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 · 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
- 2021 · A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- 2021 · Dernière Station as Le pompiste
- 2019 · Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf
- 2019 · Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- 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
- 2014 · My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre
- 2014 · Outlander as Master Raymond
- 2013 · The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as Two Clouds
- 2012 · Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Stanley Summers
- 2011 · Holidays by the Sea as Homme caravane
- 2010 · What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- 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 · Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
- 2008 · A Day at the Museum as Simon
- 2008 · The Oxford Murders as Frank
- 2008 · Dante 01 as César
- 2007 · Midsummer Madness as Toni
- 2007 · Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- 2006 · Dikkenek as Stef
- 2006 · Sable noir as Axel
- 2005 · Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti
- 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
- 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 · Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- 2001 · Beautiful Memories as Robert
- 2001 · Amélie as Joseph
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Armani
- 1999 · Like a Fish Out of Water as Melvin
- 1999 · Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
- 1997 · Alien Resurrection as Vriess
- 1995 · The City of Lost Children as The Diver / The Clones
- 1991 · Delicatessen as Louison
- 1990 · 1871 as Napoléon III
- 1990 · Things I Like, Things I Don't Like as Man
- 1989 · The french revolution: Years of rage as Drouet
- 1988 · The Legend of the Holy Drinker as Wojtech
- 1988 · The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- 1988 · Frantic as Wino
- 1986 · Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- 1986 · Betty Blue as Surfer
- 1985 · Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz
- 1985 · The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon
- 1983 · The Moon in the Gutter as Frank
- 1983 · Car Cemetery as Ybar
- 1982 · Enigma as Un fou (uncredited)
- 1982 · Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- 1982 · The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- 1981 · Diva as Le curé
- Future · Gilles et Louise as
- 2021 · Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- 2019 · Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- 2019 · I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- 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
- 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
- 2012 · La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
- 2010 · Mumu as Père de Roger
- 2009 · An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
- 2007 · Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- 2006 · When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- 2005 · Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran
- 2005 · Ze Film as Le SDF
- 2004 · Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
- Future · Hamlet Revenant as
- 2019 · Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- 2019 · Anna as Monk Dominic
- 2019 · Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- 2017 · La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- 2013 · Serial Teachers as L'inspecteur d'académie
- 2012 · The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
- 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 · Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- 2008 · The Clown as
- 2008 · Fin de partie as Hamm
- 2007 · L'Acte inconnu as
- 2005 · L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir
- 2004 · Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
- 2003 · Entrusted as Henri Lafont
- 2002 · Dead or Alive as The Butcher
- 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 · Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- 2000 · The Pilot as Pilot
- 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'
- 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
- 1991 · Les arcandiers as Bruno
- 1991 · 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
- 1989 · The french revolution: Years of hope as Drouet
- 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
- 1985 · Zina as Pierre
- 1985 · La Baston as Marcel Noblet
- 1985 · Going and Coming Back as Un villageois
- 1984 · Dream One as Monkey
- 1984 · Mint Tea as Roger
- 1983 · Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide
- 1983 · If I Were 1000 Years Old as
- 1982 · La Chanson du mal-aimé as
- 1982 · Noisy Neighbours as Musician
- Future · Go West! as Maslo the Bellboy
- 1982 · Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils
- 1980 · La Découverte as The young painter
- Future · Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter