Dominique Pinon
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.
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Movies (42)
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
as Edgar
2026
Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean
as Boîte à Mots
2025
She Loved Blossoms More
as Logo
2025
Memoir of a Snail
as Percy Pudel (voice)
2024
At the End of the Day
as Le médecin
2024
Apaches: Gang of Paris
as Gueule de Bois
2023
Amélie: The Real Story
as (archive footage)
2023
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
as Le détective privé
2022
Hamlet Within
2022
Bigbug
as Igor
2022
Emma Bovary
as Homais
2021
Pierre & Jeanne
as Le notaire
2021
A Perfect Enemy
as Jean Rosen
2021
Dernière Station
as Le pompiste
2021
Jo
as L'Inspecteur Ducros
2019
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
as Jean Luc
2019
Spread Your Wings
as Pichon
2019
I Love My Mum
as French Restaurant Manager
2019
Anna
as Monk Dominic
2019
Magnetick Pathways
as Raymond Vachs
2019
Cyrano, My Love
as Lucien
2018
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2018
White Fang
as Beauty Smith (voice)
2018
Based on a True Story
as Raymond
2017
Two Snails Set Off
as (voice)
2017
Vive la crise !
as Noël
2017
Somewhere Beautiful
as Magazine Editor
2017
La DorMeuse Duval
as Basile Matrin
2017
Max & Leon
as Michel
2016
A Love You
as Serge
2015
The Price of Desire
as Fernand Leger
2015
Soulless 2
as Bernard
2015
OXI, an Act of Resistance
as Investigator
2014
Brèves de comptoir
as Taxi 2
2014
My Old Lady
as Monsieur Lefebvre
2014
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
as Two Clouds
2013
Serial Teachers
as L'inspecteur d'académie
2013
La Guerre du Royal Palace
as Colonel Otto Strudel
2012
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
as L'inspecteur Lamentin
2012
Holidays by the Sea
as Homme caravane
2011
Madame Sans Gêne
as Fouché
2011
Crédit pour tous
as Gobert
2011
TV Shows (8)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
as Antoine
2023
Good People
as Roger
2022
The Island of Thirty Coffins
as Horacio
2022
Dark Stories
as Jean-Luc Barrouf
2019
Cassandre
as Jean-Pierre Marchand
2015
Outlander
as Master Raymond
2014
Murders in...
as Le Kid
2013
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
as Stanley Summers
2012