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Jean-Pierre Léaud
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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.
Known For
The Dreamers
2003
Elizabeth
1998
Last Tango in Paris
1972
The 400 Blows
1959
Irma Vep
1996
Le Havre
2011
Detective
1985
What Time Is It There?
2001
Pierrot le Fou
1965
The Mother and the Whore
1973
The Pornographer
2001
Camille Rewinds
2012
Love on the Run
1979
Bed and Board
1970
Alphaville
1965
La Chinoise
1967
Pigsty
1969
Stolen Kisses
1968
Masculin Féminin
1966
Day for Night
1973
Testament of Orpheus
1960
La Vie de Bohème
1992
One Hundred and One Nights
1995
Antoine and Colette
1962
Weekend
1967
Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988
I Hired a Contract Killer
1990
Out 1
1990
C'è tempo
2019
M
2017
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