Jean-Pierre Léaud
Known for Acting
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
The Dreamers
2003
as Jean-Pierre Léaud
Last Tango in Paris
1972
as Tom
Elizabeth
1998
as (uncredited)
The 400 Blows
1959
as Antoine Doinel
The Mother and the Whore
1973
as Alexandre
Irma Vep
1996
as René Vidal
Day for Night
1973
as Alphonse
36 Fillette
1988
as Boris Golovine
Pierrot le Fou
1965
as Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)
The Pornographer
2001
as Jacques Laurent
What Time Is It There?
2001
as Man at Cemetery
Visage
2009
as Antoine / King Herode
Le Havre
2011
as The Whistleblower
Detective
1985
as Inspector Neveu
My Man
1996
as Client
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993
as Self (archive footage)
La Chinoise
1967
as Guillaume
Camille Rewinds
2012
as Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
Testament of Orpheus
1960
as Dargelos, l'écolier
Stolen Kisses
1968
as Antoine Doinel