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

Spécial cinéma

The Dreamers

Cinépanorama

Last Tango in Paris

Reflets de Cannes

The 400 Blows

Elizabeth

Pierrot le Fou

All Movies (117)

• Léaud et les Bas2026 · as Self (Footage)
• Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema2024 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Godard Cinema2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Quando a Coisa Vira Outra2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Morceaux de Cannes2021
• Les secrets de François Truffaut2020 · as Self
• Introducing My Father, François Truffaut2019 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer2019 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• I shot Antoine Doinel2019 · as Self
• C'è tempo2019 · as Self
• Alien Crystal Palace2018 · as Horus
• The Lion Sleeps Tonight2018 · as Jean
• M2017 · as Le père de Lila
• The Death of Louis XIV2016 · as Louis XIV
• El Brujo2016
• François Truffaut l'insoumis2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Camille Rewinds2012 · as Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
• Le Havre2011 · as The Whistleblower
• The Chalk Circle Man2009 · as Le Nermord
• Visage2009 · as Antoine / King Herode
• Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water2009 · as Self / Antoine / King Herode
• On the Trail of the New Wave2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed2005 · as Georges Franju
• A Wonderful Spell2004 · as Fernand
• Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’2004 · as Self (uncredited)
• Léaud de Hurle-dents2004 · as Self
• The Dreamers2003 · as Jean-Pierre Léaud
• In the Darkness of Time2002 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The War in Paris2002 · as Haut Placé
• Léaud l'unique2001 · as Self - actor
• The Pornographer2001 · as Jacques Laurent
• What Time Is It There?2001 · as Man at Cemetery
• 1968 - Without Losing Tenderness2001 · as Self
• The Marcorelle Affair2000 · as François Marcorelle
• A Matter of Taste2000 · as Investigating judge
• Innocent1999 · as Le poète
• Elizabeth1998 · as (uncredited)
• Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath1997 · as Self
• Just for Laughs1997 · as Nicolas Gardinier
• Irma Vep1996 · as René Vidal
• Diary of a Seducer1996 · as Hugo
• My Man1996 · as Client
• One Hundred and One Nights1995 · as The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)
• Nobody Loves Me1994 · as Lucien
• The Birth of Love1993 · as Marcus
• François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• La Vie de Bohème1992 · as Blancheron
• Paris Awakens1991 · as Clément
• C'est la vie1991
• Out 11990 · as Colin
• I Hired a Contract Killer1990 · as Henri
• Paperback Woman1989 · as Marc
• Bunker Palace Hotel1989 · as Solal
• The Ministries of Art1989 · as Self
• The Color of the Wind1988 · as Decourt
• 36 Fillette1988 · as Boris Golovine
• Jane B. by Agnès V.1988 · as The Angry Lover
• Lady Cops1987 · as Commissaire Bouvreuil
• Boran -Time to Aim1987 · as Assistant
• Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel1987 · as Georg Ossegg
• Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company1986 · as Gaspard Bazin
• With All Hands1986 · as Marcel
• Treasure Island1986 · as Midas
• Just a Movie1985 · as Péter - a rendezõ
• L'Herbe rouge1985 · as Lazuli
• Detective1985 · as Inspector Neveu
• Vivement Truffaut1985 · as Self / Doinel (archive footage)
• Rebelote1984 · as Rémi Chauveau
• Paris Seen By... 20 Years After1984 · as René (segment 3)
• La cassure1984 · as Police Commissioner Rauffast
• Mersonne ne m'aime1982 · as Daniel Flipo-Risq
• Pour Bonnie1982 · as Charles Blaine
• Véra1982
• Help Me Dream1981 · as Mario
• Parano1981 · as Ignazio
• Le petit Pommier1981 · as Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine
• Love on the Run1979 · as Antoine Doinel
• Lola's Lolos1976 · as Bernard Dubois
• Hugs and Other Things1976 · as Tom
• Out 1: Spectre1973 · as Colin
• Day for Night1973 · as Alphonse
• The Mother and the Whore1973 · as Alexandre
• Last Tango in Paris1972 · as Tom
• Two English Girls1971 · as Claude Roc
• The Lion Has Seven Heads1971 · as Preacher
• A Girl Is a Gun1971 · as Billy le Kid
• The Heirs1970 · as Danton
• Bed and Board1970 · as Antoine Doinel
• Paul1969 · as Paul
• Pigsty1969 · as Julian Klotz
• Joy of Learning1969 · as Émile Rousseau (uncredited)
• Bad Company1969 · as Daniel (archive footage)
• Dialogue 20-40-601968 · as Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")
• The Twenty-Year-Olds1968 · as Adamik
• Françoise et Udo...1968 · as Self
• Concentration1968
• Stolen Kisses1968 · as Antoine Doinel
• Weekend1967 · as Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)
• La Chinoise1967 · as Guillaume
• The Oldest Profession1967 · as The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)
• Anticipation, or Love in the Year 20001967 · as The Bellboy
• The Departure1967 · as Marc
• Made in U.S.A1967 · as Donald Siegel
• Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes1966 · as Daniel
• Masculin Féminin1966 · as Paul
• Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit1965 · as Self
• Pierrot le Fou1965 · as Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)
• Alphaville1965 · as Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)
• Love at Sea1965 · as The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema
• Mata Hari, Agent H211964 · as Absalon
• Nadja in Paris1964 · as Self
• Antoine and Colette1962 · as Antoine Doinel
• Love at Twenty1962 · as Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")
• Boulevard1960 · as Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"
• Testament of Orpheus1960 · as Dargelos, l'écolier
• The 400 Blows1959 · as Antoine Doinel
• King on Horseback1958 · as Pierrot

All TV Shows (6)

• Série noire1984 · as Gaspard Bazin
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• L'Éducation sentimentale1973 · as Frédéric Moreau
• Out 11971 · as Colin
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
• Reflets de Cannes1954 · as Self