Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon
Biography
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
150
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-03-04 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Acting

2024

Memoir of a Snail as Percy Pudel (voice)

2024

At the End of the Day as Le médecin

2023

Apaches: Gang of Paris as Gueule de Bois

2023

Amélie: The Real Story as (archive footage)

2022

Good People as Roger

2022

Bigbug as Igor

2021

A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen

2021

Emma Bovary as Homais

2019

Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf

2019

Spread Your Wings as Pichon

2019

I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager

2019

Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros

2018

White Fang as Beauty Smith (voice)

2018

Cyrano, My Love as Lucien

2017

Based on a True Story as Raymond

2017

Two Snails Set Off as (voice)

2017

Vive la crise ! as Noël

2017

Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor

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

Outlander as Master Raymond

2014

My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre

2014

Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2

2013

Murders in... as Le Kid

2012

Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Stanley Summers

2012

La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel

2011

Holidays by the Sea as Homme caravane

2011

Crédit pour tous as Gobert

2010

Mumu as Père de Roger

2010

What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine

2010

Colère as Mougin, le sorcier

2009

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont

2009

Micmacs as Fracasse

2009

Murphy's Law as Rudy

2009

Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste

2009

Humans as Gildas

2008

The Oxford Murders as Frank

2008

Dante 01 as César

2008

A Day at the Museum as Simon

2008

Fin de partie as Hamm

2007

Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol

2007

Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis

2007

Midsummer Madness as Toni

2006

Dikkenek as Stef

2006

Sable noir as Axel

2006

When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald

2005

Ze Film as Le SDF

2005

Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti

2005

Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran

2005

L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir

2004

A Very Long Engagement as Sylvain

2004

The Bridge of San Luis Rey as His Excellency's Fop

2004

Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard

2004

Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss

2004

Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson

2003

Nachtschicht as Emile Gaspard

2003

At Home with the Rozes as le lieutenant

2003

Entrusted as Henri Lafont

2003

Parts of the Family as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)

2001

Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre

2001

Amélie as Joseph

2001

Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'

2001

Quelle Aventure ! as Frère Godefroy

2001

Beautiful Memories as Robert

2000

Sabotage!! as Armani

2000

Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe

1999

Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou

1997

Alien Resurrection as Vriess

1997

Mordbüro as Eugène

1996

La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer'

1995

The City of Lost Children as The Diver / The Clones

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

Delicatessen as Louison

1991

Les arcandiers as Bruno

1990

1871 as Napoléon III

1989

The French Revolution as Drouet

1988

Frantic as Wino

1987

Devil's Paradise as Gato

1986

Betty Blue as Surfer

1986

Follow My Gaze as Frédéric

1986

Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre

1985

Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz

1985

The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon

1985

Going and Coming Back as Villager

1985

La Baston as Marcel Noblet

1985

Zina as Pierre

1984

Dream One as Monkey

1983

Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide

1982

Enigma as Madman (uncredited)

1982

La Chanson du mal-aimé as Not available

1982

Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot

NaN

Violette as Not available

NaN

Go West! as Maslo the Bellboy

2025

La vie avec un idiot as Vladimir (voice)

2022

Hamlet Within as Not available

2021

Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire

2021

Dernière Station as Le pompiste

2019

Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs

2019

Anna as Monk Dominic

2017

La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin

2015

A Love You as Serge

2014

OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator

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

2010

Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator

2010

Un pied dans le crime as Not available

2009

An Organization of Dreams as Inspector

2008

The Clown as Not available

2007

L'Acte inconnu as Not available

2004

Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy

2002

Dead or Alive as The Butcher

2000

The Pilot as Pilot

1996

A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel

1991

25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique

1988

Le Rêve du Phenix as Not available

1984

Mint Tea as Roger

1983

If I Were 1000 Years Old as Not available

1983

Car Cemetery as Ybar

1982

Noisy Neighbours as Musician

1981

Diva as Le curé

1980

La Découverte as The young painter

NaN

Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter

NaN

Gilles et Louise as Not available