Jean-Pierre Léaud
Acting
May 28, 1944
Paris, France
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.
Movies
The War in Paris
2002
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
1984
The Dreamers
2003
Godard Cinema
2023
Elizabeth
1998
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965
The 400 Blows
1959
Out 1
1990
Last Tango in Paris
1972
King on Horseback
1958
Concentration
1968
Lady Cops
1987
Le Havre
2011
Stolen Kisses
1968
The Chalk Circle Man
2009
Masculin Féminin
1966
La Chinoise
1967
Bed and Board
1970
Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020
Irma Vep
1996
