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.
Filmography
Léaud et les Bas
2026
as Self (Footage)
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020
as Self
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019
as Self (Archive Footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
I shot Antoine Doinel
2019
as Self
C'è tempo
2019
as Self
Alien Crystal Palace
2018
as Horus
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
2018
as Jean
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2017
as Le père de Lila
The Death of Louis XIV
2016
as Louis XIV
El Brujo
2016
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Camille Rewinds
2012
as Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
Le Havre
2011
as The Whistleblower
The Chalk Circle Man
2009
as Le Nermord
Visage
2009
as Antoine / King Herode
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
2009
as Self / Antoine / King Herode
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On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
as Self (archive footage)
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005
as Georges Franju
A Wonderful Spell
2004
as Fernand