Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 04, 1955
Place of Birth
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Credits
157 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Violette
Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb
Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Ni vu, ni connu
Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Les captives
Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Un homme parfait
Jean-Paul Marchand
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
Edgar
Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay
Jean-Paul Marchand
Jean Valjean
Boîte à Mots
She Loved Blossoms More
Logo
Memoir of a Snail
Percy Pudel (voice)
At the End of the Day
Le médecin
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Antoine
Apaches: Gang of Paris
Gueule de Bois
Amélie: The Real Story
(archive footage)
Good People
Roger
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Le détective privé
Hamlet Within
The Island of Thirty Coffins
Horacio
Bigbug
Igor
Emma Bovary
Homais
Pierre & Jeanne
Le notaire
A Perfect Enemy
Jean Rosen
Dernière Station
Le pompiste
Jo
L'Inspecteur Ducros
Dark Stories
Jean-Luc Barrouf
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
Jean Luc
Spread Your Wings
Pichon
I Love My Mum
French Restaurant Manager
Anna
Monk Dominic
Magnetick Pathways
Raymond Vachs
Cyrano, My Love
Lucien
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
White Fang
Beauty Smith (voice)
Based on a True Story
Raymond
Two Snails Set Off
(voice)
Vive la crise !
Noël
Somewhere Beautiful
Magazine Editor
La DorMeuse Duval
Basile Matrin
Max & Leon
Michel
Cassandre
Jean-Pierre Marchand
A Love You
Serge
The Price of Desire
Fernand Leger
Soulless 2
Bernard
OXI, an Act of Resistance
Investigator
Brèves de comptoir
Taxi 2
My Old Lady
Monsieur Lefebvre
Outlander
Master Raymond
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Two Clouds
Murders in...
Le Kid
Serial Teachers
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