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
2025
- She Loved Blossoms More as Logo
- Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean as Boîte à Mots
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
- Hamlet Within
- Bigbug as Igor
- A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé
- Good People as Roger
- The Island of Thirty Coffins as Horacio
2021
- Emma Bovary as Homais
- A Perfect Enemy as Jean Rosen
- Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire
- Dernière Station as Le pompiste
2019
- Magnetick Pathways as Raymond Vachs
- Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros
- I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager
- Spread Your Wings as Pichon
- Anna as Monk Dominic
- Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc
- Dark Stories as Jean-Luc Barrouf
2018
- Cyrano, My Love as Lucien
- White Fang as Beauty Smith (voice)
- O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2017
- Vive la crise ! as Noël
- Based on a True Story as Raymond
- Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor
- Two Snails Set Off as (voice)
- La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin
2016
- Max & Leon as Michel
2015
- Soulless 2 as Bernard
- The Price of Desire as Fernand Leger
- Cassandre as Jean-Pierre Marchand
- A Love You as Serge
2014
- Outlander as Master Raymond
- OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator
- My Old Lady as Monsieur Lefebvre
- 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
- La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel
- Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Stanley Summers
- The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm as L'inspecteur Lamentin
2011
- Madame Sans Gêne as Fouché
- Crédit pour tous as Gobert
- Holidays by the Sea as Homme caravane
2010
- Colère as Mougin, le sorcier
- Mumu as Père de Roger
- What War May Bring as Maurice Lemoine
- Specky Four-Eyes as Narrator
- Un pied dans le crime
2009
- Humans as Gildas
- The Little Murders of Agatha Christie as Hubert Petitpont
- Murphy's Law as Rudy
- Micmacs as Fracasse
- An Organization of Dreams as Inspector
- Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste
2008
- Dante 01 as César
- A Day at the Museum as Simon
- The Oxford Murders as Frank
- Fin de partie as Hamm
- The Clown
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
- When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald
- Sable noir as Axel
2005
- Ze Film as Le SDF
- 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
2004
- Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss
- A Very Long Engagement as Sylvain
- Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy
- Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson
- Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey as His Excellency's Fop
2003
- Entrusted as Henri Lafont
- 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)
- Nachtschicht as Emile Gaspard
2002
- Dead or Alive as The Butcher
2001
- Amélie as Joseph
- Caméra Café as Jean-Pierre
- Beautiful Memories as Robert
- Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars
- Quelle Aventure ! as 'La Buse'
2000
- Sabotage!! as Armani
- Highway Melody as Jacky Carpe
- The Pilot as Pilot
1999
- Like a Fish Out of Water as Melvin
- Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou
1997
- Alien Resurrection as Vriess
- Mordbüro as Eugène
- Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen as Adrien
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
- 1871 as Napoléon III
- Things I Like, Things I Don't Like as Man
1989
- The French Revolution as Drouet
1988
- Frantic as Wino
- The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau as Albert
- The Legend of the Holy Drinker as Wojtech
- Le Rêve du Phenix
1987
- Devil's Paradise as Gato
1986
- Betty Blue as Surfer
- Follow My Gaze as Frédéric
- Cent francs l'amour as Tom
- Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred
- Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre
1985
- Zina as Pierre
- Going and Coming Back as Villager
- The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Monsieur Pichon
- Via Mala as Niklaus Lauretz
- 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
- Enigma as Madman (uncredited)
- La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky
- The Return of Martin Guerre as Antoine
- 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