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 - Ni vu, ni connu as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb as Jean-Paul Marchand
- Cassandre - Les captives as Jean-Paul Marchand
2025
- Jean Valjean as Boîte à Mots
- She Loved Blossoms More as Logo
- Cassandre - Un homme parfait as Jean-Paul Marchand
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
- Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf
- I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- 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
- La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
- Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
2016
- Max & Leon as Michel
2015
- Cassandre as Jean-Pierre Marchand
- The Price of Desire as Fernand Leger
- Soulless 2 as Bernard
- A Love You as Serge
2014
- Outlander as Master Raymond
- My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre
- OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator
- Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2
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
- La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
- The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
2011
- Holidays by the Sea as Homme caravane
- Crédit pour tous as Gobert
- Madame Sans Gêne as Fouché
2010
- Mumu as Père de Roger
- What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- Un pied dans le crime
- Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- 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
- An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
- Humans as Gildas
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
- Moon in a Bottle as Pascal Rossignol
- Crossed Tracks as Pierre Laclos / Louis
- Midsummer Madness as Toni
- L'Acte inconnu
2006
- Sable noir as Axel
- Dikkenek as Stef
- When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
2005
- Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti
- Your Name is Justine as Oncle Goran
- Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as Self
- L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir
- Ze Film as Le SDF
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
- Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
- Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
2003
- Nachtschicht as Emile Gaspard
- Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure as Fredy Mazas
- At Home with the Rozes as le lieutenant
- Parts of the Family as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
- Entrusted as Henri Lafont
2002
- Dead or Alive as The Butcher
2001
- Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- Amélie as Joseph
- Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
- Beautiful Memories as Robert
- Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars
2000
- Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- Sabotage!! as Armani
- The Pilot as Pilot
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
- 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
- K.O. 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
- 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
- Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred
- Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
1985
- Going and Coming Back as Villager
- Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz
- The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon
- Zina as Pierre
- La Baston as Marcel Noblet
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)
- Shot Pattern as Daniel Verlot
- Noisy Neighbours as Musician
- La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky
- Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils
1981
- Diva as Le curé
1980
- La Découverte as The young painter