Dominique Pinon
Born: 1955-03-04 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak? as Edgar
- Violette
- Cassandre - Un homme parfait as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Ni vu, ni connu as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Les captives as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay as Jean-Paul Marchand
2025
- Jean Valjean as Boîte à Mots
- She Loved Blossoms More as Logo
2024
- Memoir of a Snail as Percy Pudel (voice)
- At the End of the Day as Le médecin
2023
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon as Antoine
- Apaches: Gang of Paris as Gueule de Bois
- Amélie: The Real Story as (archive footage)
2022
- Good People as Roger
- Bigbug as Igor
- The Island of Thirty Coffins as Horacio
- Hamlet Within
- A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
2021
- A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- Emma Bovary as Homais
- Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- Dernière Station as Le pompiste
2019
- Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf
- Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- Anna as Monk Dominic
2018
- White Fang as Beauty Smith (voice)
- Cyrano, My Love as Lucien
- O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2017
- Based on a True Story as Raymond
- Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- Vive la crise ! as Noël
- Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
- La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
2016
- Max & Leon as Michel
2015
- Cassandre as Jean-Pierre Marchand
- Soulless 2 as Bernard
- A Love You as Serge
- The Price of Desire as Fernand Leger
2014
- Outlander as Master Raymond
- My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre
- Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2
- OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator
2013
- Murders in... as Le Kid
- The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet as Two Clouds
- Serial Teachers as L'inspecteur d'académie
2012
- Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Stanley Summers
- The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
- La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
2011
- Holidays by the Sea as Homme caravane
- Madame Sans Gêne as Fouché
- Crédit pour tous as Gobert
2010
- Mumu as Père de Roger
- Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- Un pied dans le crime
- Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator
2009
- The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont
- Micmacs as Fracasse
- Murphy's Law as Rudy
- Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
- Humans as Gildas
- An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
2008
- The Oxford Murders as Frank
- Dante 01 as César
- A Day at the Museum as Simon
- The Clown
- Fin de partie as Hamm
2007
- Midsummer Madness as Toni
- Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- L'Acte inconnu
2006
- Dikkenek as Stef
- Sable noir as Axel
- When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
2005
- Ze Film as Le SDF
- Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran
- Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti
- Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as Self
- L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir
2004
- A Very Long Engagement as Sylvain
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey as His Excellency's Fop
- Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss
- Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson
- Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
- Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
2003
- Nachtschicht as Emile Gaspard
- Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure as Fredy Mazas
- Entrusted as Henri Lafont
- At Home with the Rozes as le lieutenant
- Parts of the Family as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
2002
- Dead or Alive as The Butcher
2001
- Amélie as Joseph
- Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- Beautiful Memories as Robert
- Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
- Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars
2000
- Sabotage!! as Armani
- The Pilot as Pilot
- Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
1999
- Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
- Like a Fish Out of Water as Melvin
1997
- Alien Resurrection as Vriess
- Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
- Mordbüro as Eugène
1996
- A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel
- 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
- My Name is Victor as Bernard
1992
- Août as Eugène Blouzette
1991
- Delicatessen as Louison
- 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
- Les arcandiers as Bruno
1990
- Alberto Express as Le conducteur de la locomotive
- Things I Like, Things I Don't Like as Man
- 1871 as Napoléon III
1989
- The French Revolution as Drouet
1988
- Frantic as Wino
- The Legend of the Holy Drinker as Wojtech
- The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- Le Rêve du Phenix
1987
- Devil's Paradise as Gato
1986
- Betty Blue as Le dealer
- Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred
- Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
1985
- The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon
- Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz
- Zina as Pierre
- La Baston as Marcel Noblet
- Going and Coming Back as Villager
1983
- The Moon in the Gutter as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
- Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide
- Car Cemetery as Ybar
- If I Were 1000 Years Old
1982
- The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- Enigma as Madman (uncredited)
- La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky
- Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- Noisy Neighbours as Musician
- Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils
1981
- Diva as Le curé
1980
- La Découverte as The young painter