
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
- 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 · Bigbug as Igor
- 2021 · A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- 2021 · Dernière Station as Le pompiste
- 2019 · Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- 2019 · Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- 2019 · Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- 2018 · Cyrano, My Love as Lucien
- 2018 · White Fang as Beauty Smith (voice)
- 2017 · Based on a True Story as Raymond
- 2017 · Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- 2017 · Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
- 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 · Outlander as Master Raymond
- 2013 · The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as Two Clouds
- 2013 · Murders in... as Le Kid
- 2012 · Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Stanley Summers
- 2012 · La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
- 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
- 2010 · Mumu as Père de Roger
- 2009 · Micmacs as Fracasse
- 2009 · Humans as Gildas
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont
- 2008 · A Day at the Museum as Simon
- 2008 · The Oxford Murders as Frank
- 2007 · Midsummer Madness as Toni
- 2006 · When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- 2005 · Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran
- 2004 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey as His Excellency's Fop
- 2004 · A Very Long Engagement as Sylvain
- 2004 · Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
- 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
- 2002 · Dead or Alive as The Butcher
- 2001 · Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- 2001 · Amélie as Joseph
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Armani
- 2000 · Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- 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
- 1996 · A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel
- 1995 · The City of Lost Children as The Diver / The Clones
- 1993 · Loonies at Large as Angel
- 1991 · Delicatessen as Louison
- 1990 · 1871 as Napoléon III
- 1989 · The French Revolution as Drouet
- 1988 · The Legend of the Holy Drinker as Wojtech
- 1988 · Frantic as Wino
- 1987 · Devil's Paradise as Gato
- 1986 · Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- 1986 · Betty Blue as Surfer
- 1985 · Zina as Pierre
- 1984 · Dream One as Monkey
- 1983 · Car Cemetery as Ybar
- 1982 · Enigma as Madman (uncredited)
- 1982 · Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- 1982 · La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky
- 1981 · Diva as Le curé
- Future · Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter
- 2025 · You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak? as Edgar
- 2022 · Good People as Roger
- 2022 · Hamlet Within as
- 2022 · The Island of Thirty Coffins as Horacio
- 2021 · Emma Bovary as Homais
- 2019 · Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- 2019 · Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf
- 2019 · I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- 2017 · Vive la crise ! as Noël
- 2017 · La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- 2014 · My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre
- 2009 · Murphy's Law as Rudy
- 2009 · Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
- 2009 · An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
- 2008 · Fin de partie as Hamm
- 2008 · Dante 01 as César
- 2007 · Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- 2006 · Sable noir as Axel
- 2005 · Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti
- 2005 · Ze Film as Le SDF
- 2004 · Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss
- 2004 · Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
- 2003 · Parts of the Family as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
- 2001 · Beautiful Memories as Robert
- 1994 · KO Kid as K.O Kid
- 1993 · My Name is Victor as Bernard
- 1982 · The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- Future · Violette as
- 2022 · A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
- 2021 · Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- 2019 · Anna as Monk Dominic
- 2018 · O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta as
- 2014 · Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2
- 2013 · Serial Teachers as L'inspecteur d'académie
- 2012 · The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
- 2011 · Crédit pour tous as Gobert
- 2010 · Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator
- 2010 · Un pied dans le crime as
- 2008 · The Clown as
- 2007 · Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- 2007 · L'Acte inconnu as
- 2006 · Dikkenek as Stef
- 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 · Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson
- 2001 · Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
- 2001 · Quelle Aventure ! as Frère Godefroy
- 2001 · Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars
- 2000 · The Pilot as Pilot
- 1997 · Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
- 1996 · La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer'
- 1992 · Août as Eugène Blouzette
- 1991 · Les arcandiers as Bruno
- 1991 · 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
- 1990 · Things I Like, Things I Don't Like as Man
- 1988 · The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- 1988 · Le Rêve du Phenix as
- 1986 · Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred
- 1986 · Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
- 1986 · Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- 1985 · Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz
- 1985 · La Baston as Marcel Noblet
- 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, Gérard's alcoholic brother
- 1983 · If I Were 1000 Years Old as
- 1982 · Noisy Neighbours as Musician
- 1982 · Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils
- 1980 · La Découverte as The young painter
- Future · Gilles et Louise as