Jean-Pierre Léaud

Actor

Born: May 28, 1944 (81 years old)

Place of birth: Paris, France

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.

Filmography (75)

• The 400 Blows (1959, ★ 8)
• Stolen Kisses (1968, ★ 7.3)
• Bed and Board (1970, ★ 7.1)
• Antoine and Colette (1962, ★ 7.2)
• Love on the Run (1979, ★ 7)
• The Dreamers (2003, ★ 7.2)
• La Chinoise (1967, ★ 6.9)
• Last Tango in Paris (1972, ★ 6.9)
• Day for Night (1973, ★ 7.8)
• Pierrot le Fou (1965, ★ 7.3)
• Masculin Féminin (1966, ★ 7.2)
• What Time Is It There? (2001, ★ 7)
• I Hired a Contract Killer (1990, ★ 6.8)
• Weekend (1967, ★ 6.9)
• Love at Twenty (1962, ★ 6.7)
• Irma Vep (1996, ★ 6.7)
• La Vie de Bohème (1992, ★ 7.5)
• Two English Girls (1971, ★ 6.9)
• Testament of Orpheus (1960, ★ 7.6)
• Bunker Palace Hotel (1989, ★ 6.3)
• Pigsty (1969, ★ 7)
• The Mother and the Whore (1973, ★ 7.3)
• Jane B. by Agnès V. (1988, ★ 6.7)
• Le Havre (2011, ★ 7)
• Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes (1966, ★ 7.2)
• Out 1 (1990, ★ 7.1)
• The Chalk Circle Man (2009, ★ 7.1)
• Elizabeth (1998, ★ 7.2)
• Love at Sea (1965, ★ 7.1)
• In the Darkness of Time (2002, ★ 7.5)