Jean-Pierre Léaud

Personal Info

Birthday

May 28, 1944

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Jean Pierre Leaud

ژان-پیر لئو

Jean-Pierre Léaud

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

Last Tango in Paris

Elizabeth

The 400 Blows

Out 1

Masculin Féminin

Pierrot le Fou

Stolen Kisses

Filmography

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