
Jean-Pierre Léaud
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.
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The Dreamers
2003
Jean-Pierre Léaud

The 400 Blows
1959
Antoine Doinel

Elizabeth
1998
(uncredited)

Last Tango in Paris
1972
Tom

Pierrot le Fou
1965
Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Day for Night
1973
Alphonse

Alphaville
1965
Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)

Le Havre
2011
The Whistleblower

Stolen Kisses
1968
Antoine Doinel

Masculin Féminin
1966
Paul

Weekend
1967
Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)

Bed and Board
1970
Antoine Doinel

Antoine and Colette
1962
Antoine Doinel

Irma Vep
1996
René Vidal

Camille Rewinds
2012
Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger

La Chinoise
1967
Guillaume

I Hired a Contract Killer
1990
Henri

Love on the Run
1979
Antoine Doinel

The Mother and the Whore
1973
Alexandre

Pigsty
1969
Julian Klotz
