Jean-Pierre Léaud (born 5 May 1944) is a French actor.
Born in Paris, Léaud made his 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.
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 gir...
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