Dominique Pinon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-03-04 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Dominique Pinon
Biography
After studying at the Faculty of Arts of Poitiers, Dominique Pinon moved to Paris where he enrolled at the Cours Simon acting school. His introducing appearance in cinema took place in 1981 in the movie Diva by Jean-Jacques Beineix.
Pinon is considered to be a theatre actor in first place, with constant on-stage acting since 1985. Until today, he has appeared in the plays of Gildas Bourdet, Jorge Lavelli, Valère Novarina and numerous others.
His career in cinema, counting more than 80 movies to-date, shows a strong collaboration with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amongst these 8 movies dating from between 1990 and 2013, it is most notably his appearances in Delicatessen (1991), Alien Resurrection (1997) and Amélie (2001) which made him become known to the broader public outside of France.
Pinon also had numerous appearences on French TV, both in movies as well as in series. His most recent international appearance on TV is that of the character Master Raymond in the second season of the award-winning TV series Outlander.
He received the Molière theatre award for Best Actor in 2004 and was awarded the title of Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2014.
Known For
Acting
Coffeehouse Mysteries
as Waiter
(2025)
She Loved Blossoms More
as Logo
(2025)
(2024)
Memoir of a Snail
as Percy Pudel (voice)
(2024)
At the End of the Day
as Le médecin
(2023)
Amélie: The Real Story
as (archive footage)
(2023)
Apaches: Gang of Paris
as Gueule de Bois
(2022)
Bigbug
as Igor
(2022)
(2022)
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
as Le détective privé
(2021)
A Perfect Enemy
as Jean Rosen
(2021)
Emma Bovary
as Homais
(2021)
Dernière Station
as Le pompiste
(2021)
Pierre & Jeanne
as Le notaire
(2019)
Magnetick Pathways
as Raymond Vachs
(2019)
I Love My Mum
as French Restaurant Manager
(2019)
Spread Your Wings
as Pichon
(2019)
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
as Jean Luc
(2019)
Jo
as L'Inspecteur Ducros
(2019)
Anna
as Monk Dominic
(2018)
White Fang
as Beauty Smith (voice)
(2018)
Cyrano, My Love
as Lucien
(2018)
(2017)
Based on a True Story
as Raymond
(2017)
Somewhere Beautiful
as Magazine Editor
(2017)
Vive la crise !
as Noël
(2017)
Two Snails Set Off
as (voice)
(2017)
La DorMeuse Duval
as Basile Matrin
(2016)
Max & Leon
as Michel
(2015)
Soulless 2
as Bernard
(2015)
A Love You
as Serge
(2015)
The Price of Desire
as Fernand Leger
(2014)
OXI, an Act of Resistance
as Investigator
(2014)
My Old Lady
as Monsieur Lefebvre
(2014)
Brèves de comptoir
as Taxi 2
(2013)
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
as Two Clouds
(2013)
Serial Teachers
as L'inspecteur d'académie
(2012)
La Guerre du Royal Palace
as Colonel Otto Strudel
(2012)
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
as L'inspecteur Lamentin
(2011)
Madame Sans Gêne
as Fouché
(2011)
Holidays by the Sea
as Homme caravane
(2011)
Crédit pour tous
as Gobert
(2010)
Colère
as Mougin, le sorcier
(2010)
Mumu
as Père de Roger
(2010)
What War May Bring
as Maurice Lemoine
(2010)
(2010)
Specky Four-Eyes
as Narrator
(2009)
Humans
as Gildas
(2009)
Murphy's Law
as Rudy
(2009)
An Organization of Dreams
as Inspector
(2009)
Micmacs
as Fracasse
(2009)
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Jean Baptiste
(2008)
A Day at the Museum
as Simon
(2008)
The Oxford Murders
as Frank
(2008)
Dante 01
as César
(2008)
Fin de partie
as Hamm
(2008)
(2007)
Midsummer Madness
as Toni
(2007)
Crossed Tracks
as Pierre Laclos / Louis
(2007)
(2007)
Moon in a Bottle
as Pascal Rossignol
(2006)
When Evil Calls
as Detective Ringwald
(2006)
Dikkenek
as Stef
(2005)
Your Name is Justine
as Oncle Goran
(2005)
Camping à la ferme
as Rodolphe Peretti
(2005)
Ze Film
as Le SDF
(2005)
L'Hiver sous la table
as Dragomir
(2005)
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as His Excellency's Fop
(2004)
Ne quittez pas !
as Le clochard
(2004)
A Very Long Engagement
as Sylvain
(2004)
Hellbreeder
as Detective Weiss
(2004)
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
as Petit cowboy
(2004)
Darkhunters
as Charlie Jackson
(2003)
At Home with the Rozes
as le lieutenant
(2003)
Entrusted
as Henri Lafont
(2003)
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
as Fredy Mazas
(2003)
Parts of the Family
as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
(2002)
Dead or Alive
as The Butcher
(2001)
Amélie
as Joseph
(2001)
Beautiful Memories
as Robert
(2001)
Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!
as P'tit gars
(2000)
Sabotage!!
as Armani
(2000)
Highway Melody
as Jacky Carpe
(2000)
The Pilot
as Pilot
(1999)
Like a Fish Out of Water
as Melvin
(1999)
Quasimodo d'el Paris
as Trouillefou
(1997)
Alien Resurrection
as Vriess
(1997)
Mordbüro
as Eugène
(1997)
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
as Adrien
(1996)
A Saturday on Earth
as Le brigadier Morel
(1996)
La Gotera
as 'Pastel de Fer'
(1995)
The City of Lost Children
as The Diver / The Clones
(1994)
KO Kid
as K.O Kid
(1993)
Loonies at Large
as Angel
(1993)
My Name is Victor
as Bernard
(1992)
Août
as Eugène Blouzette
(1991)
Delicatessen
as Louison
(1991)
Les arcandiers
as Bruno
(1991)
25 décembre 58, 10h36
as Dominique
(1990)
1871
as Napoléon III
(1990)
(1989)
The French Revolution
as Drouet
(1988)
Frantic
as Wino
(1988)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
as Wojtech
(1988)
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
as Albert
(1988)
(1987)
Devil's Paradise
as Gato
(1986)
Betty Blue
as Surfer
(1986)
Follow My Gaze
as Frédéric
(1986)
Cent francs l'amour
as Tom
(1986)
Rückfahrt in den Tod
as Fred
(1986)
Sauve-toi, Lola
as Jean-Pierre
(1985)
Zina
as Pierre
(1985)
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
as Monsieur Pichon
(1985)
Going and Coming Back
as Villager
(1985)
La Baston
as Marcel Noblet
(1984)
Dream One
as Monkey
(1984)
Mint Tea
as Roger
(1983)
Car Cemetery
as Ybar
(1983)
The Moon in the Gutter
as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
(1983)
Ghost Dance
as Salesman/Guide
(1983)
(1982)
Enigma
as Madman (uncredited)
(1982)
The Return of Martin Guerre
as Antoine
(1982)
La Chanson du mal-aimé
as Albert de Kostrowitzky
(1982)
Shot Pattern
as Daniel Verlot
(1982)
Noisy Neighbours
as Musician
(1982)
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
as Le fils
(1981)
Diva
as Le curé
(1980)
La Découverte
as The young painter