
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Acting
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.
Filmography

Léaud et les Bas
Mar 14, 2026

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Sep 4, 2024

Godard Cinema
Jun 5, 2023

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Oct 6, 2022

Les secrets de François Truffaut
Jul 5, 2020

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
Nov 11, 2019

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Oct 2, 2019

I shot Antoine Doinel
Apr 8, 2019

C'è tempo
Mar 7, 2019

Alien Crystal Palace
Nov 21, 2018

The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Jan 3, 2018

M
Nov 15, 2017

The Death of Louis XIV
Nov 2, 2016

François Truffaut l'insoumis
Nov 2, 2014

Camille Rewinds
Sep 12, 2012

Le Havre
Sep 8, 2011

Sodankylä Forever
Aug 5, 2010

The Chalk Circle Man
Oct 28, 2009

Visage
Oct 2, 2009

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
Jun 28, 2009

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
Nov 2, 2005

A Wonderful Spell
Jul 7, 2004

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
Mar 1, 2004

The Dreamers
Oct 10, 2003

In the Darkness of Time
Sep 3, 2002

The War in Paris
May 22, 2002

The Pornographer
Oct 3, 2001

What Time Is It There?
Sep 26, 2001

1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
May 25, 2001

Léaud l'unique
May 25, 2001