Jean-Pierre Léaud

Acting

Born May 28, 1944 (age 82)

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 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

Léaud et les Bas

Léaud et les Bas2026 · Self (Footage)

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema2024 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

Godard Cinema

Godard Cinema2023 · Self (archive footage)

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra2022 · Self (archive footage)

Morceaux de Cannes

Morceaux de Cannes2021

Les secrets de François Truffaut

Les secrets de François Truffaut2020 · Self

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut2019 · Self (Archive Footage)

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

I shot Antoine Doinel

I shot Antoine Doinel2019 · Self

C'è tempo

C'è tempo2019 · Self

Alien Crystal Palace

Alien Crystal Palace2018 · Horus

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Lion Sleeps Tonight2018 · Jean

M2017 · Le père de Lila

The Death of Louis XIV

The Death of Louis XIV2016 · Louis XIV

El Brujo

François Truffaut l'insoumis

François Truffaut l'insoumis2014 · Self (archive footage)

Camille Rewinds

Camille Rewinds2012 · Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger

Surrogate

Surrogate2011 · The Whistleblower

The Chalk Circle Man

The Chalk Circle Man2009 · Le Nermord

Visage

Visage2009 · Antoine / King Herode

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water2009 · Self / Antoine / King Herode

On the Trail of the New Wave

On the Trail of the New Wave2009 · Self (archive footage)

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed2005 · Georges Franju

A Wonderful Spell

A Wonderful Spell2004 · Fernand

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

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’2004 · Self (uncredited)

Léaud de Hurle-dents

Léaud de Hurle-dents2004 · Self

The Dreamers

The Dreamers2003 · Jean-Pierre Léaud

Your Summer, My Storm

Your Summer, My Storm2002 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The War in Paris

The War in Paris2002 · Haut Placé

Léaud l'unique

Léaud l'unique2001 · Self - actor

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons2001 · Jacques Laurent

Wind Flower2001 · Man at Cemetery

1968 - Without Losing Tenderness

1968 - Without Losing Tenderness2001 · Self

The Marcorelle Affair

The Marcorelle Affair2000 · François Marcorelle

A Matter of Taste

A Matter of Taste2000 · Investigating judge

Live at the Electric

Live at the Electric1999 · Le poète

Elizabeth

Elizabeth1998 · (uncredited)

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath1997 · Self

Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs1997 · Nicolas Gardinier

Irma Vep

Irma Vep1996 · René Vidal

Diary of a Seducer

Diary of a Seducer1996

I Hired a Contract Killer

I Hired a Contract Killer1990

36 Fillette

36 Fillette1988

The Color of the Wind

The Color of the Wind1988

Just a Movie

Just a Movie1985

L'Herbe rouge

L'Herbe rouge1985

Detective

La cassure

Rebelote

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After1984

Help Me Dream

Help Me Dream1981

Love on the Run

Love on the Run1979

Hugs and Other Things

Hugs and Other Things1976

The Mother and the Whore

The Mother and the Whore1973

L'Éducation sentimentale

L'Éducation sentimentale1973

The Lion Has Seven Heads

The Lion Has Seven Heads1971

Bed and Board

Bed and Board1970

Paul

Pigsty

Stolen Kisses

Stolen Kisses1968

Dialogue 20-40-60

Dialogue 20-40-601968

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit1965

Love at Twenty

Love at Twenty1962

The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows1959