Dominique Pinon
Acting • Born 1955-03-04
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
152 credits
Amélie
Movie • 2001
Joseph
Delicatessen
Movie • 1991
Louison
The City of Lost Children
Movie • 1995
The Diver / The Clones
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Movie • 2022
Le détective privé
A Very Long Engagement
Movie • 2004
Sylvain
The French Revolution
Movie • 1989
Drouet
La Baston
Movie • 1985
Marcel Noblet
Amélie: The Real Story
Movie • 2023
(archive footage)
Beautiful Memories
Movie • 2001
Robert
Alien Resurrection
Movie • 1997
Vriess
Shot Pattern
Movie • 1982
Daniel Verlot
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
Movie • 2003
Fredy Mazas
The Oxford Murders
Movie • 2008
Frank
Car Cemetery
Movie • 1983
Ybar
Ghost Dance
Movie • 1983
Salesman/Guide
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Movie • 1999
Trouillefou
Micmacs
Movie • 2009
Fracasse
Noisy Neighbours
Movie • 1982
Musician
Darkhunters
Movie • 2004
Charlie Jackson
Hellbreeder
Movie • 2004
Detective Weiss
Le Rêve du Phenix
Movie • 1988
Hamlet Within
Movie • 2022
Dante 01
Movie • 2008
César
Crossed Tracks
Movie • 2007
Pierre Laclos / Louis
At Home with the Rozes
Movie • 2003
le lieutenant
Mint Tea
Movie • 1984
Roger
White Fang
Movie • 2018
Beauty Smith (voice)
Emma Bovary
Movie • 2021
Homais
Août
Movie • 1992
Eugène Blouzette
Madame Sans Gêne
Movie • 2011
Fouché
Humans
Movie • 2009
Gildas
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
Movie • 1990
Man
She Loved Blossoms More
Movie • 2025
Logo
Anna
Movie • 2019
Monk Dominic
Like a Fish Out of Water
Movie • 1999
Melvin
Moon in a Bottle
Movie • 2007
Pascal Rossignol
Murphy's Law
Movie • 2009
Rudy
What War May Bring
Movie • 2010
Maurice Lemoine
Camping à la ferme
Movie • 2005
Rodolphe Peretti
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Movie • 1988
Wojtech
Bigbug
Movie • 2022
Igor
Betty Blue
Movie • 1986
Surfer
Holidays by the Sea
Movie • 2011
Homme caravane
Midsummer Madness
Movie • 2007
Toni
La Chanson du mal-aimé
Movie • 1982
Albert de Kostrowitzky
Brèves de comptoir
Movie • 2014
Taxi 2
OXI, an Act of Resistance
Movie • 2014
Investigator
Colère
Movie • 2010
Mougin, le sorcier
An Organization of Dreams
Movie • 2009
Inspector
Mumu
Movie • 2010
Père de Roger
Mordbüro
Movie • 1997
Eugène
Parts of the Family
Movie • 2003
Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Movie • 2009
Jean Baptiste
Follow My Gaze
Movie • 1986
Frédéric
Rückfahrt in den Tod
Movie • 1986
Fred
Enigma
Movie • 1982
Madman (uncredited)
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Movie • 1985
Monsieur Pichon
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Movie • 2023
Gueule de Bois
Ne quittez pas !
Movie • 2004
Le clochard
Sabotage!!
Movie • 2000
Armani
The Clown
Movie • 2008
Ze Film
Movie • 2005
Le SDF
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Movie • 2013
Two Clouds
Loonies at Large
Movie • 1993
Angel
Dream One
Movie • 1984
Monkey
1871
Movie • 1990
Napoléon III
When Evil Calls
Movie • 2006
Detective Ringwald
Zina
Movie • 1985
Pierre
Frantic
Movie • 1988
Wino
Gilles et Louise
Movie
My Old Lady
Movie • 2014
Monsieur Lefebvre
The Return of Martin Guerre
Movie • 1982
Antoine
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
Movie • 1997
Adrien
Highway Melody
Movie • 2000
Jacky Carpe
Les arcandiers
Movie • 1991
Bruno
Dernière Station
Movie • 2021
Le pompiste
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
Movie • 2004
Petit cowboy
Soulless 2
Movie • 2015
Bernard
Cent francs l'amour
Movie • 1986
Tom
A Love You
Movie • 2015
Serge
Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!
Movie • 2001
P'tit gars
The Price of Desire
Movie • 2015
Fernand Leger
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
Movie • 2012
L'inspecteur Lamentin
Dead or Alive
Movie • 2002
The Butcher
Pierre & Jeanne
Movie • 2021
Le notaire
Diva
Movie • 1981
Le curé
A Saturday on Earth
Movie • 1996
Le brigadier Morel
Specky Four-Eyes
Movie • 2010
Narrator
Un pied dans le crime
Movie • 2010
My Name is Victor
Movie • 1993
Bernard
Max & Leon
Movie • 2016
Michel
Your Name is Justine
Movie • 2005
Oncle Goran
KO Kid
Movie • 1994
K.O Kid
If I Were 1000 Years Old
Movie • 1983
Crédit pour tous
Movie • 2011
Gobert
Devil's Paradise
Movie • 1987
Gato
Fin de partie
Movie • 2008
Hamm
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie • 2004
His Excellency's Fop
La DorMeuse Duval
Movie • 2017
Basile Matrin
Vive la crise !
Movie • 2017
Noël
Somewhere Beautiful
Movie • 2017
Magazine Editor
25 décembre 58, 10h36
Movie • 1991
Dominique
Based on a True Story
Movie • 2017
Raymond
Going and Coming Back
Movie • 1985
Villager
Magnetick Pathways
Movie • 2019
Raymond Vachs
Dikkenek
Movie • 2006
Stef
L'Hiver sous la table
Movie • 2005
Dragomir
The Pilot
Movie • 2000
Pilot
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Movie • 2012
Colonel Otto Strudel
Two Snails Set Off
Movie • 2017
(voice)
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Movie • 1988
Albert
Cyrano, My Love
Movie • 2018
Lucien
The Moon in the Gutter
Movie • 1983
Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
Movie • 2018
Sauve-toi, Lola
Movie • 1986
Jean-Pierre
Spread Your Wings
Movie • 2019
Pichon
Jo
Movie • 2019
L'Inspecteur Ducros
I Love My Mum
Movie • 2019
French Restaurant Manager
La Découverte
Movie • 1980
The young painter
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
Movie • 2019
Jean Luc
Entrusted
Movie • 2003
Henri Lafont
A Perfect Enemy
Movie • 2021
Jean Rosen
Serial Teachers
Movie • 2013
L'inspecteur d'académie
La Gotera
Movie • 1996
'Pastel de Fer'
A Day at the Museum
Movie • 2008
Simon
L'Acte inconnu
Movie • 2007
Coffeehouse Mysteries
Movie
Waiter
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
Movie • 1982
Le fils
At the End of the Day
Movie • 2024
Le médecin
Memoir of a Snail
Movie • 2024
Percy Pudel (voice)
Violette
Movie • 2026
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Movie • 2005
Self
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
Movie • 2026
Edgar
Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean
Movie • 2025
Boîte à Mots
A Door to the Woods
Movie
Cassandre - Un homme parfait
Movie • 2026
Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Les captives
Movie • 2026
Jean-Paul Marchand
Dark Stories
TV • 2019
Jean-Luc Barrouf
Nachtschicht
TV • 2003
Emile Gaspard
Quelle Aventure !
TV • 2001
'La Buse'
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
TV • 2012
Stanley Summers
Outlander
TV • 2014
Master Raymond
Caméra Café
TV • 2001
Jean-Pierre
The Island of Thirty Coffins
TV • 2022
Horacio
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
TV • 2023
Antoine
Quelle Aventure !
TV • 2001
Frère Godefroy
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
TV • 2009
Hubert Petitpont
Cassandre
TV • 2015
Jean-Pierre Marchand
Via Mala
TV • 1985
Niklaus Lauretz
Sable noir
TV • 2006
Axel
Good People
TV • 2022
Roger
Murders in...
TV • 2013
Le Kid