ACTOR

Jean-Pierre Léaud

1944 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Pierre Léaud has received more than 909,093 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jean-Pierre Léaud is the 429th most popular actor (up from 522nd in 2019), the 840th most popular biography from France (up from 990th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Actor.

Jean-Pierre Léaud is most famous for his role as Antoine Doinel in the French New Wave film series "The 400 Blows" (1958), "Stolen Kisses" (1968), "Bed and Board" (1970), and "Love on the Run" (1979).

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  • 910k

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  • 69.27

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean-Pierre Léaud ranks 429 out of 13,578Before him are Pamela Anderson, Bourvil, Donald Pleasence, Jean Harlow, Charlie Sheen, and Nebahat Çehre. After him are Brandon Lee, Heath Ledger, Cillian Murphy, Bruno Cremer, Emmanuelle Riva, and David McCallum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jean-Pierre Léaud ranks 55Before him are Gennady Zyuganov, Kunishige Kamamoto, Sylvie Vartan, Omar al-Bashir, David J. Wineland, and Nebahat Çehre. After him are François Cevert, Maria João Pires, Rudy Giuliani, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Peter Weir, and John Holmes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Léaud ranks 840 out of 6,770Before him are Mary of Guise (1515), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Bourvil (1917), Max Jacob (1876), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), and Célestin Freinet (1896). After him are Alain Aspect (1947), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Lorin Maazel (1930), Georges Couthon (1755), and Pierre Lescot (1515).

Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Jean-Pierre Léaud ranks 37Before him are Juliette Gréco (1927), Fanny Ardant (1949), Mylène Demongeot (1935), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Vincent Cassel (1966), and Bourvil (1917). After him are Bruno Cremer (1929), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Françoise Dorléac (1942), Jean Rochefort (1930), Claudine Auger (1941), and Stéphane Audran (1932).