
Acting
Born May 28, 1944 · Paris, France
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.

Léaud et les Bas
2026

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024

Godard Cinema
2023

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022

Les secrets de François Truffaut
2020

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
2019

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
2019

I shot Antoine Doinel
2019

C'è tempo
2019

Alien Crystal Palace
2018

The Lion Sleeps Tonight
2018

M
2017

The Death of Louis XIV
2016

François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014

Camille Rewinds
2012

Le Havre
2011

Sodankylä Forever
2010

The Chalk Circle Man
2009

Face
2009

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
2009
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
2005

A Wonderful Spell
2004

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
2004
Léaud de Hurle-dents
2004

The Dreamers
2003

In the Darkness of Time
2002

The War in Paris
2002

The Pornographer
2001

What Time Is It There?
2001

1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
2001

Léaud l'unique
2001

The Marcorelle Affair
2000

A Matter of Taste
2000

Innocent
1999

Elizabeth
1998

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
1997

Just for Laughs
1997

Irma Vep
1996

Diary of a Seducer
1996

My Man
1996

One Hundred and One Nights
1995

Nobody Loves Me
1994

The Birth of Love
1993

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
1993

La Vie de Bohème
1992

Paris Awakens
1991
C'est la vie
1991

Out 1
1990

I Hired a Contract Killer
1990
Paperback Woman
1989

Bunker Palace Hotel
1989

The Ministries of Art
1989

The Color of the Wind
1988

36 Fillette
1988

Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988

Lady Cops
1987

Boran - Zeit zum Zielen
1987
Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel
1987

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
1986
With All Hands
1986

Treasure Island
1986

Just a Movie
1985

L'Herbe rouge
1985

Detective
1985

Vivement Truffaut
1985

Rebelote
1984

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
1984

La cassure
1984

Mersonne ne m'aime
1982

Pour Bonnie
1982
Véra
1982

Help Me Dream
1981

Parano
1981

Le petit Pommier
1981

Love on the Run
1979

Lola's Lolos
1976

Hugs and Other Things
1976

Out 1: Spectre
1973

Day for Night
1973

The Mother and the Whore
1973

Last Tango in Paris
1972

Two English Girls
1971

The Lion Has Seven Heads
1971

A Girl Is a Gun
1971

The Heirs
1970

Bed and Board
1970

Paul
1969

Pigsty
1969

Le Gai Savoir
1969

Bad Company
1969

Dialogue 20-40-60
1968

The Twenty-Year-Olds
1968
Françoise et Udo...
1968

Concentration
1968

Stolen Kisses
1968

Weekend
1967

La Chinoise
1967

The Oldest Profession
1967

Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000
1967

The Departure
1967

Made in U.S.A
1967

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes
1966

Masculin Féminin
1966

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
1965

Pierrot le Fou
1965

Alphaville
1965

Love at Sea
1965

Mata Hari, Agent H21
1964

Nadja in Paris
1964

Antoine and Colette
1962

Love at Twenty
1962

Boulevard
1960

Testament of Orpheus
1960

The 400 Blows
1959

King on Horseback
1958