Acting

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Born 1944-05-28 · 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.

Credits

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Léaud et les Bas
as Self (Footage)
2026
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Thanks
2024
Godard Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Les secrets de François Truffaut
as Self
2020
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
as Self (Archive Footage)
2019
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
I shot Antoine Doinel
as Self
2019
C'è tempo
as Self
2019
Alien Crystal Palace
as Horus
2018
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
as Jean
2018
M
as Le père de Lila
2017
The Death of Louis XIV
as Louis XIV
2016
El Brujo
2016
François Truffaut l'insoumis
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Camille Rewinds
as Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
2012
Le Havre
as The Whistleblower
2011
The Chalk Circle Man
as Le Nermord
2009
Visage
as Antoine / King Herode
2009
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
as Self / Antoine / King Herode
2009
On the Trail of the New Wave
as Self (archive footage)
2009
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
as Georges Franju
2005
A Wonderful Spell
as Fernand
2004
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
as Self (uncredited)
2004
Léaud de Hurle-dents
as Self
2004
The Dreamers
as Jean-Pierre Léaud
2003
In the Darkness of Time
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
The War in Paris
as Haut Placé
2002
Léaud l'unique
as Self - actor
2001
The Pornographer
as Jacques Laurent
2001
What Time Is It There?
as Man at Cemetery
2001
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
as Self
2001
The Marcorelle Affair
as François Marcorelle
2000
A Matter of Taste
as Investigating judge
2000
Innocent
as Le poète
1999
Elizabeth
as (uncredited)
1998
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
as Self
1997
Just for Laughs
as Nicolas Gardinier
1997
Irma Vep
as René Vidal
1996
Diary of a Seducer
as Hugo
1996
My Man
as Client
1996
One Hundred and One Nights
as The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)
1995
Nobody Loves Me
as Lucien
1994
The Birth of Love
as Marcus
1993
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
as Self (archive footage)
1993
La Vie de Bohème
as Blancheron
1992
Paris Awakens
as Clément
1991
C'est la vie
1991
Out 1
as Colin
1990
I Hired a Contract Killer
as Henri
1990
Paperback Woman
as Marc
1989
Bunker Palace Hotel
as Solal
1989
The Ministries of Art
as Self
1989
The Color of the Wind
as Decourt
1988
36 Fillette
as Boris Golovine
1988
Jane B. by Agnès V.
as The Angry Lover
1988
Lady Cops
as Commissaire Bouvreuil
1987
Boran -Time to Aim
as Assistant
1987
Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel
as Georg Ossegg
1987
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
as Gaspard Bazin
1986
With All Hands
as Marcel
1986
Treasure Island
as Midas
1986
Just a Movie
as Péter - a rendezõ
1985
L'Herbe rouge
as Lazuli
1985
Detective
as Inspector Neveu
1985
Vivement Truffaut
as Self / Doinel (archive footage)
1985
Rebelote
as Rémi Chauveau
1984
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
as René (segment 3)
1984
La cassure
as Police Commissioner Rauffast
1984
Série noire
as Gaspard Bazin
1984
Mersonne ne m'aime
as Daniel Flipo-Risq
1982
Pour Bonnie
as Charles Blaine
1982
Véra
1982
Help Me Dream
as Mario
1981
Parano
as Ignazio
1981
Le petit Pommier
as Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine
1981
Love on the Run
as Antoine Doinel
1979
Ciné regards
as Self
1978