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