Jean-Pierre LĂ©aud
Acting
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 KaurismÀki, 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
2026LĂ©aud et les Bas
Self (Footage)
2024Jean-Pierre LĂ©aud: The Child of Cinema
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2023Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2022Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Self (archive footage)
2021Morceaux de Cannes
2020Les secrets de François Truffaut
Self
2019C'Ăš tempo
Self
2019André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019I shot Antoine Doinel
Self
2019Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
Self (Archive Footage)
2018The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Jean
2018Alien Crystal Palace
Horus
2017M
Le pĂšre de Lila
2016The Death of Louis XIV
Louis XIV
2014François Truffaut l'insoumis
Self (archive footage)
2012Camille Rewinds
Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
2011Le Havre
The Whistleblower
2010SodankylÀ Forever
Self
2009Visage
Antoine / King Herode
2009The Chalk Circle Man
Le Nermord
2009Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
Self / Antoine / King Herode
2005I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
Georges Franju
2004A Wonderful Spell
Fernand
2004Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes âThe Dreamersâ
Self (uncredited)