Born in Paris, Léaud entered cinema as a fourteen-year-old when François Truffaut cast him as the semi-autobiographical Antoine Doinel in The 400 Blows, after a wide-scale audition that followed Truffaut’s newspaper notice; his brief prior appearance with Jean Marais in La Tour, prends garde ! gave him a first taste of professional acting. The role launched a two-decade saga of Doinel films-Stolen… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Dreamers 2003 The 400 Blows 1959 Elizabeth 1998 Last Tango in Paris 1972 ★ 7.5 La Vie de Bohème 1992
Blancheron ★ 7.4 In the Darkness of Time 2002
(archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes 1966
Daniel ★ 7.1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight 2018
Jean ★ 7 What Time Is It There? 2001
Man at Cemetery ★ 7 Pigsty 1969
Julian Klotz ★ 6.9 I Hired a Contract Killer 1990
Henri ★ 6.8 Jane B. by Agnès V. 1988
The Angry Lover ★ 6.7 Irma Vep 1996
René Vidal ★ 6.7 Love at Twenty 1962
Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette") ★ 6.6 The Departure 1967
Marc ★ 6.5 The Death of Louis XIV 2016
Louis XIV ★ 6.4 M 2017
Le père de Lila ★ 6.3 A Matter of Taste 2000
Investigating judge ★ 6.3 Bunker Palace Hotel 1989
Solal ★ 6.1 Camille Rewinds 2012
Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger ★ 6.1 One Hundred and One Nights 1995
The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company 1986
Gaspard Bazin ★ 6.1 Joy of Learning 1969
Émile Rousseau (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Made in U.S.A 1967
Donald Siegel ★ 6 The Lion Has Seven Heads 1971
Preacher ★ 6 King on Horseback 1958
Pierrot ★ 5.7 My Man 1996
Client ★ 5.7 Mata Hari, Agent H21 1964
Absalon ★ 5.5 Visage 2009
Antoine / King Herode ★ 5.2 Detective 1985
Inspector Neveu ★ 5.1 The Pornographer 2001
Jacques Laurent ★ 5 36 Fillette 1988
Boris Golovine ★ 5 The Oldest Profession 1967
The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited) ★ 4.7 Lady Cops 1987
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