Cast & creator
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Best known for Spécial cinéma, Cinépanorama, The Dreamers
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.
Also known as: Jean Pierre Leaud
126
film credits
8
television credits
125
1954–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (134)
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Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
The Dreamers
Jean-Pierre Léaud
2003
Ciné regards
Self
1978
The 400 Blows
Antoine Doinel
1959
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
Last Tango in Paris
Tom
1972
Stolen Kisses
Antoine Doinel
1968
Le Havre
The Whistleblower
2011
Elizabeth
(uncredited)
1998
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964
Pierrot le Fou
Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)
1965Pierrot le Fou
Assistant Director
1965
Out 1
Colin
1971
Day for Night
Alphonse
1973
Masculin Féminin
Paul
1966
Bed and Board
Antoine Doinel
1970
Alphaville
Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)
1965Alphaville
Assistant Director
1965
The Mother and the Whore
Alexandre
1973
Irma Vep
René Vidal
1996
Testament of Orpheus
Dargelos, l'écolier
1960
One Hundred and One Nights
The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)
1995
The Oldest Profession
The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)
1967
Love on the Run
Antoine Doinel
1979
36 Fillette
Boris Golovine
1988
Two English Girls
Claude Roc
1971
La Vie de Bohème
Blancheron
1992
The Wild Child
Thanks
1970
Weekend
Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)
1967
Boulevard
Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"
1960
The Married Woman
Assistant Director
1964
The Pornographer
Jacques Laurent
2001
Detective
Inspector Neveu
1985
The Soft Skin
Assistant Director Trainee
1964
Série noire
Gaspard Bazin
1984
Godard Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2023
La Chinoise
Guillaume
1967
I Hired a Contract Killer
Henri
1990
Pigsty
Julian Klotz
1969
Jane B. by Agnès V.
The Angry Lover
1988
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Self (archive footage)
1993
Camille Rewinds
Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger
2012
Love at Sea
The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema
1965
Just for Laughs
Nicolas Gardinier
1997
Love at Twenty
Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")
1962
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Antoine and Colette
Antoine Doinel
1962
L'Éducation sentimentale
Frédéric Moreau
1973
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed
Georges Franju
2005
Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
Gaspard Bazin
1986
The Death of Louis XIV
Louis XIV
2016
The Ministries of Art
Self
1989
My Man
Client
1996
Made in U.S.A
Donald Siegel
1967Made in U.S.A
Assistant Director
1967
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Jean
2018
Nobody Loves Me
Lucien
1994
The Chalk Circle Man
Le Nermord
2009
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Thanks
2024
Treasure Island
Midas
1986
Paul
Paul
1969
A Wonderful Spell
Fernand
2004
What Time Is It There?
Man at Cemetery
2001
Mata Hari, Agent H21
Absalon
1964Mata Hari, Agent H21
Assistant Director
1964
The Lion Has Seven Heads
Preacher
1971
Visage
Antoine / King Herode
2009
Innocent
Le poète
1999
Hugs and Other Things
Tom
1976
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
René (segment 3)
1984
François Truffaut l'insoumis
Self (archive footage)
2014
King on Horseback
Pierrot
1958
A Matter of Taste
Investigating judge
2000
In the Darkness of Time
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
The War in Paris
Haut Placé
2002
Boran -Time to Aim
Assistant
1987
The Birth of Love
Marcus
1993
Dialogue 20-40-60
Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")
1968
Out 1
Colin
1990
Rebelote
Rémi Chauveau
1984
Les secrets de François Truffaut
Self
2020
Parano
Ignazio
1981
Joy of Learning
Émile Rousseau (uncredited)
1969
The Color of the Wind
Decourt
1988On the Trail of the New Wave
Self (archive footage)
2009
Diary of a Seducer
Hugo
1996
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Bunker Palace Hotel
Solal
1989
Mersonne ne m'aime
Daniel Flipo-Risq
1982
Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes
Daniel
1966
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
Self / Antoine / King Herode
2009
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Self (archive footage)
2022
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
Self (uncredited)
2004
Léaud et les Bas
Self (Footage)
2026
I shot Antoine Doinel
Self
2019
Out 1: Spectre
Colin
1973
Françoise et Udo...
Self
1968
Introducing My Father, François Truffaut
Self (Archive Footage)
2019
Paris Awakens
Clément
1991
Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit
Self
1965
Lola's Lolos
Bernard Dubois
1976
Lady Cops
Commissaire Bouvreuil
1987
A Girl Is a Gun
Billy le Kid
1971
The Twenty-Year-Olds
Adamik
1968
M
Le père de Lila
2017
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
Self
2001Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel
Georg Ossegg
1987
Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000
The Bellboy
1967
Nadja in Paris
Self
1964C'est la vie
1991
The Departure
Marc
1967
Help Me Dream
Mario
1981
Vivement Truffaut
Self / Doinel (archive footage)
1985
The Marcorelle Affair
François Marcorelle
2000De quoi s'agit-il?
Director
1974
La cassure
Police Commissioner Rauffast
1984
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
Self
1997With All Hands
Marcel
1986
Léaud l'unique
Self - actor
2001
The Heirs
Danton
1970
L'Herbe rouge
Lazuli
1985
Bad Company
Daniel (archive footage)
1969
Alien Crystal Palace
Horus
2018Véra
1982
C'è tempo
Self
2019
Just a Movie
Péter - a rendezõ
1985
Le petit Pommier
Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine
1981
Concentration
1968Léaud de Hurle-dents
Self
2004Paperback Woman
Marc
1989
Pour Bonnie
Charles Blaine
1982