
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.
Master Raymond
Antoine
Jean-Pierre
Le Kid
Hubert Petitpont
Joseph
Vriess
Simon
Percy Pudel (voice)
Armani
Igor
Pierre Laclos / Louis
Frédéric
Henri Lafont
Le curé
Jean-Pierre Marchand
Stanley Summers
Surfer
Mougin, le sorcier
Serge
Madman (uncredited)
Père de Roger
Napoléon III
Dominique
Homais
Fouché
Emile Gaspard
Inspector
Raymond Vachs
Louison
French Restaurant Manager
Frank
Two Clouds
Stef
K.O Kid
Monkey
Wino
Monsieur Lefebvre
Monsieur Pichon
Tom
Villager
Daniel Verlot
Sylvain
The Diver / The Clones
Bernard
Le médecin
Lucien
Salesman/Guide
Magazine Editor
Gildas
Detective Weiss
Fracasse
Eugène Blouzette
Pierre
Pichon
Eugène
Logo
Maurice Lemoine
The Butcher
Noël
César
Marcel Noblet
The young painter
Le détective privé
Homme caravane
Raymond
Bruno
Drouet
Le notaire
Beauty Smith (voice)
Roger
'Pastel de Fer'
Michel
Jean-Luc Barrouf
Jean Rosen
Adrien
Musician
Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
Antoine
Gueule de Bois
le lieutenant
Basile Matrin
Fredy Mazas
Niklaus Lauretz
Wojtech
Hamm
Bernard
Monk Dominic
Oncle Goran
Jean Baptiste
Fernand Leger
'La Buse'
Frère Godefroy
Horacio
Dragomir
Robert
His Excellency's Fop
(voice)
Detective Ringwald
Fred
Le brigadier Morel
Boîte à Mots
Albert de Kostrowitzky
Charlie Jackson
Ybar
L'Inspecteur Ducros
Rudy
Axel
Colonel Otto Strudel
Angel
Trouillefou
Gato
Le fils
Pilot
Investigator
Le pompiste
Jacky Carpe
L'inspecteur Lamentin
Albert
Toni
Self
Taxi 2
Melvin
Le clochard
Le SDF
Edgar
Waiter
Man
Jean Luc
L'inspecteur d'académie
Rodolphe Peretti
(archive footage)
Narrator
Pascal Rossignol
Gobert
Roger
Jean-Pierre
Petit cowboy
Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
P'tit gars