
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Born: 1944-05-28
Place of Birth: Paris, 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.
Known For

The War in Paris
2002★ 3.8

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
1984★ 4.2

The Dreamers
2003★ 7.2

Elizabeth
1998★ 7.2

Godard Cinema
2023★ 5.5

The 400 Blows
1959★ 8.0

Out 1
1990★ 7.2

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965★ 6.0

Masculin Féminin
1966★ 7.2

Le Havre
2011★ 7.0

Last Tango in Paris
1972★ 6.9

Stolen Kisses
1968★ 7.3

Concentration
1968★ 8.0

Lady Cops
1987★ 4.6

King on Horseback
1958★ 5.9

La Chinoise
1967★ 6.9

Bed and Board
1970★ 7.1

Irma Vep
1996★ 6.7

The Departure
1967★ 6.6

Detective
1985★ 5.2

Vivement Truffaut
1985★ 6.0

Pigsty
1969★ 7.0

The Chalk Circle Man
2009★ 7.1

Alphaville
1965★ 6.9

My Man
1996★ 5.7

Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020★ 8.0

Just for Laughs
1997★ 6.3

The Pornographer
2001★ 4.9

Pierrot le Fou
1965★ 7.3

What Time Is It There?
2001★ 6.9

Day for Night
1973★ 7.8

Face
2009★ 5.4

The Heirs
1970★ 5.8

Rebelote
1984★ 5.5

The Mother and the Whore
1973★ 7.3

36 Fillette
1988★ 4.9

M
2017★ 6.4

La cassure
1984★ 5.0

Bunker Palace Hotel
1989★ 6.3

Love on the Run
1979★ 7.0

Weekend
1967★ 6.9

A Wonderful Spell
2004★ 5.6

Nadja in Paris
1964★ 6.3

Lola's Lolos
1976★ 4.6

Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964★ 5.6

Love at Sea
1965★ 7.1

Paris Awakens
1991★ 5.9

The Marcorelle Affair
2000★ 4.3

I Hired a Contract Killer
1990★ 6.9

Paul
1969★ 5.6

Just a Movie
1985★ 0.0

Testament of Orpheus
1960★ 7.7

The Oldest Profession
1967★ 4.9

La Vie de Bohème
1992★ 7.5

Antoine and Colette
1962★ 7.2

One Hundred and One Nights
1995★ 6.0

The Ministries of Art
1989★ 6.3

Two English Girls
1971★ 6.9

Help Me Dream
1981★ 7.5

Camille Rewinds
2012★ 6.2

Le Gai Savoir
1969★ 6.0

Made in U.S.A
1967★ 6.1

Innocent
1999★ 0.0

Le petit Pommier
1981★ 1.0

Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988★ 6.7

The Color of the Wind
1988★ 5.6

Hugs and Other Things
1976★ 2.7

C'è tempo
2019★ 6.2

A Matter of Taste
2000★ 6.2

L'Herbe rouge
1985★ 0.0

Love at Twenty
1962★ 6.7

The Death of Louis XIV
2016★ 6.5

The Birth of Love
1993★ 6.2

Boulevard
1960★ 5.7

François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014★ 5.7

Treasure Island
1986★ 6.2

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes
1966★ 7.3

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024★ 7.7

Sodankylä Forever
2010★ 0.0

Nobody Loves Me
1994★ 4.0

Léaud l'unique
2001★ 0.0

In the Darkness of Time
2002★ 7.5

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019★ 6.0

Diary of a Seducer
1996★ 5.2

The Lion Sleeps Tonight
2018★ 7.1

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005★ 5.4

The Lion Has Seven Heads
1971★ 5.9

I shot Antoine Doinel
2019★ 0.0

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993★ 5.1

Bad Company
1969★ 6.2

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
2004★ 7.0

Mersonne ne m'aime
1982★ 0.0

Out 1: Spectre
1973★ 6.6

Pour Bonnie
1982★ 0.0

1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
2001★ 6.0

Boran - Zeit zum Zielen
1987★ 0.0

Alien Crystal Palace
2018★ 2.8

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
1986★ 6.2

Dialogue 20-40-60
1968★ 5.3

Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000
1967★ 6.0

A Girl Is a Gun
1971★ 4.6

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019★ 10.0

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022★ 0.0

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
1997★ 0.0