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Aliases: Jean Pierre Leaud , ژان-پیر لئو

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 79

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The 400 Blows
Average
8

The 400 Blows

(1959) Antoine Doinel
Last Tango in Paris
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7
Pierrot le Fou
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7

Pierrot le Fou

(1965) Le Jeune Homme au Cinéma (uncredited)
L'Éducation sentimentale
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6

L'Éducation sentimentale

(1973) Frédéric Moreau
Out 1
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0

Out 1

(1971) Colin
Testament of Orpheus
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8

Testament of Orpheus

(1960) Dargelos, the schoolboy
Alphaville
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7

Alphaville

(1965) Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)
Elizabeth
Average
7

Elizabeth

(1998) (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (archive footage)
2022 Self (archive footage)
2021 (archive footage)
2020 Self (archive footage)
Self
2019 Self - Actor (archive footage)
Self
Self
2018 Horus
Jean
2017 Le père de Lila
2016 Louis XIV
2014 Self (archive footage)
2012 Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
2011 The Whistleblower
2010 Self
2009 Le Nermord
Antoine / King Herode
Self / Antoine / King Herode
Self (archive footage)
2005 Georges Franju
2004 Fernand
Self (uncredited)
Self
2003 Himself
2002 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Haut Placé
2001 Jacques Laurent
Jean-Pierre / Man at the Cemetery
Self
N/A
2000 François Marcorelle
Le juge d'instruction
1999 Le poète
1998 (uncredited)
1997 Self
Nicolas Gardinier
1996 René Vidal
Hugo
Un client
1995 The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)
1994 Lucien
1993 Marcus
Self (archive footage)
1992 Blancheron
1991 Clément
N/A
1990 Henri
1989 Solal
Self
1988 Decourt
Boris Golovine
The Angry Lover
1987 Commissaire Bouvreuil
N/A
Georg Ossegg
1986 Marcel
Gaspard Bazin
Midas
1985 Péter - a rendezõ
Lazuli
Inspector Neveu
Self / Doinel (archive footage)
1984 Rémi Chauveau
René (segment 3)
Police Commissioner Rauffast
Gaspard Bazin
1982 Daniel Flipo-Risq
Charles Blaine
N/A
1981 Mario
Ignazio
Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine
1979 Antoine Doinel
1976 Bernard Dubois
Tom
1974 Self
1973 Alphonse
Alexandre
Frédéric Moreau
1972 Colin
Tom
1971 Claude Roc
Colin
Colin
Preacher
Billy le Kid
1970 Danton
Antoine Doinel
1969 Paul
Julian Klotz
Émile Rousseau (uncredited)
Daniel (archive footage)
1968 Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")
N/A
N/A
Antoine Doinel
1967 Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)
Guillaume
The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)
Marc
Donald Siegel
1966 Daniel
The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema
Paul
1965 Self
Le Jeune Homme au Cinéma (uncredited)
Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)
1964 Absalon
Self
1962 Antoine Doinel
Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")
1960 Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"
Dargelos, the schoolboy
1959 Antoine Doinel
1958 Pierrot
1956 Self
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1974 Director
1967 Assistant Director
1965 Assistant Director
Assistant Director
1964 Assistant Director
Assistant Director Trainee
Assistant Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1970 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

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