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.
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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38554
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Filmography (Movies)
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
Character:Edgar
Release Date:19/02/2026
Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean
Character:Boîte à Mots
Release Date:19/11/2025
She Loved Blossoms More
Character:Logo
Release Date:03/10/2025
Memoir of a Snail
Character:Percy Pudel (voice)
Release Date:17/10/2024
At the End of the Day
Character:Le médecin
Release Date:19/09/2024
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Character:Gueule de Bois
Release Date:29/03/2023
Amélie: The Real Story
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:15/01/2023
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Character:Le détective privé
Release Date:25/05/2022
Hamlet Within
Character:
Release Date:21/05/2022
Bigbug
Character:Igor
Release Date:11/02/2022
Emma Bovary
Character:Homais
Release Date:13/12/2021
Pierre & Jeanne
Character:Le notaire
Release Date:29/08/2021
A Perfect Enemy
Character:Jean Rosen
Release Date:11/06/2021
Dernière Station
Character:Le pompiste
Release Date:01/01/2021
Jo
Character:L'Inspecteur Ducros
Release Date:09/11/2019
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
Character:Jean Luc
Release Date:31/10/2019
Spread Your Wings
Character:Pichon
Release Date:12/09/2019
I Love My Mum
Character:French Restaurant Manager
Release Date:31/05/2019
Anna
Character:Monk Dominic
Release Date:25/05/2019
Magnetick Pathways
Character:Raymond Vachs
Release Date:25/04/2019
Cyrano, My Love
Character:Lucien
Release Date:10/11/2018
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
Character:
Release Date:05/05/2018
White Fang
Character:Beauty Smith (voice)
Release Date:28/03/2018
Based on a True Story
Character:Raymond
Release Date:01/11/2017
Two Snails Set Off
Character:(voice)
Release Date:08/06/2017
Vive la crise !
Character:Noël
Release Date:10/05/2017
Somewhere Beautiful
Character:Magazine Editor
Release Date:21/04/2017
La DorMeuse Duval
Character:Basile Matrin
Release Date:22/02/2017
Max & Leon
Character:Michel
Release Date:01/11/2016
A Love You
Character:Serge
Release Date:24/06/2015
The Price of Desire
Character:Fernand Leger
Release Date:19/03/2015
Soulless 2
Character:Bernard
Release Date:05/03/2015
OXI, an Act of Resistance
Character:Investigator
Release Date:09/10/2014
Brèves de comptoir
Character:Taxi 2
Release Date:24/09/2014
My Old Lady
Character:Monsieur Lefebvre
Release Date:09/09/2014
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Character:Two Clouds
Release Date:16/10/2013
Serial Teachers
Character:L'inspecteur d'académie
Release Date:17/04/2013
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Character:Colonel Otto Strudel
Release Date:06/05/2012
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
Character:L'inspecteur Lamentin
Release Date:11/01/2012
Holidays by the Sea
Character:Homme caravane
Release Date:29/06/2011
Madame Sans Gêne
Character:Fouché
Release Date:14/06/2011
Crédit pour tous
Character:Gobert
Release Date:29/03/2011
Specky Four-Eyes
Character:Narrator
Release Date:20/11/2010
Un pied dans le crime
Character:
Release Date:21/10/2010
What War May Bring
Character:Maurice Lemoine
Release Date:15/09/2010
Colère
Character:Mougin, le sorcier
Release Date:16/07/2010
Mumu
Character:Père de Roger
Release Date:24/03/2010
Murphy's Law
Character:Rudy
Release Date:04/11/2009
Micmacs
Character:Fracasse
Release Date:28/10/2009
Humans
Character:Gildas
Release Date:22/04/2009
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Character:Jean Baptiste
Release Date:09/01/2009
An Organization of Dreams
Character:Inspector
Release Date:02/01/2009
A Day at the Museum
Character:Simon
Release Date:19/11/2008
The Clown
Character:
Release Date:14/11/2008
Fin de partie
Character:Hamm
Release Date:23/09/2008
The Oxford Murders
Character:Frank
Release Date:18/01/2008
Dante 01
Character:César
Release Date:02/01/2008
Moon in a Bottle
Character:Pascal Rossignol
Release Date:16/11/2007
Midsummer Madness
Character:Toni
Release Date:12/10/2007
L'Acte inconnu
Character:
Release Date:11/07/2007
Crossed Tracks
Character:Pierre Laclos / Louis
Release Date:27/06/2007
When Evil Calls
Character:Detective Ringwald
Release Date:30/06/2006
Dikkenek
Character:Stef
Release Date:21/06/2006
Your Name is Justine
Character:Oncle Goran
Release Date:30/08/2005
Camping à la ferme
Character:Rodolphe Peretti
Release Date:29/06/2005
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2005
L'Hiver sous la table
Character:Dragomir
Release Date:19/04/2005
Ze Film
Character:Le SDF
Release Date:23/02/2005
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Character:His Excellency's Fop
Release Date:22/12/2004
A Very Long Engagement
Character:Sylvain
Release Date:27/10/2004
Darkhunters
Character:Charlie Jackson
Release Date:07/09/2004
Ne quittez pas !
Character:Le clochard
Release Date:18/08/2004
Hellbreeder
Character:Detective Weiss
Release Date:16/03/2004
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
Character:Petit cowboy
Release Date:07/02/2004
Entrusted
Character:Henri Lafont
Release Date:03/07/2003
At Home with the Rozes
Character:le lieutenant
Release Date:02/04/2003
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
Character:Fredy Mazas
Release Date:07/02/2003
Parts of the Family
Character:Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
Release Date:10/01/2003
Dead or Alive
Character:The Butcher
Release Date:01/09/2002
Beautiful Memories
Character:Robert
Release Date:24/08/2001
Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!
Character:P'tit gars
Release Date:01/07/2001
Amélie
Character:Joseph
Release Date:25/04/2001
Sabotage!!
Character:Armani
Release Date:14/10/2000
Highway Melody
Character:Jacky Carpe
Release Date:28/06/2000
The Pilot
Character:Pilot
Release Date:01/04/2000
Like a Fish Out of Water
Character:Melvin
Release Date:05/05/1999
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Character:Trouillefou
Release Date:24/03/1999
Alien Resurrection
Character:Vriess
Release Date:12/11/1997
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
Character:Adrien
Release Date:05/11/1997
Mordbüro
Character:Eugène
Release Date:09/07/1997
A Saturday on Earth
Character:Le brigadier Morel
Release Date:28/08/1996
La Gotera
Character:'Pastel de Fer'
Release Date:01/01/1996
The City of Lost Children
Character:The Diver / The Clones
Release Date:17/05/1995
KO Kid
Character:K.O Kid
Release Date:01/01/1994
Loonies at Large
Character:Angel
Release Date:11/08/1993
My Name is Victor
Character:Bernard
Release Date:16/03/1993
Août
Character:Eugène Blouzette
Release Date:08/01/1992
Les arcandiers
Character:Bruno
Release Date:11/12/1991
Delicatessen
Character:Louison
Release Date:17/04/1991
25 décembre 58, 10h36
Character:Dominique
Release Date:01/01/1991
1871
Character:Napoléon III
Release Date:09/09/1990
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
Character:Man
Release Date:07/03/1990
The French Revolution
Character:Drouet
Release Date:10/05/1989
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Character:Wojtech
Release Date:02/09/1988
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Character:Albert
Release Date:24/08/1988
Frantic
Character:Wino
Release Date:19/02/1988
Le Rêve du Phenix
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1988
Devil's Paradise
Character:Gato
Release Date:07/05/1987
Rückfahrt in den Tod
Character:Fred
Release Date:22/09/1986
Sauve-toi, Lola
Character:Jean-Pierre
Release Date:03/09/1986
Cent francs l'amour
Character:Tom
Release Date:20/08/1986
Follow My Gaze
Character:Frédéric
Release Date:23/04/1986
Betty Blue
Character:Surfer
Release Date:09/04/1986
Zina
Character:Pierre
Release Date:01/11/1985
La Baston
Character:Marcel Noblet
Release Date:07/08/1985
Going and Coming Back
Character:Villager
Release Date:27/03/1985
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Character:Monsieur Pichon
Release Date:23/01/1985
Dream One
Character:Monkey
Release Date:12/12/1984
Mint Tea
Character:Roger
Release Date:20/10/1984
Ghost Dance
Character:Salesman/Guide
Release Date:15/12/1983
The Moon in the Gutter
Character:Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
Release Date:18/05/1983
Car Cemetery
Character:Ybar
Release Date:30/04/1983
If I Were 1000 Years Old
Character:
Release Date:14/01/1983
Enigma
Character:Madman (uncredited)
Release Date:15/10/1982
Shot Pattern
Character:Daniel Verlot
Release Date:21/09/1982
The Return of Martin Guerre
Character:Antoine
Release Date:14/05/1982
La Chanson du mal-aimé
Character:Albert de Kostrowitzky
Release Date:03/02/1982
Noisy Neighbours
Character:Musician
Release Date:01/01/1982
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
Character:Le fils
Release Date:01/01/1982
Diva
Character:Le curé
Release Date:11/03/1981
La Découverte
Character:The young painter
Release Date:31/12/1980
Television Appearances
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Character:Antoine
Good People
Character:Roger
The Island of Thirty Coffins
Character:Horacio
Dark Stories
Character:Jean-Luc Barrouf
Cassandre
Character:Jean-Pierre Marchand
Outlander
Character:Master Raymond
Murders in...
Character:Le Kid
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Character:Stanley Summers
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
Character:Hubert Petitpont
Sable noir
Character:Axel
Nachtschicht
Character:Emile Gaspard
Quelle Aventure !
Character:'La Buse'
Quelle Aventure !
Character:Frère Godefroy
Caméra Café
Character:Jean-Pierre
Via Mala
Character:Niklaus Lauretz
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