Dominique Pinon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4 March 1955 · Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
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
Acting 144
- 2026Violette
- 2026Meurtres à Honfleur as Le Kid
- 2026Judgement as Dominique
- 2026A Door to the Woods
- 2026Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb as Jean-Paul Marchand
- 2026Cassandre - Ni vu, ni connu as Jean-Paul Marchand
- 2026Cassandre - Un homme parfait as Jean-Paul Marchand
- 2026You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak? as Edgar
- 2026Gilles et Louise
- 2026Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay as Jean-Paul Marchand
- 2026Cassandre - Les captives as Jean-Paul Marchand
- 2025Jean Valjean as Boîte à Mots
- 2025She Loved Blossoms More as Logo
- 2025Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter
- 2024Memoir of a Snail as Percy Pudel (voice)
- 2024At the End of the Day as Le médecin
- 2023Apaches: Gang of Paris as Gueule de Bois
- 2023Amélie: The Real Story as (archive footage)
- 2022A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
- 2022Hamlet Within
- 2022Bigbug as Igor
- 2021Emma Bovary as Homais
- 2021Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- 2021A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- 2021Dernière Station as Le pompiste
- 2019Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- 2019Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- 2019Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- 2019I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- 2019Anna as Monk Dominic
- 2019Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- 2018Cyrano, My Love as Lucien
- 2018O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
- 2018White Fang as Beauty Smith (voice)
- 2017Based on a True Story as Raymond
- 2017Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- 2017Vive la crise ! as Noël
- 2017Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
- 2017La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- 2016Max & Leon as Michel
- 2015Ripley by Job Willins as Vriess
- 2015A Love You as Serge
- 2015The Price of Desire as Fernand Leger
- 2015Soulless 2 as Bernard
- 2014OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator
- 2014Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2
- 2014My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre
- 2013The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as Two Clouds
- 2013Serial Teachers as L'inspecteur d'académie
- 2012La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
- 2012The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
- 2011Holidays by the Sea as Homme caravane
- 2011Madame Sans Gêne as Fouché
- 2011Crédit pour tous as Gobert
- 2010Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator
- 2010Un pied dans le crime
- 2010What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- 2010Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- 2010Mumu as Père de Roger
- 2009Murphy's Law as Rudy
- 2009Micmacs as Fracasse
- 2009Humans as Gildas
- 2009Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
- 2009An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
- 2008A Day at the Museum as Simon
- 2008The Clown
- 2008Fin de partie as Hamm
- 2008The Oxford Murders as Frank
- 2008Dante 01 as César
- 2007Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- 2007Midsummer Madness as Toni
- 2007L'Acte inconnu
- 2007Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- 2006When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- 2006Dikkenek as Stef
- 2005Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran
- 2005Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti
- 2005Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as Self
- 2005L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir
- 2005Ze Film as Le SDF
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis Rey as His Excellency's Fop
- 2004A Very Long Engagement as Sylvain
- 2004Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson
- 2004Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
- 2004Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss
- 2004Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
- 2003Entrusted as Henri Lafont
- 2003At Home with the Rozes as le lieutenant
- 2003Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure as Fredy Mazas
- 2003Parts of the Family as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
- 2002Dead or Alive as The Butcher
- 2001Beautiful Memories as Robert
- 2001Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars
- 2001Amélie as Joseph
- 2000Sabotage!! as Armani
- 2000Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- 2000The Pilot as Pilot
- 1999Like a Fish Out of Water as Melvin
- 1999Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
- 1997Alien Resurrection as Vriess
- 1997Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
- 1997Mordbüro as Eugène
- 1996A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel
- 1996La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer'
- 1995The City of Lost Children as The Diver / The Clones
- 1994KO Kid as K.O Kid
- 1993Loonies at Large as Angel
- 1993My Name is Victor as Bernard
- 1992Août as Eugène Blouzette
- 1991Les arcandiers as Bruno
- 1991Delicatessen as Louison
- 199125 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
- 19901871 as Napoléon III
- 1990Alberto Express as Le conducteur de la locomotive
- 1990Things I Like, Things I Don't Like as Man
- 1989The French Revolution as Drouet
- 1988The Legend of the Holy Drinker as Wojtech
- 1988The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- 1988Frantic as Wino
- 1988Le Rêve du Phenix
- 1987Devil's Paradise as Gato
- 1986Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred
- 1986Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
- 1986Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- 1986Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- 1986Betty Blue as Le dealer
- 1985Zina as Pierre
- 1985La Baston as Marcel Noblet
- 1985Going and Coming Back as Villager
- 1985The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon
- 1984Dream One as Monkey
- 1984Mint Tea as Roger
- 1983Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide
- 1983The Moon in the Gutter as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
- 1983Car Cemetery as Ybar
- 1983If I Were 1000 Years Old
- 1982Enigma as Madman (uncredited)
- 1982Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- 1982The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- 1982La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky
- 1982Noisy Neighbours as Musician
- 1982Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils
- 1981Diva as Le curé
- 1980La Découverte as The young painter