Actor
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Born 28 May 1944 · Paris, France
Jean-Pierre Léaud is a French actor who became a face of the French New Wave as a teenager. He is best known for playing Antoine Doinel across Truffaut's films, starting with The 400 Blows. He later worked with Godard, Rivette, Pasolini, Kaurismäki and Tsai Ming-liang.
Key films
The 400 Blows (1959)On Cinespective
His screen debut as Antoine Doinel, the role that made him a New Wave icon.
Masculin Féminin (1966)
One of his key Godard collaborations, capturing 1960s Parisian youth.
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Doinel returns as a young adult in Truffaut's warm, comic continuation of the cycle.
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Anchors Jean Eustache's landmark film as a restless, talkative young man in post-1968 Paris.
The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
A late-career showpiece, playing the dying king in Albert Serra's austere chamber drama.
Key awards
- 2016 Honorary Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 118
- 1958King on Horseback · as PierrotActor
- 1959The 400 Blows · as Antoine DoinelActor
- 1960Testament of Orpheus · as Dargelos, l'écolierActor
- 1960Boulevard · as Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"Actor
- 1962Antoine and Colette · as Antoine DoinelActor
- 1962Love at Twenty · as Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")Actor
- 1964Nadja in Paris · as SelfActor
- 1964Mata Hari, Agent H21 · as AbsalonActor
- 1965Pierrot le Fou · as Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)Actor
- 1965Alphaville · as Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)Actor
- 1965Love at Sea · as The Boy at the Exit of the CinemaActor
- 1965Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit · as SelfActor
- 1966Masculin Féminin · as PaulActor
- 1966Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes · as DanielActor
- 1967Weekend · as Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)Actor
- 1967La Chinoise · as GuillaumeActor
- 1967Made in U.S.A · as Donald SiegelActor
- 1967The Departure · as MarcActor
- 1967The Oldest Profession · as The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)Actor
- 1967Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000 · as The BellboyActor
- 1968Stolen Kisses · as Antoine DoinelActor
- 1968Dialogue 20-40-60 · as Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")Actor
- 1968ConcentrationActor
- 1968Françoise et Udo... · as SelfActor
- 1968The Twenty-Year-Olds · as AdamikActor
- 1969Pigsty · as Julian KlotzActor
- 1969Joy of Learning · as Émile Rousseau (uncredited)Actor
- 1969Bad Company · as Daniel (archive footage)Actor
- 1969Paul · as PaulActor
- 1970Bed and Board · as Antoine DoinelActor
- 1970The Heirs · as DantonActor
- 1971Two English Girls · as Claude RocActor
- 1971The Lion Has Seven Heads · as PreacherActor
- 1971A Girl Is a Gun · as Billy le KidActor
- 1972Last Tango in Paris · as TomActor
- 1973Day for Night · as AlphonseActor
- 1973The Mother and the Whore · as AlexandreActor
- 1973Out 1: Spectre · as ColinActor
- 1974De quoi s'agit-il?Director
- 1976Lola's Lolos · as Bernard DuboisActor
- 1976Hugs and Other Things · as TomActor
- 1979Love on the Run · as Antoine DoinelActor
- 1981Help Me Dream · as MarioActor
- 1981Parano · as IgnazioActor
- 1981Le petit Pommier · as Le vendeur de La Belle AubaineActor
- 1982Mersonne ne m'aime · as Daniel Flipo-RisqActor
- 1982VéraActor
- 1982Pour Bonnie · as Charles BlaineActor
- 1984Paris Seen By... 20 Years After · as René (segment 3)Actor
- 1984Rebelote · as Rémi ChauveauActor
- 1984La cassure · as Police Commissioner RauffastActor
- 1985Detective · as Inspector NeveuActor
- 1985Vivement Truffaut · as Self / Doinel (archive footage)Actor
- 1985Just a Movie · as Péter - a rendezõActor
- 1985L'Herbe rouge · as LazuliActor
- 1986Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company · as Gaspard BazinActor
- 1986Treasure Island · as MidasActor
- 1986With All Hands · as MarcelActor
- 1987Lady Cops · as Commissaire BouvreuilActor
- 1987Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel · as Georg OsseggActor
- 1987Boran -Time to Aim · as AssistantActor
- 1988Jane B. by Agnès V. · as The Angry LoverActor
- 198836 Fillette · as Boris GolovineActor
- 1988The Color of the Wind · as DecourtActor
- 1989Bunker Palace Hotel · as SolalActor
- 1989The Ministries of Art · as SelfActor
- 1989Paperback Woman · as MarcActor
- 1990I Hired a Contract Killer · as HenriActor
- 1990Out 1 · as ColinActor
- 1991Paris Awakens · as ClémentActor
- 1991C'est la vieActor
- 1992La Vie de Bohème · as BlancheronActor
- 1993The Birth of Love · as MarcusActor
- 1993François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1994Nobody Loves Me · as LucienActor
- 1995One Hundred and One Nights · as The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)Actor
- 1996Irma Vep · as René VidalActor
- 1996My Man · as ClientActor
- 1996Diary of a Seducer · as HugoActor
- 1997Just for Laughs · as Nicolas GardinierActor
- 1997Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath · as SelfActor
- 1998Elizabeth · as (uncredited)Actor
- 1999Innocent · as Le poèteActor
- 2000A Matter of Taste · as Investigating judgeActor
- 2000The Marcorelle Affair · as François MarcorelleActor
- 2001What Time Is It There? · as Man at CemeteryActor
- 2001The Pornographer · as Jacques LaurentActor
- 20011968 - Without Losing Tenderness · as SelfActor
- 2001Léaud l'unique · as Self - actorActor
- 2002In the Darkness of Time · as (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2002The War in Paris · as Haut PlacéActor
- 2003The Dreamers · as Jean-Pierre LéaudActor
- 2004A Wonderful Spell · as FernandActor
- 2004Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ · as Self (uncredited)Actor
- 2004Léaud de Hurle-dents · as SelfActor
- 2005I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed · as Georges FranjuActor
- 2009Visage · as Antoine / King HerodeActor
- 2009The Chalk Circle Man · as Le NermordActor
- 2009On the Trail of the New Wave · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water · as Self / Antoine / King HerodeActor
- 2011Le Havre · as The WhistleblowerActor
- 2012Camille Rewinds · as Monsieur Dupont - l'horlogerActor
- 2014François Truffaut l'insoumis · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2016The Death of Louis XIV · as Louis XIVActor
- 2016El BrujoActor
- 2017M · as Le père de LilaActor
- 2018The Lion Sleeps Tonight · as JeanActor
- 2018Alien Crystal Palace · as HorusActor
- 2019C'è tempo · as SelfActor
- 2019André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer · as Self - Actor (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Introducing My Father, François Truffaut · as Self (Archive Footage)Actor
- 2019I shot Antoine Doinel · as SelfActor
- 2020Les secrets de François Truffaut · as SelfActor
- 2021Morceaux de CannesActor
- 2022Quando a Coisa Vira Outra · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Godard Cinema · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema · as Self - Actor (archive footage)Actor
- 2026Léaud et les Bas · as Self (Footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.