Jean-Pierre Léaud

French actor

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Born: ( 1944-05-28 ) 28 May 1944 (age 82) , Paris , France
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1958–present
Spouse: Brigitte Duvivier ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 )
Parent s: Jacqueline Pierreux , Pierre Léaud
Awards: Silver Bear for Best Actor , Masculin Féminin (1966), Best Actor ( Thessaloniki Film Festival ), 1996 Pour rire! [ fr ] , Honorary César , FIPRESCI Prize (2000), The Pornographer (2001)

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Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM ( French: [ʒɑ̃pjɛʁ le.o]; 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, Jean Eustache, Catherine Breillat, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Aki Kaurismäki.

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