
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
- 2023 · The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon as Antoine
- 2023 · Apaches: Gang of Paris as Gueule de Bois
- 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 · A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- 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 · White Fang as Beauty Smith (voice)
- 2017 · Based on a True Story as Raymond
- 2016 · Max & Leon as Michel
- 2015 · Cassandre as Jean-Pierre Marchand
- 2015 · A Love You as Serge
- 2015 · Soulless 2 as Bernard
- 2014 · OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator
- 2014 · Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2
- 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
- 2012 · Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Stanley Summers
- 2012 · The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
- 2009 · Micmacs as Fracasse
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont
- 2008 · The Oxford Murders as Frank
- 2008 · Dante 01 as César
- 2007 · Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- 2007 · Midsummer Madness as Toni
- 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 · Ze Film as Le SDF
- 2004 · The Bridge of San Luis Rey as His Excellency's Fop
- 2004 · A Very Long Engagement as Sylvain
- 2004 · Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss
- 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)
- 2001 · Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
- 2001 · Quelle Aventure ! as Frère Godefroy
- 2001 · Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- 2001 · Beautiful Memories as Robert
- 2001 · Amélie as Joseph
- 1999 · Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
- 1997 · Alien Resurrection as Vriess
- 1995 · The City of Lost Children as The Diver / The Clones
- 1994 · KO Kid as K.O Kid
- 1991 · Les arcandiers as Bruno
- 1991 · Delicatessen as Louison
- 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
- 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
- 1983 · Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide
- 1983 · The Moon in the Gutter as Frank
- 1983 · Car Cemetery as Ybar
- 1982 · Enigma as Madman (uncredited)
- 1982 · Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- 1982 · The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- 1981 · Diva as Le curé
- Future · Go West! as Maslo the Bellboy
- 2024 · She Loved Blossoms More as Logo
- 2023 · Amélie: The Real Story as (archive footage)
- 2021 · Emma Bovary as Homais
- 2021 · Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- 2021 · Dernière Station as Le pompiste
- 2019 · Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- 2019 · Anna as Monk Dominic
- 2019 · Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- 2018 · O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta as
- 2017 · Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- 2017 · Vive la crise ! as Noël
- 2017 · Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
- 2017 · La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- 2015 · The Price of Desire as Fernand Leger
- 2013 · Serial Teachers as L'inspecteur d'académie
- 2012 · La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
- 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 · Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- 2010 · Mumu as Père de Roger
- 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 · A Day at the Museum as Simon
- 2008 · The Clown as
- 2008 · Fin de partie as Hamm
- 2007 · L'Acte inconnu as
- 2006 · When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- 2005 · Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti
- 2005 · Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as lui-même
- 2005 · L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir
- 2004 · Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson
- 2004 · Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
- 2004 · Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
- 2003 · Entrusted as Henri Lafont
- 2002 · Dead or Alive as The Butcher
- 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
- 1997 · Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
- 1997 · Mordbüro as Eugène
- 1996 · A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel
- 1996 · La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer'
- 1993 · Loonies at Large as Angel
- 1993 · My Name is Victor as Bernard
- 1992 · Août as Eugène Blouzette
- 1991 · 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
- 1990 · 1871 as Napoléon III
- 1988 · The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- 1988 · Le Rêve du Phenix as
- 1987 · Devil's Paradise as Gato
- 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 · La Baston as Marcel Noblet
- 1984 · Dream One as Monkey
- 1984 · Mint Tea as Roger
- 1983 · If I Were 1000 Years Old as
- 1982 · Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils
- 1980 · La Découverte as The young painter
- Future · Fresh Water for Flowers as
- 1982 · La Chanson du mal-aimé as
- Future · Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter
- Future · Gilles et Louise as
- 1982 · Noisy Neighbours as Musician