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
Go West!
as Maslo the Bellboy
Coffeehouse Mysteries
as Waiter
(2024)
Memoir of a Snail
as Percy Pudel (voice)
(2024)
At The End Of The Day
as Le médecin
(2024)
She Loved Blossoms More
as Logo
(2023)
Apaches: Gang of Paris
as Gueule de Bois
(2023)
Amélie: The Real Story
as (archive footage)
(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)
Pierre & Jeanne
as Le notaire
(2021)
Dernière Station
as Le pompiste
(2019)
Spread Your Wings
as Pichon
(2019)
Jo
as L'Inspecteur Ducros
(2019)
I Love My Mum
as French Restaurant Manager
(2019)
Magnetick Pathways
as Raymond Vachs
(2019)
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
as Jean Luc
(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)
Vive la crise !
as Noël
(2017)
Two Snails Set Off
as (voice)
(2017)
La DorMeuse Duval
as Basile Matrin
(2017)
Somewhere Beautiful
as Magazine Editor
(2016)
Max & Leon
as Michel
(2015)
The Price of Desire
as Fernand Leger
(2015)
Soulless 2
as Bernard
(2015)
A Love You
as Serge
(2014)
My Old Lady
as Monsieur Lefebvre
(2014)
Brèves de comptoir
as Taxi 2
(2014)
OXI, an Act of Resistance
as Investigator
(2013)
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
as Two Clouds
(2013)
Serial Teachers
as L'inspecteur d'académie
(2012)
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
as L'inspecteur Lamentin
(2012)
La Guerre du Royal Palace
as Colonel Otto Strudel
(2011)
Holidays by the Sea
as Homme caravane
(2011)
Crédit pour tous
as Gobert
(2011)
Madame Sans Gêne
as Fouché
(2010)
Mumu
as Père de Roger
(2010)
What War May Bring
as Maurice Lemoine
(2010)
Colère
as Mougin, le sorcier
(2010)
(2010)
Specky Four-Eyes
as Narrator
(2009)
Micmacs
as Fracasse
(2009)
Murphy's Law
as Rudy
(2009)
Humans
as Gildas
(2009)
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Jean Baptiste
(2009)
An Organization of Dreams
as Inspector
(2008)
The Oxford Murders
as Frank
(2008)
Dante 01
as César
(2008)
A Day at the Museum
as Simon
(2008)
(2008)
Fin de partie
as Hamm
(2007)
Crossed Tracks
as Pierre Laclos / Louis
(2007)
Moon in a Bottle
as Pascal Rossignol
(2007)
Midsummer Madness
as Toni
(2007)
(2006)
Dikkenek
as Stef
(2006)
When Evil Calls
as Detective Ringwald
(2005)
Ze Film
as Le SDF
(2005)
Your Name is Justine
as Oncle Goran
(2005)
(2005)
L'Hiver sous la table
as Dragomir
(2005)
Camping à la ferme
as Rodolphe Peretti
(2004)
A Very Long Engagement
as Sylvain
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as His Excellency's Fop
(2004)
Hellbreeder
as Detective Weiss
(2004)
Ne quittez pas !
as Le clochard
(2004)
Darkhunters
as Charlie Jackson
(2004)
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
as Petit cowboy
(2003)
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
as Fredy Mazas
(2003)
Entrusted
as Henri Lafont
(2003)
Parts of the Family
as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
(2003)
At Home with the Rozes
as le lieutenant
(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)
Quasimodo d'el Paris
as Trouillefou
(1999)
Like a Fish Out of Water
as Melvin
(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)
My Name is Victor
as Bernard
(1993)
Loonies at Large
as Angel
(1992)
Août
as Eugène Blouzette
(1991)
Delicatessen
as Louison
(1991)
25 décembre 58, 10h36
as Dominique
(1991)
Les arcandiers
as Bruno
(1990)
(1990)
1871
as Napoléon III
(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)
Sauve-toi, Lola
as Jean-Pierre
(1986)
Cent francs l'amour
as Tom
(1986)
Rückfahrt in den Tod
as Fred
(1985)
Going and Coming Back
as Villager
(1985)
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
as Monsieur Pichon
(1985)
La Baston
as Marcel Noblet
(1985)
Zina
as Pierre
(1984)
Dream One
as Monkey
(1984)
Mint Tea
as Roger
(1983)
The Moon in the Gutter
as Frank
(1983)
Ghost Dance
as Salesman/Guide
(1983)
Car Cemetery
as Ybar
(1983)
(1982)
The Return of Martin Guerre
as Antoine
(1982)
Enigma
as Madman (uncredited)
(1982)
Shot Pattern
as Daniel Verlot
(1982)
(1982)
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
as Le fils
(1982)
Noisy Neighbours
as Musician
(1981)
Diva
as Le curé
(1980)
La Découverte
as The young painter