Jean-Pierre Léaud
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Rankings
4
Covers
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Records
Jean-Pierre Léaud is one of the most decorated actors of the French New Wave. He is the only actor to win the Cannes Best Actor prize twice, for The Mother and the Whore in 1973 and The Death of Louis XIV in 2016. His Honorary César in 2000 and Honorary Golden Bear in 2025 recognize a career that shaped world cinema. He was appointed Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, a rare honor for an actor. His body of work includes over 200 films, making him a living archive of auteur cinema.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters
France's highest cultural honor, awarded for his contribution to the arts.
Honorary Golden Bear
Lifetime achievement award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Honorary Leopard
Lifetime achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival.
Honorary César
Lifetime achievement award from the French film academy.
Rankings & Lists
100 Best Films of World Cinema
Magazine Covers
Cahiers du Cinéma
1959
The 400 Blows
Cahiers du Cinéma
1966
Masculin Féminin
Cahiers du Cinéma
2016
The Death of Louis XIV
Les Inrockuptibles
2016
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Last Icon
Records & Feats
Only actor to play the same character in five feature films by the same director over 20 years
Léaud portrayed Antoine Doinel in five François Truffaut films from 1959 to 1979, an unprecedented character arc in cinema history.
Two-time Cannes Best Actor winner
He won the Prix d'interprétation at Cannes in 1973 for The Mother and the Whore and again in 2016 for The Death of Louis XIV, a rare double.