Birthday:
May 28, 1944
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Jean-Pierre Léaud
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The 400 Blows | Antoine Doinel | 1959 |
| Stolen Kisses | Antoine Doinel | 1968 |
| Antoine and Colette | Antoine Doinel | 1962 |
| Bed and Board | Antoine Doinel | 1970 |
| Love on the Run | Antoine Doinel | 1979 |
| 36 Fillette | Boris Golovine | 1988 |
| The Dreamers | Himself | 2003 |
| La Chinoise | Guillaume | 1967 |
| Last Tango in Paris | Tom | 1972 |
| Day for Night | Alphonse | 1973 |
| Pierrot le Fou | Young Man in Cinema (uncredited) | 1965 |
| Vivement Truffaut | Self / Doinel (archive footage) | 1985 |
| Masculin Féminin | Paul | 1966 |
| What Time Is It There? | Jean-Pierre / Man at the Cemetery | 2001 |
| I Hired a Contract Killer | Henri | 1990 |
| Weekend | Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited) | 1967 |
| Love at Twenty | Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette") | 1962 |
| Irma Vep | René Vidal | 1996 |
| La Vie de Bohème | Blancheron | 1992 |
| Made in U.S.A | Donald Siegel | 1967 |
| Two English Girls | Claude Roc | 1971 |
| Pour Bonnie | Charles Blaine | 1982 |
| Testament of Orpheus | Dargelos, the schoolboy | 1960 |
| The Pornographer | Jacques Laurent | 2001 |
| Bunker Palace Hotel | Solal | 1989 |
| With All Hands | Marcel | 1986 |
| Godard Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2023 |
| Lola's Lolos | Bernard Dubois | 1976 |
| Innocent | Le poète | 1999 |
| Paul | Paul | 1969 |
| Paris Awakens | Clément | 1991 |
| The Color of the Wind | Decourt | 1988 |
| Pigsty | Julian Klotz | 1969 |
| The Mother and the Whore | Alexandre | 1973 |
| Le Gai Savoir | Émile Rousseau (uncredited) | 1969 |
| Detective | Inspector Neveu | 1985 |
| Jane B. for Agnès V. | The Angry Lover | 1988 |
| Face | Antoine / King Herode | 2009 |
| Le Havre | The Whistleblower | 2011 |
| Boulevard | Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo" | 1960 |
| A Matter of Taste | Investigating judge | 2000 |
| C'è tempo | Self | 2019 |
| Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes | Daniel | 1966 |
| Out 1 | Colin | 1990 |
| A Wonderful Spell | Fernand | 2004 |
| Diary of a Seducer | Hugo | 1996 |
| The War in Paris | Haut Placé | 2002 |
| Camille Rewinds | Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger | 2012 |
| A Girl Is a Gun | Billy le Kid | 1971 |
| The Departure | Marc | 1967 |
| The Lion Has Seven Heads | Preacher | 1971 |
| The Chalk Circle Man | Le Nermord | 2009 |
| Nobody Loves Me | Lucien | 1994 |
| Elizabeth | (uncredited) | 1998 |
| Bad Company | Daniel (archive footage) | 1969 |
| Dialogue 20-40-60 | Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds") | 1968 |
| Boran - Zeit zum Zielen | 1987 | |
| I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed | Georges Franju | 2005 |
| Hugs and Other Things | Tom | 1976 |
| Love at Sea | The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema | 1966 |
| Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath | Self | 1997 |
| Parano | Ignazio | 1981 |
| The Birth of Love | Marcus | 1993 |
| 1968 - Without Losing Tenderness | Self | 2001 |
| Treasure Island | Midas | 1986 |
| Just for Laughs | Nicolas Gardinier | 1997 |
| La cassure | Police Commissioner Rauffast | 1984 |
| In the Darkness of Time | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002 |
| L'Herbe rouge | Lazuli | 1985 |
| Alphaville | Breakfast Waiter (uncredited) | 1965 |
| Concentration | 1968 | |
| Quando a Coisa Vira Outra | Self (archive footage) | 2022 |
| The Oldest Profession | The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited) | 1967 |
| The Death of Louis XIV | Louis XIV | 2016 |
| Les secrets de François Truffaut | Self | 2020 |
| Out 1: Spectre | Colin | 1973 |
| The Ministries of Art | Self | 1989 |
| The Marcorelle Affair | François Marcorelle | 2000 |
| Françoise et Udo... | 1968 | |
| Rebelote | Rémi Chauveau | 1984 |
| M | Le père de Lila | 2017 |
| El Brujo | 1970 | |
| Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit | Self | 1965 |
| King on Horseback | Pierrot | 1958 |
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight | Jean | 2018 |
| Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company | Gaspard Bazin | 1986 |
| Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ | Self (uncredited) | 2004 |
| Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel | Georg Ossegg | 1987 |
| Help Me Dream | Mario | 1981 |
| Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water | Self / Antoine / King Herode | 2009 |
| Véra | 1982 | |
| Alien Crystal Palace | Horus | 2018 |
| The Heirs | Danton | 1970 |
| François Truffaut l'insoumis | Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits | Self (archive footage) | 1993 |
| André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019 |
| C'est la avie | 1991 | |
| Lady Cops | Commissaire Bouvreuil | 1987 |
| Just a Movie | Péter - a rendezõ | 1985 |
| Léaud l'unique | 2001 | |
| My Man | Client | 1996 |
| On the Trail of the New Wave | Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| One Hundred and One Nights | The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited) | 1995 |
| I shot Antoine Doinel | Self | 2019 |
| Nadja in Paris | Self | 1964 |
| Le petit Pommier | Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine | 1981 |
| Sodankylä Forever | Self | 2010 |
| Léaud de Hurle-dents | Self | 2004 |
| Mersonne ne m'aime | Daniel Flipo-Risq | 1982 |
| Paris Seen By... 20 Years After | René (segment 3) | 1984 |
| Mata Hari, Agent H21 | Absalon | 1964 |
| Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Out 1 | Colin | 1971 |
| Série noire | Gaspard Bazin | 1984 |
| L'Éducation sentimentale | Frédéric Moreau | 1973 |
| Spécial cinéma | Self | 1974 |
| Cinépanorama | Self | 1956 |
| Reflets de Cannes | Self | 1954 |
