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{{short description|French actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jean-Pierre Léaud
| image = Jean-Pierre Léaud Césars.jpg
| caption = Léaud at the [[2000 César Awards]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|05|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Paris]], France
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 1958–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Brigitte Duvivier|2007}}
| parents = [[Jacqueline Pierreux]]<br>[[Pierre Léaud]]
| awards = [[Silver Bear for Best Actor]]<br>[[Masculin Féminin]] (1966)<br>Best Actor ([[Thessaloniki Film Festival]])<br>1996 ''{{ill|Pour rire!|fr}}''<br>[[Honorary César]]<br>[[FIPRESCI Prize]] (2000)<br>[[The Pornographer]] (2001)
}}
'''Jean-Pierre Léaud''', [[Order of Merit (Portugal)|ComM]] ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃pjɛʁ le.o|lang}}; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor best known for being an important figure of the [[French New Wave]] and his portrayal of [[Antoine Doinel]] in a series of films by [[François Truffaut]], beginning with ''[[The 400 Blows]]'' (1959). He has worked with [[Jean-Luc Godard]], [[Agnès Varda]], and [[Jacques Rivette]], as well as other notable directors such as [[Jean Cocteau]], [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], [[Bernardo Bertolucci]], [[Catherine Breillat]], [[Jerzy Skolimowski]], and [[Aki Kaurismäki]].
==Early life==
Born in Paris, Léaud made his major debut as an actor at the age of 14 as [[Antoine Doinel]], a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French [[film director]] [[François Truffaut]], in ''[[The 400 Blows]]''. To cast the two central characters, Antoine Doinel and his partner-in-crime René Bigey, Truffaut published an announcement in ''[[France-Soir]]'' and auditioned several hundred children in September and October 1958. Jean Domarchi, a critic at ''[[Cahiers du cinéma]]'', had earlier recommended the son of an assistant scriptwriter, [[Pierre Léaud]], and the actress [[Jacqueline Pierreux]]. Patrick Auffay was cast as René.
Truffaut was immediately captivated by the fourteen-year-old Léaud,<ref name="BaecqueToubiana2000">{{cite book
|last1=Baecque
|first1=Antoine de
|last2=Toubiana
|first2=Serge
|title=Truffaut
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2H0AiDn4XIC&pg=PA129
|access-date=29 March 2011
|date=4 September 2000
|publisher=University of California Press
|isbn=978-0-520-22524-4
|page=129}}</ref> who had already appeared with [[Jean Marais]] in [[Georges Lampin]]'s ''[[La Tour, prends garde !]]'' (1958). He recognized traits they both shared, "for example a certain suffering with regard to the family...With, however, this fundamental difference: though we were both rebels, we hadn't expressed our rebellion in the same way. I preferred to cover up and lie. Jean-Pierre, on the contrary, seeks to hurt, shock and wants it to be known...Why? Because he's unruly, while I was sly. Because his excitability requires that things happen to him, and when they don't occur quickly enough, he provokes them".<ref name="BaecqueToubiana2000"/>{{rp|129}} In his final interview, Truffaut mentioned he was happy with how Léaud improvised within the flexibly written script.<ref name="Brody2010">{{cite magazine|last1=Brody|first1=Richard|title=Truffaut's Last Interview|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/truffauts-last-interview|magazine=The New Yorker|date=29 July 2010 |publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>
Jean-Pierre Léaud, then in the eighth grade at a private school in [[Pontigny]], was a far from ideal student. The director of the school wrote this to Truffaut, "I regret to inform you that Jean-Pierre is more and more 'unmanageable'. Indifference, arrogance, permanent defiance, lack of discipline in all its forms. He has twice been caught leafing through pornographic pictures in the dorm. He is developing more and more into an emotionally disturbed case".<ref name="BaecqueToubiana2000"/>{{rp|129}} But this unstable boy, who often ran away with the older students on their nights out, could also be brilliant, generous, and affectionate. Extremely cultured for his age,<ref name="BaecqueToubiana2000"/>{{rp|130}} he was already very good at writing, and he even claimed to Truffaut that he had written a "verse tragedy", ''Torquatus''.<ref name="BaecqueToubiana2000"/>{{rp|130}}
==Truffaut's influence from adolescence into adulthood==
Throughout the production of ''[[The 400 Blows]]'' (''Les Quatre Cents Coups'', 1959), wrote Jay Carr, "Truffaut would take Léaud to see rushes of Godard's ''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]'' each evening. They'd sit up late talking film with Godard, Rivette, Rohmer, Eustache, Orson Welles."<ref name="Tribune Publishing">{{cite web|last1=Carr|first1=Jay|title=Jean-pierre Leaud Going It Alone With Loss Of Father-protector|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/04/28/jean-pierre-leaud-going-it-alone-with-loss-of-father-protector/|website=The Chicago Tribune|date=28 April 1985 |publisher=Tribune Publishing|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Upon the filmmaker's death, the actor reminisced Truffaut was the first person he admired and that he "spoke to children like they were adults. He realized that children understood things better than adults did. He was purely intuitive. We operated in a sort of complicity."<ref name="Tribune Publishing"/>
During and following the filming of ''The 400 Blows'', Truffaut's concern for Léaud extended beyond the film set. He took charge of the difficult adolescent's upbringing after Léaud was expelled from school and kicked out of the home of the retired couple taking care of him. Truffaut subsequently rented a studio apartment for Léaud. Truffaut also hired him for assistant work on ''[[The Soft Skin]]'' (''La peau douce'', 1964) and ''[[Mata Hari, Agent H21]]'' (1964).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brody|first1=Richard|title=Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard|date=2008|publisher=Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company, LLC|___location=New York|isbn=9780805068863|page=256|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nf_uKU6bYRYC&pg=PA256|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>
==Acting career==
[[
Léaud starred in four more Truffaut films depicting the life of Doinel, spanning a period of 20 years—after the short-film ''[[Antoine et Colette]]'' in 1962—beside actress [[Claude Jade]] as his girlfriend, and then wife, Christine. Those films are ''[[Stolen Kisses]]'' (1968), ''[[Bed and Board (film)|Bed and Board]]'' (1970) and ''[[Love on the Run (1979 film)|Love on the Run]]'' (1979). Truffaut stated that Léaud was the source of inspiration for the Antoine Doinel character and "I created some scenes just because I knew he would be funny in them—at least I laughed during the writing as I thought of him."<ref name="Brody2010"/> He also collaborated with Truffaut on non-Antoine Doinel films like ''[[Two English Girls]]'' (''Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent'', 1971) and ''[[Day for Night (film)|Day for Night]]'' (''La Nuit américaine'', 1973) and became the actor most commonly affiliated with him. Although Antoine Doinel is his most familiar character, he often found his performances in other films to be compared to his Doinel character whether there were legitimate similarities or not.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/8/lightness.html |title=Essay on Léaud's career |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127182735/http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/8/lightness.html |archive-date=2010-01-27 }}</ref>
Léaud is one of the most visible and well-known actors to be associated with the [[French New Wave]] film movement and, aside from his work with Truffaut, collaborated with [[Jean-Luc Godard]] (nine films), [[Jean Eustache]], [[Jacques Rivette]] and [[Agnès Varda]]. The early 1970s was perhaps the peak of his professional career when he had three critically acclaimed films released: Bertolucci's ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]'' (1972), Truffaut's ''[[La Nuit américaine]]'', and Eustache's ''[[The Mother and the Whore]]'' (both 1973). In the Bertolucci film, Léaud appeared in the same film as a hero of his, [[Marlon Brando]], although the two men never met, since all of Léaud's scenes were shot on Saturdays and Brando refused to work on Saturdays.<ref name="Monaco1978">{{cite book
|last=Monaco
|first=James
|title=Celebrity: the media as image makers
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAGaAAAAIAAJ
|access-date=29 March 2011
|year=1978
|publisher=[[Dell Pub. Co.]]
|isbn=978-0-440-50991-2
|page=140}}</ref>
In March 1966, Léaud won the [[Silver Bear for Best Actor]] at the [[16th Berlin International Film Festival]] for his role in [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s ''[[Masculin, féminin]]''.<ref name="berlinale 1966">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1966/03_preistr_ger_1966/03_Preistraeger_1966.html |title=Berlinale 1966: Prize Winners |access-date=2010-02-24 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> He was nominated for a [[César Award]] for Best Supporting Actor in 1988 for [[Les Keufs]] and was awarded an [[Honorary César]] for lifetime achievement in 2000.
Léaud acted in films by other influential directors, such as [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], [[Jerzy Skolimowski]], [[Aki Kaurismäki]], [[Olivier Assayas]], [[Tsai Ming-liang]], [[Bertrand Bonello]] and [[Albert Serra]].
==Personal life==
He is married to the French actress Brigitte Duvivier.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lounas|first1=Thierry|title=- Interview : JEAN-PIERRE LEAUD – " Il me faut la caméra. Dans la vie, il n'y a pas de caméra et je deviens ennuyeux. "|url=http://www.sofilm.fr/interview-jean-pierre-leaud|website=Sofilm|date=July 2015 |access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref>
== Honours and awards ==
===Awards===
* (1961) Nominated for the [[BAFTA Film Award]] for being the "Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles" for his role in ''[[The 400 Blows]]'' (1959).
* (1966) Won the [[Silver Bear for Best Actor]] at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] for his role in ''[[Masculine Feminine|Masculin Féminin]]''.
* (1987) Nominated for [[César Award for Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[César Awards]] for his role in the film ''[[Les keufs]]''.
* (1996) Won "Best Actor" at the [[Thessaloniki Film Festival]] for his role in ''{{ill|Pour rire!|fr}}''
* (2000) Received the [[Honorary César]] at the [[César Awards]].
* (2001) Shared the [[FIPRESCI Prize]] with [[Bertrand Bonello]] for his role in ''[[The Pornographer]]''.
* (2016) Received the [[Honorary Palme d'Or]] at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]]<ref name="honorary">{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2016/05/jean-pierre-leaud-honorary-palme-dor-cannes-1201752272/ |title=Jean-Pierre Léaud To Receive Honorary Palme d'Or – Cannes |author=Nancy Tartaglione |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
* (2017) Won the [[Lumière Award for Best Actor]] for his role in ''[[The Death of Louis XIV]]''.
===Honours===
* [[File:POR Ordem do Merito Comendador BAR.svg|80px]] Commander of the [[Order of Merit (Portugal)|Order of Merit]], Portugal (12 January 2017)<ref name="OrdHonEst">{{cite web|title=Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154|website=Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Role
|-
|1958
|''[[La Tour, prends garde !|King on Horseback]]''
|[[Georges Lampin]]
|Pierrot
|-
|1959
|''[[The 400 Blows]]''
|[[François Truffaut]]
|Antoine Doinel
|-
|rowspan=2|1960
|''[[Boulevard (1960 film)|Boulevard]]''
|[[Julien Duvivier]]
|Jojo
|-
|''[[Testament of Orpheus]]''
|[[Jean Cocteau]]
|Dargelos
|-
|1962
|''[[Antoine and Colette]]''
|François Truffaut (2)
|Antoine Doinel
|-
|rowspan=2|1965
|''[[Pierrot le Fou]]''
|[[Jean-Luc Godard]]
|A Spectator
|-
|''[[Love at Sea (1965 film)|Love at Sea]]''
|[[Guy Gilles]]
|Cameo Appearance
|-
|rowspan=4|1966
|''[[Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus]]''
|[[Jean Eustache]]
|Daniel
|-
|''[[Made in U.S.A. (1966 film)|Made in U.S.A.]]''
|Jean-Luc Godard (2)
|Donald Siegel
|-
|''[[Masculin Féminin]]''
|Jean-Luc Godard (3)
|Paul
|-
|''[[Alphaville (film)|Alphaville]]''
|Jean-Luc Godard (4)
|The Waiter
|-
|rowspan=3|1967
|''[[Weekend (1967 film)|Weekend]]''
|Jean-Luc Godard (5)
|[[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just|Saint-Just]]
|-
|''[[La Chinoise]]''
|Jean-Luc Godard (6)
|Guillaume
|-
|''[[The Departure (1967 film)|The Departure]]''
|[[Jerzy Skolimowski]]
|Marc
|-
|1968
|''[[Stolen Kisses]]''
|François Truffaut (3)
|Antoine Doinel
|-
|rowspan=2|1969
|''[[Pigsty (film)|Pigsty]]''
|[[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]
|Julian Klotz
|-
|''[[Joy of Learning]]''
|Jean-Luc Godard (7)
|Le Rousseau
|-
|rowspan=2|1970
|''[[Bed and Board (film)|Bed and Board]]''
|François Truffaut (4)
|Antoine Doinel
|-
|''[[The Seven Headed Lion]]''
|[[Glauber Rocha]]
|Preacher
|-
|rowspan=2|1971
|''[[Two English Girls]]''
|François Truffaut (5)
|Claude Roc
|-
|''[[Out 1]]''
|[[Jacques Rivette]]
|Colin
|-
|1972
|''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''
|[[Bernardo Bertolucci]]
|Tom
|-
|rowspan=2|1973
|''[[The Mother and the Whore]]''
|Jean Eustache (2)
|Alexandre
|-
|''[[Day for Night (film)|Day for Night]]''
|François Truffaut (6)
|Alphonse
|-
|1979
|''[[Love on the Run (1979 film)|Love on the Run]]''
|François Truffaut (7)
|Antoine Doinel
|-
|1981
|''[[Aiutami a sognare|Help Me Dream]]''
|[[Pupi Avati]]
|Mario
|-
|rowspan=2|1985
|''[[Treasure Island (1985 film)|Treasure Island]]''
|[[Raúl Ruiz (director)|Raúl Ruiz]]
|Midas
|-
|''[[Détective]]''
|Jean-Luc Godard (8)
|Inspector Neveu
|-
|1987
|''[[Les keufs]]''
|[[Josiane Balasko]]
|Commissioner Bullfinch
|-
|1988
|''[[36 Fillette]]''
|[[Catherine Breillat]]
|Boris Golovine
|-
|1989
|''[[Bunker Palace Hôtel]]''
|[[Enki Bilal]]
|Solal
|-
|1990
|''[[I Hired a Contract Killer]]''
|[[Aki Kaurismäki]]
|Henri Boulanger
|-
|1991
|''[[Paris Awakens]]''
|[[Olivier Assayas]]
|Clément
|-
|1992
|''[[La Vie de Bohème (1992 film)|La Vie de Bohème]]''
|Aki Kaurismäki (2)
|Blancheron
|-
|1993
|''[[La Naissance de l'amour]]''
|[[Philippe Garrel]]
|Marcus
|-
|1995
|''[[One Hundred and One Nights]]''
|[[Agnès Varda]]
|Jean-Pierre
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|''[[My Man (1996 film)|My Man]]''
|[[Bertrand Blier]]
|Monsieur Claude
|-
|''[[Irma Vep]]''
|Olivier Assayas (2)
|René Vidal
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|''[[The Pornographer]]''
|[[Bertrand Bonello]]
|Jacques Laurent
|-
|''[[What Time Is It There?]]''
|[[Tsai Ming-Liang]]
|Jean-Pierre/Man at Cemetery
|-
|2004
|''[[Folle embellie]]''
|[[Dominique Cabrera]]
|Fernand
|-
|2005
|''[[J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka]]''
|Serge Le Péron and Saïd Smihi
|[[Georges Franju]]
|-
|2009
|''[[Face (2009 film)|Face]]''
|Tsai Ming-Liang (2)
|Antoine/King Herodes
|-
|2011
|''[[Le Havre (film)|Le Havre]]''
|Aki Kaurismäki (3)
|The Informer
|-
|2012
|''[[Camille redouble]]''
|[[Noémie Lvovsky]]
|The Jeweller
|-
|2014
|'' La collection: Ecrire pour... la trentaine vue par des écrivains (2014 TV Mini-Series)''
|
|Cameo appearance in "Rosa mystica" episode
|-
|2016
|''[[The Death of Louis XIV]]''
|[[Albert Serra]]
|[[Louis XIV]]
|-
|2017
|''M.''
|[[Sara Forestier]]
|Lila's father
|-
|2017
|''The Lion Sleeps Tonight''
|[[Nobuhiro Suwa]]
|Jean
|-
|2018
|''Alien Crystal Palace''
|[[Arielle Dombasle]]
|Horus
|-
|2019
|''C'è tempo''
|[[Walter Veltroni]]
|Himself
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Jean-Pierre Léaud}}
* {{IMDb name|name=Jean-Pierre Léaud|id=0529543}}
* [http://www.newwavefilm.com/french-new-wave-encyclopedia/jean-pierre-leaud.shtml Biography on newwavefilm.com]
* {{YouTube|1Xj4LEUtWY8|Audition for ''The 400 Blows''}}
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529543/awards List of honors and awards]
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