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Biography: life and films. T he eternal adolescent, Jean-Pierre Léaud is one of the more colourful characters to have enlivened French cinema since the heady days of the French New Wave, in which he was a major contributor. He was born in Paris on 5th May 1944. Because his mother was an actress (Jacqueline Pierreux), he was naturally drawn to ...
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.
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM ( French: [ ʒɑ̃pjɛʁ le.o]; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor best known for his portrayal of Antoine Doinel in a series of films by François Truffaut, beginning with The 400 Blows (1959).
