Dominique Pinon
Born
March 4, 1955 (70 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
She Loved Blossoms More
Logo
2024
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Gueule de Bois
2023
Amélie: The Real Story
(archive footage)
2023
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Le détective privé
2022
Hamlet Within
2022
Bigbug
Igor
2022
Emma Bovary
Homais
2021
Dernière Station
Le pompiste
2021
Anna
Monk Dominic
2019
White Fang
Beauty Smith (voice)
2018
OXI, an Act of Resistance
Investigator
2014
Brèves de comptoir
Taxi 2
2014
My Old Lady
Monsieur Lefebvre
2014
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Two Clouds
2013
Holidays by the Sea
Homme caravane
2011
Madame Sans Gêne
Fouché
2011
What War May Bring
Maurice Lemoine
2010
Colère
Mougin, le sorcier
2010
Mumu
Père de Roger
2010
Murphy's Law
Rudy
2009
Micmacs
Fracasse
2009
Humans
Gildas
2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Jean Baptiste
2009
An Organization of Dreams
Inspector
2009
The Clown
2008
The Oxford Murders
Frank
2008
Dante 01
César
2008
Moon in a Bottle
Pascal Rossignol
2007
Midsummer Madness
Toni
2007
Crossed Tracks
Pierre Laclos / Louis
2007
When Evil Calls
Detective Ringwald
2006
Camping à la ferme
Rodolphe Peretti
2005
Ze Film
Le SDF
2005
A Very Long Engagement
Sylvain
2004
Darkhunters
Charlie Jackson
2004
Ne quittez pas !
Le clochard
2004
Hellbreeder
Detective Weiss
2004
At Home with the Rozes
le lieutenant
2003
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
Fredy Mazas
2003
Parts of the Family
Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
2003
Beautiful Memories
Robert
2001
Amélie
Joseph
2001
Sabotage!!
Armani
2000
Highway Melody
Jacky Carpe
2000
Like a Fish Out of Water
Melvin
1999
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Trouillefou
1999
Alien Resurrection
Vriess
1997
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
Adrien
1997
Mordbüro
Eugène
1997
The City of Lost Children
The Diver / The Clones
1995
Loonies at Large
Angel
1993
Août
Eugène Blouzette
1992
Les arcandiers
Bruno
1991
Delicatessen
Louison
1991
1871
Napoléon III
1990
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
Man
1990
The French Revolution
Drouet
1989
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Wojtech
1988
Frantic
Wino
1988
Le Rêve du Phenix
1988
Rückfahrt in den Tod
Fred
1986
Follow My Gaze
Frédéric
1986
Betty Blue
Surfer
1986
Zina
Pierre
1985
La Baston
Marcel Noblet
1985
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Monsieur Pichon
1985
Dream One
Monkey
1984
Mint Tea
Roger
1984
Ghost Dance
Salesman/Guide
1983
Car Cemetery
Ybar
1983
Enigma
Madman (uncredited)
1982
Shot Pattern
Daniel Verlot
1982
The Return of Martin Guerre
Antoine
1982
La Chanson du mal-aimé
1982
Noisy Neighbours
Musician
1982
Gilles et Louise
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
Edgar
2025
La vie avec un idiot
Vladimir (voice)
2025
Memoir of a Snail
Percy Pudel (voice)
2024
At the End of the Day
Le médecin
2024
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Antoine · (2 episodes)
2023
Good People
Roger · (6 episodes)
2022
The Island of Thirty Coffins
Horacio · (6 episodes)
2022
Pierre & Jeanne
Le notaire
2021
A Perfect Enemy
Jean Rosen
2021
Jo
L'Inspecteur Ducros
2019
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
Jean Luc
2019
Dark Stories
Jean-Luc Barrouf · (1 episode)
2019
Spread Your Wings
Pichon
2019
I Love My Mum
French Restaurant Manager
2019
Magnetick Pathways
Raymond Vachs
2019
Cyrano, My Love
Lucien
2018
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2018
Based on a True Story
Raymond
2017
Two Snails Set Off
(voice)
2017
Vive la crise !
Noël
2017
Somewhere Beautiful
Magazine Editor
2017
La DorMeuse Duval
Basile Matrin
2017
Max & Leon
Michel
2016
Cassandre
Jean-Pierre Marchand · (33 episodes)
2015
A Love You
Serge
2015
The Price of Desire
Fernand Leger
2015
Soulless 2
Bernard
2015
Outlander
Master Raymond · (5 episodes)
2014
Murders in...
Le Kid · (1 episode)
2013
Serial Teachers
L'inspecteur d'académie
2013
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Stanley Summers · (3 episodes)
2012
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Colonel Otto Strudel
2012
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
L'inspecteur Lamentin
2012
Crédit pour tous
Gobert
2011
Specky Four-Eyes
Narrator
2010
Un pied dans le crime
2010
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
Hubert Petitpont · (1 episode)
2009
A Day at the Museum
Simon
2008
Fin de partie
Hamm
2008
L'Acte inconnu
2007
Dikkenek
Stef
2006
Sable noir
Axel · (1 episode)
2006
Your Name is Justine
Oncle Goran
2005
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self
2005
L'Hiver sous la table
Dragomir
2005
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
His Excellency's Fop
2004
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
Petit cowboy
2004
Entrusted
Henri Lafont
2003
Nachtschicht
Emile Gaspard · (1 episode)
2003
Dead or Alive
The Butcher
2002
Quelle Aventure !
'La Buse' · (1 episode)
2001
Quelle Aventure !
Frère Godefroy · (1 episode)
2001
Caméra Café
Jean-Pierre · (0 episode)
2001
Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!
P'tit gars
2001
The Pilot
Pilot
2000
A Saturday on Earth
Le brigadier Morel
1996
La Gotera
'Pastel de Fer'
1996
KO Kid
K.O Kid
1994
My Name is Victor
Bernard
1993
25 décembre 58, 10h36
Dominique
1991
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Albert
1988
Devil's Paradise
Gato
1987
Sauve-toi, Lola
Jean-Pierre
1986
Cent francs l'amour
Tom
1986
Via Mala
Niklaus Lauretz · (3 episodes)
1985
Going and Coming Back
Villager
1985
The Moon in the Gutter
Frank
1983
If I Were 1000 Years Old
1983
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
Le fils
1982
Diva
Le curé
1981
La Découverte
The young painter
1980
Go West!
Maslo the Bellboy
Coffeehouse Mysteries
Waiter