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
- Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Violette
- Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Ni vu, ni connu as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Un homme parfait as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Les captives 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
- A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
- Hamlet Within
2021
- A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- Emma Bovary as Homais
- Dernière Station as Le pompiste
2019
- Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf
- Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- Anna as Monk Dominic
- Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
2018
- Cyrano, My Love as Lucien
- White Fang as Beauty Smith (voice)
- O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2017
- Based on a True Story as Raymond
- Vive la crise ! as Noël
- Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
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
- What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator
- Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- Un pied dans le crime
2009
- The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont
- Micmacs as Fracasse
- Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
- Murphy's Law as Rudy
- Humans as Gildas
- An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
2008
- The Oxford Murders as Frank
- Dante 01 as César
- The Clown
- A Day at the Museum as Simon
- Fin de partie as Hamm
2007
- Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- L'Acte inconnu
- Midsummer Madness as Toni
- Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
2006
- Dikkenek as Stef
- Sable noir as Axel
- When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
2005
- Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti
- Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran
- Ze Film as Le SDF
- 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
- At Home with the Rozes as le lieutenant
- Entrusted as Henri Lafont
- Parts of the Family as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
2002
- Dead or Alive as The Butcher
2001
- Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- Amélie as Joseph
- Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
- Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars
- Beautiful Memories as Robert
2000
- The Pilot as Pilot
- Sabotage!! as Armani
- Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
1999
- Like a Fish Out of Water as Melvin
- Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
1997
- Alien Resurrection as Vriess
- Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
- Mordbüro as Eugène
1996
- La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer'
- A Saturday on Earth as Le brigadier Morel
1995
- The City of Lost Children as The Diver / The Clones
1994
- K.O. Kid as K.O Kid
1993
- My Name is Victor as Bernard
- Loonies at Large as Angel
1992
- Août as Eugène Blouzette
1991
- Delicatessen as Louison
- Les arcandiers as Bruno
- 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique
1990
- Things I Like, Things I Don't Like as Man
- Alberto Express as Le conducteur de la locomotive
- 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
- Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
- Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred
1985
- Going and Coming Back as Villager
- The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon
- Zina as Pierre
- Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz
- La Baston as Marcel Noblet
1983
- Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide
- The Moon in the Gutter as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
- Car Cemetery as Ybar
- If I Were 1000 Years Old
1982
- The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- Enigma as Madman (uncredited)
- Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- Noisy Neighbours as Musician
- Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils
- La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky
1981
- Diva as Le curé
1980
- La Découverte as The young painter