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