
Dominique Pinon
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
Credits
- 2025 · You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak? as Edgar
- 2025 · La vie avec un idiot as Vladimir (voice)
- 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 · The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon as Antoine
- 2023 · Apaches: Gang of Paris as Gueule de Bois
- 2023 · Amélie: The Real Story as (archive footage)
- 2022 · Good People as Roger
- 2022 · A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
- 2022 · Hamlet Within as
- 2022 · The Island of Thirty Coffins as Horacio
- 2022 · Bigbug as Igor
- 2021 · Emma Bovary as Homais
- 2019 · Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- 2019 · Anna as Monk Dominic
- 2019 · Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- 2017 · Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
- 2017 · La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- 2014 · Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2
- 2012 · The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
- 2011 · Holidays by the Sea as Homme caravane
- 2011 · Madame Sans Gêne as Fouché
- 2010 · What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- 2010 · Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- 2009 · Humans as Gildas
- 2008 · A Day at the Museum as Simon
- 2008 · The Clown as
- 2007 · Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- 2007 · Midsummer Madness as Toni
- 2006 · When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- 2005 · Ze Film as Le SDF
- 2004 · Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
- 2000 · Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- 1996 · A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel
- 1993 · Loonies at Large as Angel
- 1991 · Les arcandiers as Bruno
- 1990 · 1871 as Napoléon III
- 1988 · The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- 1986 · Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
- 1986 · Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- 1986 · Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- 1985 · Zina as Pierre
- 1985 · La Baston as Marcel Noblet
- 1984 · Dream One as Monkey
- Future · Violette as
- 2021 · Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- 2021 · A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- 2021 · Dernière Station as Le pompiste
- 2019 · Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf
- 2019 · Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- 2019 · Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- 2019 · I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- 2018 · Cyrano, My Love as Lucien
- 2018 · O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta as
- 2018 · White Fang as Beauty Smith (voice)
- 2017 · Based on a True Story as Raymond
- 2017 · Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- 2017 · Vive la crise ! as Noël
- 2016 · Max & Leon as Michel
- 2015 · Cassandre as Jean-Pierre Marchand
- 2015 · A Love You as Serge
- 2015 · The Price of Desire as Fernand Leger
- 2015 · Soulless 2 as Bernard
- 2014 · OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator
- 2014 · My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre
- 2014 · Outlander as Master Raymond
- 2013 · The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as Two Clouds
- 2013 · Murders in... as Le Kid
- 2013 · Serial Teachers as L'inspecteur d'académie
- 2012 · Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Stanley Summers
- 2012 · La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
- 2011 · Crédit pour tous as Gobert
- 2010 · Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator
- 2010 · Un pied dans le crime as
- 2010 · Mumu as Père de Roger
- 2009 · Murphy's Law as Rudy
- 2009 · Micmacs as Fracasse
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont
- 2009 · Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
- 2009 · An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
- 2008 · Fin de partie as Hamm
- 2008 · The Oxford Murders as Frank
- 2008 · Dante 01 as César
- 2007 · L'Acte inconnu as
- 2007 · Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- 2006 · Dikkenek as Stef
- 2006 · Sable noir as Axel
- 2005 · Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran
- 2005 · Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti
- 2005 · Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as Self
- 2005 · L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir
- 2004 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey as His Excellency's Fop
- 2004 · A Very Long Engagement as Sylvain
- 2004 · Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson
- 2004 · Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss
- 2004 · Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
- 2003 · Entrusted as Henri Lafont
- 2003 · At Home with the Rozes as le lieutenant
- 2003 · Nachtschicht as Emile Gaspard
- 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 · Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
- 2001 · Quelle Aventure ! as Frère Godefroy
- 2001 · Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- 2001 · Beautiful Memories as Robert
- 2001 · Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars
- 2001 · Amélie as Joseph
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Armani
- 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 · Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
- 1997 · Mordbüro as Eugène
- 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
- 1992 · Août as Eugène Blouzette
- 1991 · Delicatessen as Louison
- 1991 · 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
- 1990 · Things I Like, Things I Don't Like as Man
- 1989 · The French Revolution as Drouet
- 1988 · The Legend of the Holy Drinker as Wojtech
- 1988 · Frantic as Wino
- 1988 · Le Rêve du Phenix as
- 1987 · Devil's Paradise as Gato
- 1986 · Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred
- 1986 · Betty Blue as Surfer
- 1985 · Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz
- 1985 · Going and Coming Back as Villager
- 1985 · The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon
- 1984 · Mint Tea as Roger
- 1983 · Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide
- 1983 · The Moon in the Gutter as Frank
- 1983 · Car Cemetery as Ybar
- 1983 · If I Were 1000 Years Old as
- 1982 · Enigma as Madman (uncredited)
- 1982 · Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- 1982 · The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- 1982 · La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky
- 1982 · Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils
- 1980 · La Découverte as The young painter
- Future · Go West! as Maslo the Bellboy
- Future · Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter
- 1982 · Noisy Neighbours as Musician
- 1981 · Diva as Le curé
- Future · Gilles et Louise as