
Dominique Pinon
Known for Acting · 155 credits
- Born
- 1955-03-04 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
- Also known as
- Доминик Пиньон · دومینیک پینان
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.
Known For
TV Shows (14)

Outlander
2014
as Master Raymond

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
2023
as Antoine

Caméra Café
2001
as Jean-Pierre

Murders in...
2013
as Le Kid

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
as Hubert Petitpont

Nachtschicht
2003
as Emile Gaspard

Cassandre
2015
as Jean-Pierre Marchand

Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
as Stanley Summers

Dark Stories
2019
as Jean-Luc Barrouf

The Island of Thirty Coffins
2022
as Horacio

Good People
2022
as Roger

Via Mala
1985
as Niklaus Lauretz

Sable noir
2006
as Axel

Quelle Aventure !
2001
as 'La Buse' / Frère Godefroy
Movies (141)

Amélie
2001
as Joseph

Memoir of a Snail
2024
as Percy Pudel (voice)

Alien Resurrection
1997
as Vriess

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
as Two Clouds

Frantic
1988
as Wino

A Very Long Engagement
2004
as Sylvain

The City of Lost Children
1995
as The Diver / The Clones

Delicatessen
1991
as Louison

Betty Blue
1986
as Le dealer

Jean Valjean
2025
as Boîte à Mots

White Fang
2018
as Beauty Smith (voice)

Bigbug
2022
as Igor

The Oxford Murders
2008
as Frank

Diva
1981
as Le curé

The French Revolution
1989
as Drouet

Micmacs
2009
as Fracasse

Enigma
1982
as Madman (uncredited)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as His Excellency's Fop

Entrusted
2003
as Henri Lafont

Based on a True Story
2017
as Raymond

The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
as Antoine

Spread Your Wings
2019
as Pichon

A Perfect Enemy
2021
as Jean Rosen

Soulless 2
2015
as Bernard

You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
2026
as Edgar

Mumu
2010
as Père de Roger

Cyrano, My Love
2018
as Lucien
Violette
2026

Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
2003
as Fredy Mazas

My Old Lady
2014
as Monsieur Lefebvre

Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023
as Gueule de Bois

Dikkenek
2006
as Stef

Two Snails Set Off
2017
as (voice)

Max & Leon
2016
as Michel

Dante 01
2008
as César

Quasimodo d'el Paris
1999
as Trouillefou

The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1988
as Wojtech

Beautiful Memories
2001
as Robert

The Moon in the Gutter
1983
as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother

Alberto Express
1990
as Le conducteur de la locomotive

Loonies at Large
1993
as Angel

Follow My Gaze
1986
as Frédéric

Jo
2019
as L'Inspecteur Ducros

She Loved Blossoms More
2025
as Logo

Zina
1985
as Pierre

Amélie: The Real Story
2023
as (archive footage)

Like a Fish Out of Water
1999
as Melvin

Sabotage!!
2000
as Armani

The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
as Monsieur Pichon

At Home with the Rozes
2003
as le lieutenant

Going and Coming Back
1985
as Villager

Shot Pattern
1982
as Daniel Verlot

A Day at the Museum
2008
as Simon

Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Jean Baptiste

Humans
2009
as Gildas

Murphy's Law
2009
as Rudy

Crossed Tracks
2007
as Pierre Laclos / Louis

Emma Bovary
2021
as Homais

Midsummer Madness
2007
as Toni

At the End of the Day
2024
as Le médecin

1871
1990
as Napoléon III

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990
as Man

Ze Film
2005
as Le SDF

Your Name is Justine
2005
as Oncle Goran

What War May Bring
2010
as Maurice Lemoine
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
2004
as Petit cowboy

Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
1997
as Adrien

Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
as Self

Ne quittez pas !
2004
as Le clochard

Brèves de comptoir
2014
as Taxi 2

Les arcandiers
1991
as Bruno

La Chanson du mal-aimé
1982
as Albert de Kostrowitzky

Holidays by the Sea
2011
as Homme caravane

When Evil Calls
2006
as Detective Ringwald

Darkhunters
2004
as Charlie Jackson

I Love My Mum
2019
as French Restaurant Manager

The Price of Desire
2015
as Fernand Leger

Hamlet Within
2022

The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
2012
as L'inspecteur Lamentin

Highway Melody
2000
as Jacky Carpe

Car Cemetery
1983
as Ybar

Dream One
1984
as Monkey

Parts of the Family
2003
as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)

KO Kid
1994
as K.O Kid

The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988
as Albert

La Baston
1985
as Marcel Noblet

An Organization of Dreams
2009
as Inspector

Mint Tea
1984
as Roger

Pierre & Jeanne
2021
as Le notaire

La Guerre du Royal Palace
2012
as Colonel Otto Strudel

Camping à la ferme
2005
as Rodolphe Peretti

Coffeehouse Mysteries
as Waiter
Rückfahrt in den Tod
1986
as Fred

Mordbüro
1997
as Eugène

Moon in a Bottle
2007
as Pascal Rossignol

Crédit pour tous
2011
as Gobert

Hellbreeder
2004
as Detective Weiss
OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014
as Investigator

Dark Stories to Survive the Night
2019
as Jean Luc

Ghost Dance
1983
as Salesman/Guide

Cent francs l'amour
1986
as Tom

A Love You
2015
as Serge

Devil's Paradise
1987
as Gato

Somewhere Beautiful
2017
as Magazine Editor

La Gotera
1996
as 'Pastel de Fer'

Magnetick Pathways
2019
as Raymond Vachs

Vive la crise !
2017
as Noël

A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
2022
as Le détective privé

O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2018

Sauve-toi, Lola
1986
as Jean-Pierre

La Découverte
1980
as The young painter

Madame Sans Gêne
2011
as Fouché

Specky Four-Eyes
2010
as Narrator

25 décembre 58, 10h36
1991
as Dominique

A Saturday on Earth
1996
as Le brigadier Morel
Colère
2010
as Mougin, le sorcier

L'Hiver sous la table
2005
as Dragomir

Merlin ou le cours de l'or
1982
as Le fils

Août
1992
as Eugène Blouzette
Un pied dans le crime
2010
About 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… With 155 credits spanning from 1980 to 2026, Dominique Pinon has appeared in 141 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dominique Pinon Movies
- Amélie (2001) — as Joseph
- Memoir of a Snail (2024) — as Percy Pudel (voice)
- Alien Resurrection (1997) — as Vriess
- The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013) — as Two Clouds
- Frantic (1988) — as Wino
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