Portrait of Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon

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.

Born: March 4, 1955

Place of Birth: Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

Filmography

2024
Memoir of a Snail

as Percy Pudel (voice)

2024
At the End of the Day

as Le médecin

2023
Apaches: Gang of Paris

as Gueule de Bois

2023
Amélie: The Real Story

as (archive footage)

2022
Good People

as Roger

2022
Bigbug

as Igor

2021
Emma Bovary

as Homais

2021
Pierre & Jeanne

as Le notaire

2021
A Perfect Enemy

as Jean Rosen

2021
Dernière Station

as Le pompiste

2019
Jo

as L'Inspecteur Ducros

2019
Dark Stories

as Jean-Luc Barrouf

2019
2019
I Love My Mum

as French Restaurant Manager

2019
Anna

as Monk Dominic

2019
Magnetick Pathways

as Raymond Vachs

2018
2018
White Fang

as Beauty Smith (voice)

2017
2017
2017
2017
Somewhere Beautiful

as Magazine Editor

2017
La DorMeuse Duval

as Basile Matrin

2016
Max & Leon

as Michel

2015
Cassandre

as Jean-Pierre Marchand

2015
A Love You

as Serge

2015
The Price of Desire

as Fernand Leger

2015
Soulless 2

as Bernard

2014
2014
My Old Lady

as Monsieur Lefebvre

2014
Outlander

as Master Raymond

2013
Murders in...

as Le Kid

2013
Serial Teachers

as L'inspecteur d'académie

2012
Metal Hurlant Chronicles

as Stanley Summers

2012
La Guerre du Royal Palace

as Colonel Otto Strudel

2012
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm

as L'inspecteur Lamentin

2011
Holidays by the Sea

as Homme caravane

2011
2011
2010
Specky Four-Eyes

as Narrator

2010
What War May Bring

as Maurice Lemoine

2010
Mumu

as Père de Roger

2009
2009
Micmacs

as Fracasse

2009
Humans

as Gildas

2009
2008
2008
2008
Dante 01

as César

2007
Moon in a Bottle

as Pascal Rossignol

2007
Crossed Tracks

as Pierre Laclos / Louis

2006
When Evil Calls

as Detective Ringwald

2006
Dikkenek

as Stef

2006
Sable noir

as Axel

2005
Your Name is Justine

as Oncle Goran

2005
Camping à la ferme

as Rodolphe Peretti

2005
2005
Ze Film

as Le SDF

2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as His Excellency's Fop

2004
Darkhunters

as Charlie Jackson

2004
Ne quittez pas !

as Le clochard

2004
Hellbreeder

as Detective Weiss

2003
Entrusted

as Henri Lafont

2003
At Home with the Rozes

as le lieutenant

2003
Nachtschicht

as Emile Gaspard

2003
Parts of the Family

as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)

2001
Quelle Aventure !

as 'La Buse'

2001
Quelle Aventure !

as Frère Godefroy

2001
Caméra Café

as Jean-Pierre

2001
2001
Amélie

as Joseph

2000
Sabotage!!

as Armani

2000
Highway Melody

as Jacky Carpe

2000
The Pilot

as Pilot

1999
Quasimodo d'el Paris

as Trouillefou

1997
1997
Mordbüro

as Eugène

1996
A Saturday on Earth

as Le brigadier Morel

1996
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
1993
1992
Août

as Eugène Blouzette

1991
1991
Delicatessen

as Louison

1991
1990
1871

as Napoléon III

1988
Frantic

as Wino

1987
1986
Sauve-toi, Lola

as Jean-Pierre

1986
Follow My Gaze

as Frédéric

1986
Betty Blue

as Surfer

1985
Zina

as Pierre

1985
Via Mala

as Niklaus Lauretz

1985
La Baston

as Marcel Noblet

1985
1985
1984
Dream One

as Monkey

1984
Mint Tea

as Roger

1983
Ghost Dance

as Salesman/Guide

1983
The Moon in the Gutter

as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother

1983
1982
Enigma

as Madman (uncredited)

1982
Shot Pattern

as Daniel Verlot

1982
La Chanson du mal-aimé

as Albert de Kostrowitzky

1982
Noisy Neighbours

as Musician

1981
Diva

as Le curé

1980
La Découverte

as The young painter