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