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.
Amélie
(Joseph)
Delicatessen
(Louison)
The City of Lost Children
(The Diver / The Clones)
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
(Le détective privé)
A Very Long Engagement
(Sylvain)
The french revolution: Years of rage
(Drouet)
La Baston
(Marcel Noblet)
Amélie: The Real Story
((archive footage))
Beautiful Memories
(Robert)
Alien Resurrection
(Vriess)
Shot Pattern
(Daniel Verlot)
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
(Fredy Mazas)
The Oxford Murders
(Frank)
Car Cemetery
(Ybar)
Ghost Dance
(Salesman/Guide)
Quasimodo d'el Paris
(Trouillefou)
Micmacs
(Fracasse)
Noisy Neighbours
(Musician)
Darkhunters
(Charlie Jackson)
Hellbreeder
(Detective Weiss)
Le Rêve du Phenix
Hamlet Within
Dante 01
(César)
Crossed Tracks
(Pierre Laclos / Louis)
At Home with the Rozes
(le lieutenant)
Mint Tea
(Roger)
White Fang
(Beauty Smith (voice))
Emma Bovary
(Homais)
Août
(Eugène Blouzette)
Madame Sans Gêne
(Fouché)
Humans
(Gildas)
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
(Man)
She Loved Blossoms More
(Logo)
Anna
(Monk Dominic)
Like a Fish Out of Water
(Melvin)
Moon in a Bottle
(Pascal Rossignol)
Murphy's Law
(Rudy)
What War May Bring
(Maurice Lemoine)
Camping à la ferme
(Rodolphe Peretti)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
(Wojtech)
Bigbug
(Igor)
Betty Blue
(Surfer)
Holidays by the Sea
(Homme caravane)
Midsummer Madness
(Toni)
La Chanson du mal-aimé
OXI, an Act of Resistance
(Investigator)
Brèves de comptoir
(Taxi 2)
Colère
(Mougin, le sorcier)
Mumu
(Père de Roger)
An Organization of Dreams
(Inspector)
Morris: A Life with Bells On
(Jean Baptiste)
Parts of the Family
(Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited))
Mordbüro
(Eugène)
Rückfahrt in den Tod
(Fred)
Follow My Gaze
(Frédéric)
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
(Monsieur Pichon)
Enigma
(Un fou (uncredited))
Apaches: Gang of Paris
(Gueule de Bois)
Ne quittez pas !
(Le clochard)
Sabotage!!
(Armani)
The Clown
Ze Film
(Le SDF)
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
(Two Clouds)
Loonies at Large
(Angel)
Dream One
(Monkey)
1871
(Napoléon III)
When Evil Calls
(Detective Ringwald)
Zina
(Pierre)
Frantic
(Wino)
Gilles et Louise
My Old Lady
(Monsieur Lefebvre)
Memoir of a Snail
(Percy Pudel (voice))
The Return of Martin Guerre
(Antoine)
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
(Adrien)
Highway Melody
(Jacky Carpe)
Les arcandiers
(Bruno)
Dernière Station
(Le pompiste)
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
(Petit cowboy)
Soulless 2
(Bernard)
Cent francs l'amour
(Tom)
A Love You
(Serge)
The Price of Desire
(Fernand Leger)
Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!
(P'tit gars)
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
(L'inspecteur Lamentin)
Dead or Alive
(The Butcher)
Pierre & Jeanne
(Le notaire)
Diva
(Le curé)
A Saturday on Earth
(Le brigadier Morel)
Specky Four-Eyes
(Narrator)
Un pied dans le crime
My Name is Victor
(Bernard)
Max & Leon
(Michel)
Your Name is Justine
(Oncle Goran)
KO Kid
(K.O Kid)
If I Were 1000 Years Old
Crédit pour tous
(Gobert)
Devil's Paradise
(Gato)
Fin de partie
(Hamm)
La DorMeuse Duval
(Basile Matrin)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
(His Excellency's Fop)
Vive la crise !
(Noël)
Somewhere Beautiful
(Magazine Editor)
25 décembre 58, 10h36
(Dominique)
Based on a True Story
(Raymond)
Hamlet Revenant
Going and Coming Back
(Un villageois)
Magnetick Pathways
(Raymond Vachs)
Dikkenek
(Stef)
L'Hiver sous la table
(Dragomir)
The Pilot
(Pilot)
La Guerre du Royal Palace
(Colonel Otto Strudel)
Two Snails Set Off
((voice))
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
(Albert)
Cyrano, My Love
(Lucien)
The Moon in the Gutter
(Frank)
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
Sauve-toi, Lola
(Jean-Pierre)
Spread Your Wings
(Pichon)
Jo
(L'Inspecteur Ducros)
I Love My Mum
(French Restaurant Manager)
La Découverte
(The young painter)
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
(Jean Luc)
Entrusted
(Henri Lafont)
A Perfect Enemy
(Jean Rosen)
Serial Teachers
(L'inspecteur d'académie)
La Gotera
('Pastel de Fer')
A Day at the Museum
(Simon)
L'Acte inconnu
Go West!
(Maslo the Bellboy)
Coffeehouse Mysteries
(Waiter)
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
(Le fils)
The french revolution: Years of hope
(Drouet)
At The End Of The Day
(Le médecin)
Dark Stories
(Jean-Luc Barrouf)
Nachtschicht
(Emile Gaspard)
Quelle Aventure !
('La Buse')
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
(Stanley Summers)
Outlander
(Master Raymond)
Caméra Café
(Jean-Pierre)
The Island of Thirty Coffins
(Horacio)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
(Antoine)
Quelle Aventure !
(Frère Godefroy)
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
(Hubert Petitpont)
Cassandre
(Jean-Pierre Marchand)
Via Mala
(Niklaus Lauretz)
Sable noir
(Axel)
Good People
(Roger)