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Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Acting1944Paris, 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.

Acting History

Future
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
2019
C'è tempo
as Self
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018
2017
M
as Le père de Lila
2016
2014
François Truffaut l'insoumis
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Camille Rewinds
as Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
2011
Le Havre
as The Whistleblower
2010
2009
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
2004
2003
The Dreamers
as Jean-Pierre Léaud
2002
The War in Paris
as Haut Placé
In the Darkness of Time
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
What Time Is It There?
as Man at Cemetery
The Pornographer
as Jacques Laurent
2000
A Matter of Taste
as Investigating judge
The Marcorelle Affair
as François Marcorelle
1999
Innocent
as Le poète
1998
Elizabeth
as (uncredited)
1997
Just for Laughs
as Nicolas Gardinier
1996
Irma Vep
as René Vidal
My Man
as Client
1995
One Hundred and One Nights
as The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)
1994
1993
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self (archive footage)
1992
La Vie de Bohème
as Blancheron
1991
Paris Awakens
as Clément
1990
Out 1
as Colin
1989
1988
36 Fillette
as Boris Golovine
Jane B. by Agnès V.
as The Angry Lover
1987
Lady Cops
as Commissaire Bouvreuil
1986
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
La cassure
as Police Commissioner Rauffast
Série noire
TVas Gaspard Bazin
1982
Pour Bonnie
as Charles Blaine
Mersonne ne m'aime
as Daniel Flipo-Risq
1981
Parano
as Ignazio
Le petit Pommier
as Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine
1979
Love on the Run
as Antoine Doinel
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self• 1 eps
1976
Lola's Lolos
as Bernard Dubois
1974
1973
Day for Night
as Alphonse
L'Éducation sentimentale
TVas Frédéric Moreau
1972
1971
Two English Girls
as Claude Roc
A Girl Is a Gun
as Billy le Kid
Out 1
TVas Colin
1970
Bed and Board
as Antoine Doinel
The Heirs
as Danton
1969
Paul
as Paul
Pigsty
as Julian Klotz
Le Gai Savoir
as Émile Rousseau (uncredited)
Bad Company
as Daniel (archive footage)
1968
Stolen Kisses
as Antoine Doinel
Dialogue 20-40-60
as Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")
1967
Made in U.S.A
as Donald Siegel
La Chinoise
as Guillaume
Weekend
as Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)
The Oldest Profession
as The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)
Made in U.S.A
Assistant Director
1966
1965
Pierrot le Fou
as Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Love at Sea
as The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema
Alphaville
as Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)
Pierrot le Fou
Assistant Director
Alphaville
Assistant Director
1964
Mata Hari, Agent H21
Assistant Director
The Married Woman
Assistant Director
The Soft Skin
Assistant Director Trainee
1962
Antoine and Colette
as Antoine Doinel
Love at Twenty
as Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")
1960
Testament of Orpheus
as Dargelos, the schoolboy
Boulevard
as Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"
1959
The 400 Blows
as Antoine Doinel
Cinépanorama
TVas Self• 1 eps
Reflets de Cannes
TVas Self• 2 eps
1958

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/28/1944(81 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France