
Jean-Pierre Léaud
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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.
Known for
Credits

The Dreamers (2003)
as Jean-Pierre Léaud

Last Tango in Paris (1972)
as Tom

The 400 Blows (1959)
as Antoine Doinel

Elizabeth (1998)
as (uncredited)

Stolen Kisses (1968)
as Antoine Doinel

Le Havre (2011)
as The Whistleblower

The Mother and the Whore (1973)
as Alexandre

Pierrot le Fou (1965)
as Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Bed and Board (1970)
as Antoine Doinel

Irma Vep (1996)
as René Vidal

36 Fillette (1988)
as Boris Golovine

Alphaville (1965)
as Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)

Day for Night (1973)
as Alphonse

The Pornographer (2001)
as Jacques Laurent

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

Love on the Run (1979)
as Antoine Doinel

Masculin Féminin (1966)
as Paul

One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)

Detective (1985)
as Inspector Neveu

Camille Rewinds (2012)
as Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger

La Chinoise (1967)
as Guillaume

Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor

Testament of Orpheus (1960)
as Dargelos, l'écolier

I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
as Henri

Just for Laughs (1997)
as Nicolas Gardinier

Antoine and Colette (1962)
as Antoine Doinel

La Vie de Bohème (1992)
as Blancheron

Jane B. by Agnès V. (1988)
as The Angry Lover

Boulevard (1960)
as Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"

Pigsty (1969)
as Julian Klotz

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
as Self (archive footage)

Love at Twenty (1962)
as Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")

Paul (1969)
as Paul

Two English Girls (1971)
as Claude Roc

Visage (2009)
as Antoine / King Herode

Made in U.S.A (1967)
as Donald Siegel

The Oldest Profession (1967)
as The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)

What Time Is It There? (2001)
as Man at Cemetery

Bunker Palace Hotel (1989)
as Solal

A Wonderful Spell (2004)
as Fernand

Rebelote (1984)
as Rémi Chauveau

La cassure (1984)
as Police Commissioner Rauffast

Parano (1981)
as Ignazio

Out 1 (1990)
as Colin

My Man (1996)
as Client

Love at Sea (1965)
as The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema

The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
as Louis XIV

Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self (archive footage)

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2018)
as Jean

Innocent (1999)
as Le poète

Joy of Learning (1969)
as Émile Rousseau (uncredited)

Paris Awakens (1991)
as Clément

The Chalk Circle Man (2009)
as Le Nermord

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ (2004)
as Self (uncredited)

Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964)
as Absalon
On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)
as Self (archive footage)

Léaud l'unique (2001)
as Self - actor

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (2005)
as Georges Franju

Nadja in Paris (1964)
as Self
With All Hands (1986)
as Marcel

The Birth of Love (1993)
as Marcus

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (2024)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

King on Horseback (1958)
as Pierrot

Les secrets de François Truffaut (2020)
as Self

The Heirs (1970)
as Danton

The Marcorelle Affair (2000)
as François Marcorelle

Nobody Loves Me (1994)
as Lucien

Hugs and Other Things (1976)
as Tom

Lady Cops (1987)
as Commissaire Bouvreuil
Françoise et Udo... (1968)
as Self

Léaud et les Bas (2026)
as Self (Footage)

Alien Crystal Palace (2018)
as Horus

Treasure Island (1986)
as Midas

The War in Paris (2002)
as Haut Placé

Vivement Truffaut (1985)
as Self / Doinel (archive footage)

François Truffaut l'insoumis (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Departure (1967)
as Marc

In the Darkness of Time (2002)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Diary of a Seducer (1996)
as Hugo

M (2017)
as Le père de Lila

Help Me Dream (1981)
as Mario

Boran -Time to Aim (1987)
as Assistant

A Matter of Taste (2000)
as Investigating judge

Bad Company (1969)
as Daniel (archive footage)

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water (2009)
as Self / Antoine / King Herode

Out 1: Spectre (1973)
as Colin

The Lion Has Seven Heads (1971)
as Preacher

Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000 (1967)
as The Bellboy

C'è tempo (2019)
as Self

L'Herbe rouge (1985)
as Lazuli

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986)
as Gaspard Bazin

Dialogue 20-40-60 (1968)
as Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")

The Color of the Wind (1988)
as Decourt

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit (1965)
as Self

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes (1966)
as Daniel

Le petit Pommier (1981)
as Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine

Concentration (1968)
Actor

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After (1984)
as René (segment 3)
Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel (1987)
as Georg Ossegg

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath (1997)
as Self

The Ministries of Art (1989)
as Self

A Girl Is a Gun (1971)
as Billy le Kid

The Twenty-Year-Olds (1968)
as Adamik

I shot Antoine Doinel (2019)
as Self

Pour Bonnie (1982)
as Charles Blaine

Just a Movie (1985)
as Péter - a rendezõ

Mersonne ne m'aime (1982)
as Daniel Flipo-Risq
Paperback Woman (1989)
as Marc

1968 - Without Losing Tenderness (2001)
as Self

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut (2019)
as Self (Archive Footage)

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022)
as Self (archive footage)

El Brujo (2016)
Actor

Lola's Lolos (1976)
as Bernard Dubois
Léaud de Hurle-dents (2004)
as Self
Véra (1982)
Actor
C'est la vie (1991)
Actor





