
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
- 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 · 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
- 2009 · Murphy's Law as Rudy
- 2009 · Micmacs as Fracasse
- 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
- 2008 · Dante 01 as César
- 2006 · Dikkenek as Stef
- 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 · Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
- 2001 · Quelle Aventure ! as Frère Godefroy
- 1999 · Like a Fish Out of Water as Melvin
- 1996 · La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer'
- 1994 · KO Kid as K.O Kid
- 1993 · Loonies at Large as Angel
- 1993 · My Name is Victor as Bernard
- 1992 · Août as Eugène Blouzette
- 1985 · Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz
- Future · Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter
- 1988 · The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- 1985 · The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon
- 1982 · The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- Future · Violette as
- 2022 · A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
- 2022 · Hamlet Within as
- 2022 · Bigbug as Igor
- 2021 · Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- 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 · Anna as Monk Dominic
- 2019 · Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 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
- 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 · Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- 2010 · Mumu as Père de Roger
- 2009 · Humans as Gildas
- 2009 · The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont
- 2009 · Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
- 2008 · The Oxford Murders as Frank
- 2007 · Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- 2007 · Midsummer Madness as Toni
- 2007 · L'Acte inconnu as
- 2007 · Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- 2006 · When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- 2005 · Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- 2000 · The Pilot as Pilot
- 1999 · Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
- 1997 · Alien Resurrection as Vriess
- 1997 · Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
- 1997 · Mordbüro as Eugène
- 1996 · A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel
- 1995 · The City of Lost Children as The Diver / The Clones
- 1991 · Les arcandiers as Bruno
- 1991 · Delicatessen as Louison
- 1991 · 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
- 1990 · 1871 as Napoléon III
- 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 · Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
- 1986 · Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- 1986 · Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- 1986 · Betty Blue as Surfer
- 1985 · Zina as Pierre
- 1985 · La Baston as Marcel Noblet
- 1985 · Going and Coming Back as Villager
- 1984 · Dream One as Monkey
- 1984 · Mint Tea as Roger
- 1983 · Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide
- 1983 · The Moon in the Gutter as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
- 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 · 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
- 1981 · Diva as Le curé
- 1980 · La Découverte as The young painter
- Future · Gilles et Louise as