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Jean-Pierre Léaud
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Actor Born: May 5, 1944 in Paris, France Biography:The son of French writer/director Pierre Léaud and actress Jacqueline Pierreux, "Jean-Pierre Léaud" used none of his connections to win his first screen role. The 15-year-old Léaud answered an open call posted by François Truffaut, and as a result was cast as troubled adolescent Antoine Doinel in Truffaut's "The 400 Blows". It is now generally accepted that the character of Antoine Doinel was conceived as Truffaut's alter ego, reenacting the triumphs and traumas of the director's life, not only in "400 Blows" but also as the protagonist of the subsequent Antoine and Colette (1962, part of the episode film "Love at Twenty"), "Stolen Kisses" (1968), "Bed and Board" (1970), and "Love on the Run" (1979). There were also generous doses of "Jean-Pierre Léaud" himself in Antoine; at Truffaut's urging, Léaud frequently improvised his dialogue, drawing from his own deep-rooted emotional turmoil. In addition to... Full Biography
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