
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
Filmography

Léaud et les Bas
2026
as Self (Footage)

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Godard Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020
as Self

C'è tempo
2019
as Self

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

I shot Antoine Doinel
2019
as Self

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019
as Self (Archive Footage)

The Lion Sleeps Tonight
2018
as Jean

Alien Crystal Palace
2018
as Horus

M
2017
as Le père de Lila

The Death of Louis XIV
2016
as Louis XIV

El Brujo
2016

François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
as Self (archive footage)

Camille Rewinds
2012
as Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger

Le Havre
2011
as The Whistleblower

Visage
2009
as Antoine / King Herode

The Chalk Circle Man
2009
as Le Nermord

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
2009
as Self / Antoine / King Herode
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
as Self (archive footage)

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005
as Georges Franju

A Wonderful Spell
2004
as Fernand

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
2004
as Self (uncredited)
Léaud de Hurle-dents
2004
as Self

The Dreamers
2003
as Jean-Pierre Léaud

The War in Paris
2002
as Haut Placé

In the Darkness of Time
2002
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

What Time Is It There?
2001
as Man at Cemetery

The Pornographer
2001
as Jacques Laurent

1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
2001
as Self

Léaud l'unique
2001
as Self - actor

A Matter of Taste
2000
as Investigating judge

The Marcorelle Affair
2000
as François Marcorelle

Innocent
1999
as Le poète

Elizabeth
1998
as (uncredited)

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
1997
as Self

Just for Laughs
1997
as Nicolas Gardinier

Irma Vep
1996
as René Vidal

Diary of a Seducer
1996
as Hugo

My Man
1996
as Client

One Hundred and One Nights
1995
as The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)

Nobody Loves Me
1994
as Lucien

The Birth of Love
1993
as Marcus

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
as Self (archive footage)

La Vie de Bohème
1992
as Blancheron

Paris Awakens
1991
as Clément
C'est la vie
1991

I Hired a Contract Killer
1990
as Henri

Out 1
1990
as Colin

Bunker Palace Hotel
1989
as Solal

The Ministries of Art
1989
as Self
Paperback Woman
1989
as Marc

36 Fillette
1988
as Boris Golovine

The Color of the Wind
1988
as Decourt

Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988
as The Angry Lover

Boran -Time to Aim
1987
as Assistant
Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel
1987
as Georg Ossegg

Lady Cops
1987
as Commissaire Bouvreuil
With All Hands
1986
as Marcel

Treasure Island
1986
as Midas

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
1986
as Gaspard Bazin

Vivement Truffaut
1985
as Self / Doinel (archive footage)

Detective
1985
as Inspector Neveu

L'Herbe rouge
1985
as Lazuli

Just a Movie
1985
as Péter - a rendezõ

La cassure
1984
as Police Commissioner Rauffast

Rebelote
1984
as Rémi Chauveau

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
1984
as René (segment 3)

Série noire
1984
as Gaspard Bazin

Pour Bonnie
1982
as Charles Blaine
Véra
1982

Mersonne ne m'aime
1982
as Daniel Flipo-Risq

Parano
1981
as Ignazio

Help Me Dream
1981
as Mario

Le petit Pommier
1981
as Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine

Love on the Run
1979
as Antoine Doinel

Ciné regards
1978
as Self

Lola's Lolos
1976
as Bernard Dubois

Hugs and Other Things
1976
as Tom

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Day for Night
1973
as Alphonse

The Mother and the Whore
1973
as Alexandre

Out 1: Spectre
1973
as Colin

L'Éducation sentimentale
1973
as Frédéric Moreau

Last Tango in Paris
1972
as Tom

Two English Girls
1971
as Claude Roc

A Girl Is a Gun
1971
as Billy le Kid

The Lion Has Seven Heads
1971
as Preacher

Out 1
1971
as Colin

Bed and Board
1970
as Antoine Doinel

The Heirs
1970
as Danton

Paul
1969
as Paul

Pigsty
1969
as Julian Klotz

Joy of Learning
1969
as Émile Rousseau (uncredited)

Bad Company
1969
as Daniel (archive footage)

Stolen Kisses
1968
as Antoine Doinel

Dialogue 20-40-60
1968
as Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")

Concentration
1968
Françoise et Udo...
1968
as Self

The Twenty-Year-Olds
1968
as Adamik

La Chinoise
1967
as Guillaume

Weekend
1967
as Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)

Made in U.S.A
1967
as Donald Siegel

The Departure
1967
as Marc

The Oldest Profession
1967
as The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)

Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000
1967
as The Bellboy

Masculin Féminin
1966
as Paul

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes
1966
as Daniel

Pierrot le Fou
1965
as Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Love at Sea
1965
as The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema

Alphaville
1965
as Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965
as Self

Nadja in Paris
1964
as Self

Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964
as Absalon

Pour le plaisir
1964
as Self

Antoine and Colette
1962
as Antoine Doinel

Love at Twenty
1962
as Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")

Testament of Orpheus
1960
as Dargelos, l'écolier

Boulevard
1960
as Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"

The 400 Blows
1959
as Antoine Doinel

King on Horseback
1958
as Pierrot

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self