
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 · She Loved Blossoms More as Logo
- 2024 · Memoir of a Snail as Percy Pudel (voice)
- 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 · Hamlet Within as
- 2022 · Bigbug as Igor
- 2021 · A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- 2019 · Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- 2019 · I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- 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 · 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
- 2010 · Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- 2009 · Murphy's Law as Rudy
- 2009 · Micmacs as Fracasse
- 2009 · Humans as Gildas
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont
- 2009 · An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
- 2008 · A Day at the Museum as Simon
- 2008 · Fin de partie as Hamm
- 2008 · The Oxford Murders as Frank
- 2008 · Dante 01 as César
- 2007 · Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- 2006 · When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- 2006 · Dikkenek as Stef
- 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
- 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
- 2002 · Dead or Alive as The Butcher
- 2001 · Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- 2001 · Amélie as Joseph
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Armani
- 1999 · Like a Fish Out of Water as Melvin
- 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
- 1988 · Frantic as Wino
- 1987 · Devil's Paradise as Gato
- 1982 · Enigma as Madman (uncredited)
- Future · Violette as
- 1988 · The Legend of the Holy Drinker as Wojtech
- 1988 · The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- 1986 · Betty Blue as Surfer
- 1984 · Dream One as Monkey
- 1983 · The Moon in the Gutter as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
- 1982 · Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- 1982 · The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- 1981 · Diva as Le curé
- Future · Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter
- 2025 · You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak? as Edgar
- 2024 · At the End of the Day as Le médecin
- 2022 · Good People as Roger
- 2022 · A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
- 2022 · The Island of Thirty Coffins as Horacio
- 2021 · Emma Bovary as Homais
- 2021 · Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- 2021 · Dernière Station as Le pompiste
- 2019 · Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- 2019 · Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf
- 2019 · Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- 2019 · Anna as Monk Dominic
- 2018 · O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta as
- 2017 · Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- 2017 · Vive la crise ! as Noël
- 2017 · La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- 2014 · Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2
- 2014 · My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre
- 2013 · Serial Teachers as L'inspecteur d'académie
- 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
- 2011 · Crédit pour tous as Gobert
- 2010 · Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator
- 2010 · Un pied dans le crime as
- 2010 · What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- 2010 · Mumu as Père de Roger
- 2009 · Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
- 2008 · The Clown as
- 2007 · Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- 2007 · Midsummer Madness as Toni
- 2007 · L'Acte inconnu as
- 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
- 2005 · Ze Film as Le SDF
- 2004 · Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson
- 2003 · Parts of the Family as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
- 2001 · Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
- 2001 · Quelle Aventure ! as Frère Godefroy
- 2001 · Beautiful Memories as Robert
- 2001 · Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars
- 2000 · Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- 2000 · The Pilot as Pilot
- 1999 · Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
- 1997 · Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
- 1996 · La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer'
- 1994 · KO Kid as K.O Kid
- 1993 · My Name is Victor as Bernard
- 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
- 1989 · The French Revolution as Drouet
- 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
- 1986 · Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- 1985 · Zina as Pierre
- 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 · Car Cemetery as Ybar
- 1983 · If I Were 1000 Years Old as
- 1982 · La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky
- 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