self
1988	The Color of the Wind MOVIE	Decourt
1988	36 Fillette MOVIE	Boris Golovine
1988	Jane B. by Agnès V. MOVIE	The Angry Lover
1987	Lady Cops MOVIE	Commissaire Bouvreuil
1987	Boran - Zeit zum Zielen MOVIE	Self
1987	Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel MOVIE	Georg Ossegg
1986	Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company MOVIE	Gaspard Bazin
1986	With All Hands MOVIE	Marcel
1986	Treasure Island MOVIE	Midas
1985	Just a Movie MOVIE	Péter - a rendezõ
1985	L'Herbe rouge MOVIE	Lazuli
1985	Detective MOVIE	Inspector Neveu
1985	Vivement Truffaut MOVIE	Self / Doinel (archive footage)
1984	Rebelote MOVIE	Rémi Chauveau
1984	Paris Seen By... 20 Years After MOVIE	René (segment 3)
1984	La cassure MOVIE	Police Commissioner Rauffast
1984	Série noire TV	Gaspard Bazin
1982	Mersonne ne m'aime MOVIE	Daniel Flipo-Risq
1982	Pour Bonnie MOVIE	Charles Blaine
1982	Véra MOVIE	Self
1981	Help Me Dream MOVIE	Mario
1981	Parano MOVIE	Ignazio
1981	Le petit Pommier MOVIE	Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine
1979	Love on the Run MOVIE	Antoine Doinel
1976	Lola's Lolos MOVIE	Bernard Dubois
1976	Hugs and Other Things MOVIE	Tom
1974	Spécial cinéma TV	Self
1973	Out 1: Spectre MOVIE	Colin
1973	Day for Night MOVIE	Alphonse
1973	The Mother and the Whore MOVIE	Alexandre
1973	L'Éducation sentimentale TV	Frédéric Moreau
1972	Last Tango in Paris MOVIE	Tom
1971	Two English Girls MOVIE	Claude Roc
1971	Out 1 TV	Colin
1971	The Lion Has Seven Heads MOVIE	Preacher
1971	A Girl Is a Gun MOVIE	Billy le Kid
1970	The Heirs MOVIE	Danton
1970	Bed and Board MOVIE	Antoine Doinel
1969	Paul MOVIE	Paul
1969	Pigsty MOVIE	Julian Klotz
1969	Le Gai Savoir MOVIE	Émile Rousseau (uncredited)
1969	Bad Company MOVIE	Daniel (archive footage)
1968	Dialogue 20-40-60 MOVIE	Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")
1968	The Twenty-Year-Olds MOVIE	Adamik
1968	Françoise et Udo... MOVIE	Self
1968	Concentration MOVIE	Self
1968	Stolen Kisses MOVIE	Antoine Doinel
1967	Weekend MOVIE	Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)
1967	La Chinoise MOVIE	Guillaume
1967	The Oldest Profession MOVIE	The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)
1967	Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000 MOVIE	The Bellboy
1967	The Departure MOVIE	Marc
1967	Made in U.S.A MOVIE	Donald Siegel
1966	Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes MOVIE	Daniel
1966	Masculin Féminin MOVIE	Paul
1965	Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit MOVIE	Self
1965	Pierrot le Fou MOVIE	Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)
1965	Alphaville MOVIE	Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)
1965	Love at Sea MOVIE	The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema
1964	Mata Hari, Agent H21 MOVIE	Absalon
1964	Nadja in Paris MOVIE	Self
1962	Antoine and Colette MOVIE	Antoine Doinel
1962	Love at Twenty MOVIE	Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")
1960	Boulevard MOVIE	Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"
1960	Testament of Orpheus MOVIE	Dargelos, l'écolier
1959	The 400 Blows MOVIE	Antoine Doinel
1958	King on Horseback MOVIE	Pierrot
1956	Cinépanorama TV	Self
1954	Reflets de Cannes TV	Self
	El Brujo MOVIE	Self

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