
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 · The Island of Thirty Coffins as Horacio
- 2022 · Bigbug as Igor
- 2021 · Emma Bovary as Homais
- 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
- 2017 · Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- 2017 · Vive la crise ! as Noël
- 2016 · Max & Leon as Michel
- 2015 · Cassandre as Jean-Pierre Marchand
- 2015 · The Price of Desire as Fernand Leger
- 2015 · Soulless 2 as Bernard
- 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
- 2011 · Holidays by the Sea as Homme caravane
- 2010 · What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- 2010 · Mumu as Père de Roger
- 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 · The Oxford Murders as Frank
- 2008 · Dante 01 as César
- 2007 · Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 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
- 2000 · Sabotage!! as Armani
- 1999 · Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
- 1997 · Alien Resurrection as Vriess
- 1995 · The City of Lost Children as The Diver / The Clones
- 1993 · Loonies at Large as Angel
- 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 · Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- 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 · The Moon in the Gutter as Frank
- 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 · Violette as
- 2024 · She Loved Blossoms More as Logo
- 2023 · Amélie: The Real Story as (archive footage)
- 2022 · A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
- 2022 · Hamlet Within as
- 2019 · Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- 2019 · Anna as Monk Dominic
- 2019 · Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- 2017 · Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
- 2015 · A Love You as Serge
- 2014 · Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2
- 2012 · The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
- 2011 · Crédit pour tous as Gobert
- 2010 · Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- 2008 · A Day at the Museum as Simon
- 2008 · The Clown as
- 2006 · When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- 2005 · Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as Self
- 2005 · Ze Film as Le SDF
- 2004 · Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson
- 2004 · Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
- 2000 · Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- 1999 · Like a Fish Out of Water as Melvin
- 1997 · Mordbüro as Eugène
- 1996 · La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer'
- 1993 · My Name is Victor as Bernard
- 1992 · Août as Eugène Blouzette
- 1991 · Les arcandiers as Bruno
- 1988 · The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- 1987 · Devil's Paradise as Gato
- 1986 · Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
- 1986 · Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- 1985 · Zina as Pierre
- 1985 · La Baston as Marcel Noblet
- 1984 · Dream One as Monkey
- 1982 · La Chanson du mal-aimé as
- Future · Go West! as Maslo the Bellboy
- 2025 · You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak? as Edgar
- 2025 · La vie avec un idiot as Vladimir (voice)
- 2021 · Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- 2021 · Dernière Station as Le pompiste
- 2018 · O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta as
- 2017 · La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- 2014 · OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator
- 2013 · Serial Teachers as L'inspecteur d'académie
- 2012 · La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
- 2011 · Madame Sans Gêne as Fouché
- 2010 · Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator
- 2010 · Un pied dans le crime as
- 2009 · An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
- 2008 · Fin de partie as Hamm
- 2007 · Midsummer Madness as Toni
- 2007 · L'Acte inconnu as
- 2005 · L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir
- 2004 · Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
- 2004 · Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss
- 2002 · Dead or Alive as The Butcher
- 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 · A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel
- 1994 · KO Kid as K.O Kid
- 1991 · 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
- 1990 · 1871 as Napoléon III
- 1988 · Le Rêve du Phenix as
- 1986 · Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred
- 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 · 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
- Future · Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter