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