Dominique Pinon
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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Movies (147)
Violette
2026
Idling
2026 · Cardinal Barry
Cassandre - Sur le fil
2026 · Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb
2026 · Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Ni vu, ni connu
2026 · Jean-Paul Marchand
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
2026 · Edgar
Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay
2026 · Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Les captives
2026 · Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Un homme parfait
2025 · Jean-Paul Marchand
Los miserables. El origen
2025 · Boîte à Mots
She Loved Blossoms More
2025 · Logo
Memoir of a Snail
2024 · Percy Pudel (voice)
At the End of the Day
2024 · Le médecin
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023 · Gueule de Bois
Amélie: The Real Story
2023 · (archive footage)
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
2022 · Le détective privé
Hamlet Within
2022
Bigbug
2022 · Igor
Emma Bovary
2021 · Homais
Pierre & Jeanne
2021 · Le notaire
Cosmética del enemigo
2021 · Jean Rosen
Dernière Station
2021 · Le pompiste
Jo
2019 · L'Inspecteur Ducros
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
2019 · Jean Luc
Spread Your Wings
2019 · Pichon
I Love My Mum
2019 · French Restaurant Manager
Anna
2019 · Monk Dominic
Magnetick Pathways
2019 · Raymond Vachs
Cyrano, My Love
2018 · Lucien
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2018
White Fang
2018 · Beauty Smith (voice)
Based on a True Story
2017 · Raymond
Two Snails Set Off
2017 · (voice)
Vive la crise !
2017 · Noël
Somewhere Beautiful
2017 · Magazine Editor
La DorMeuse Duval
2017 · Basile Matrin
Max & Leon
2016 · Michel
A Love You
2015 · Serge
The Price of Desire
2015 · Fernand Leger
Soulless 2
2015 · Bernard
OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014 · Investigator
Brèves de comptoir
2014 · Taxi 2
Mi casa en París
2014 · Monsieur Lefebvre
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013 · Two Clouds
Serial Teachers
2013 · L'inspecteur d'académie
La Guerre du Royal Palace
2012 · Colonel Otto Strudel
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
2012 · L'inspecteur Lamentin
Holidays by the Sea
2011 · Homme caravane
Madame Sans Gêne
2011 · Fouché
Crédit pour tous
2011 · Gobert
Specky Four-Eyes
2010 · Narrator
Un pied dans le crime
2010
What War May Bring
2010 · Maurice Lemoine
Colère
2010 · Mougin, le sorcier
Mumu
2010 · Père de Roger
Murphy's Law
2009 · Rudy
Micmacs
2009 · Fracasse
Humans
2009 · Gildas
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009 · Jean Baptiste
An Organization of Dreams
2009 · Inspector
A Day at the Museum
2008 · Simon
The Clown
2008
Fin de partie
2008 · Hamm
Los crímenes de Oxford
2008 · Frank
Dante 01
2008 · César
Moon in a Bottle
2007 · Pascal Rossignol
Midsummer Madness
2007 · Toni
L'Acte inconnu
2007
Crossed Tracks
2007 · Pierre Laclos / Louis
When Evil Calls
2006 · Detective Ringwald
Dikkenek
2006 · Stef
Your Name is Justine
2005 · Oncle Goran
Camping à la ferme
2005 · Rodolphe Peretti
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005 · Self
L'Hiver sous la table
2005 · Dragomir
Ze Film
2005 · Le SDF
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 · His Excellency's Fop
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Sylvain
Darkhunters
2004 · Charlie Jackson
Ne quittez pas !
2004 · Le clochard
Hellbreeder
2004 · Detective Weiss
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
2004 · Petit cowboy
Entrusted
2003 · Henri Lafont
At Home with the Rozes
2003 · le lieutenant
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
2003 · Fredy Mazas
Parts of the Family
2003 · Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
Europa
2003
Dead or Alive
2002 · The Butcher
Beautiful Memories
2001 · Robert
Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!
2001 · P'tit gars
Amélie
2001 · Joseph
Sabotage!!
2000 · Armani
Highway Melody
2000 · Jacky Carpe
The Pilot
2000 · Pilot
Like a Fish Out of Water
1999 · Melvin
Quasimodo d'el Paris
1999 · Trouillefou
Alien Resurrection
1997 · Vriess
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
1997 · Adrien
Mordbüro
1997 · Eugène
A Saturday on Earth
1996 · Le brigadier Morel
La Gotera
1996 · 'Pastel de Fer'
The City of Lost Children
1995 · The Diver / The Clones
K.O. Kid
1994 · K.O Kid
Loonies at Large
1993 · Angel
My Name is Victor
1993 · Bernard
Août
1992 · Eugène Blouzette
Les arcandiers
1991 · Bruno
Delicatessen
1991 · Louison
25 décembre 58, 10h36
1991 · Dominique
1871
1990 · Napoléon III
Alberto Express
1990 · Le conducteur de la locomotive
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990 · Man
Experience
1990
The French Revolution
1989 · Drouet
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1988 · Wojtech
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988 · Albert
Frantic
1988 · Wino
Devil's Paradise
1987 · Gato
Rückfahrt in den Tod
1986 · Fred
Sauve-toi, Lola
1986 · Jean-Pierre
Cent francs l'amour
1986 · Tom
Follow My Gaze
1986 · Frédéric
Betty Blue
1986 · Le dealer
Zina
1985 · Pierre
La Baston
1985 · Marcel Noblet
Going and Coming Back
1985 · Villager
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985 · Monsieur Pichon
Le Rêve du Phenix
1985
Dream One
1984 · Monkey
Mint Tea
1984 · Roger
Ghost Dance
1983 · Salesman/Guide
The Moon in the Gutter
1983 · Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
Car Cemetery
1983 · Ybar
If I Were 1000 Years Old
1983
Enigma
1982 · Madman (uncredited)
Shot Pattern
1982 · Daniel Verlot
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982 · Antoine
La Chanson du mal-aimé
1982 · Albert de Kostrowitzky
Noisy Neighbours
1982 · Musician
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
1982 · Le fils
Diva
1981 · Le curé
La Découverte
1980 · The young painter
Gilles et Louise
Coffeehouse Mysteries
· Waiter
A Door to the Woods
Judgement
· Dominique
Meurtres à Honfleur
· Le Kid
TV shows (14)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
2023 · Antoine
Good People
2022 · Roger
The Island of Thirty Coffins
2022 · Horacio
Dark Stories
2019 · Jean-Luc Barrouf
Cassandre
2015 · Jean-Pierre Marchand
Outlander
2014 · Master Raymond
Murders in...
2013 · Le Kid
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012 · Stanley Summers
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009 · Hubert Petitpont
Sable noir
2006 · Axel
Nachtschicht
2003 · Emile Gaspard
Quelle Aventure !
2001 · 'La Buse', Frère Godefroy
Caméra Café
2001 · Jean-Pierre
Via Mala
1985 · Niklaus Lauretz