Jean-Pierre Leaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud At the 2000 César Awards Born (1944-05-28) 28 May 1944 (age 70) Paris, France Occupation Actor Years active Since 1958 Awards Silver Bear for Best Actor (Berlin International Film Festival) 1966 Masculin Féminin Best Actor (Thessaloniki Film Festival) 1996 Pour rire! Honorary César (César Awards) 2000 FIPRESCI Prize 2001 The Pornographer Jean-Pierre Léaud (French: [ʒɑ pjɛʁ le.o]; born 28 May 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 in 1959. He also worked several times with Jean-Luc Godard, making him a notable figure of the French New Wave.