Dominique Pinon
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-03-04
Place of birth
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
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Cast
Amélie
2001
7.91
Delicatessen
1991
7.30
The City of Lost Children
1995
7.24
A Very Long Engagement
2004
7.30
The French Revolution
1989
7.50
La Baston
1985
1.67
Amélie: The Real Story
2023
4.30
Beautiful Memories
2001
6.90
Alien Resurrection
1997
6.16
Shot Pattern
1982
6.20
The Oxford Murders
2008
6.00
Car Cemetery
1983
4.56
Ghost Dance
1983
5.00
Quasimodo d'el Paris
1999
4.41
Micmacs
2009
6.63
Noisy Neighbours
1982
0.00
Darkhunters
2004
3.60
Hellbreeder
2004
3.40
Le Rêve du Phenix
1988
0.00
Hamlet Within
2022
0.00
Dante 01
2008
4.89
Crossed Tracks
2007
6.60
At Home with the Rozes
2003
5.40
Mint Tea
1984
4.00
White Fang
2018
7.36
Emma Bovary
2021
5.30
Août
1992
5.50
Madame Sans Gêne
2011
0.00
Humans
2009
4.18
She Loved Blossoms More
2025
0.00
Anna
2019
10.00
Like a Fish Out of Water
1999
4.80
Moon in a Bottle
2007
5.00
Murphy's Law
2009
5.40
What War May Bring
2010
6.50
Camping à la ferme
2005
5.60
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1988
6.50
Bigbug
2022
5.29
Betty Blue
1986
7.20
Holidays by the Sea
2011
4.30
Midsummer Madness
2007
5.50
La Chanson du mal-aimé
1982
5.50
Brèves de comptoir
2014
4.65
OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014
0.00
Colère
2010
0.00
An Organization of Dreams
2009
0.00
Mumu
2010
5.78
Mordbüro
1997
0.00
Parts of the Family
2003
2.00
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
6.50
Follow My Gaze
1986
6.00
Rückfahrt in den Tod
1986
0.00
Enigma
1982
5.50
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
5.40
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023
6.00
Ne quittez pas !
2004
6.50
Sabotage!!
2000
5.50
The Clown
2008
5.80
Ze Film
2005
5.00
Loonies at Large
1993
6.00
Dream One
1984
3.40
1871
1990
4.50
When Evil Calls
2006
2.83
Zina
1985
5.40
Frantic
1988
6.70
Gilles et Louise
0.00
My Old Lady
2014
6.20
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
6.74
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
1997
0.00
Highway Melody
2000
0.00
Les arcandiers
1991
7.50
Dernière Station
2021
0.00
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
2004
4.70
Soulless 2
2015
5.40
Cent francs l'amour
1986
3.00
A Love You
2015
6.33
The Price of Desire
2015
2.30
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
2012
2.00
Dead or Alive
2002
0.00
Pierre & Jeanne
2021
6.50
Diva
1981
6.69
A Saturday on Earth
1996
5.75
Specky Four-Eyes
2010
7.30
Un pied dans le crime
2010
0.00
My Name is Victor
1993
0.00
Max & Leon
2016
6.29
Your Name is Justine
2005
5.92
KO Kid
1994
7.50
If I Were 1000 Years Old
1983
0.00
Crédit pour tous
2011
2.00
Devil's Paradise
1987
3.50
Fin de partie
2008
10.00
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
5.10
La DorMeuse Duval
2017
0.00
Vive la crise !
2017
4.00
Somewhere Beautiful
2017
10.00
25 décembre 58, 10h36
1991
0.00
Based on a True Story
2017
5.71
Going and Coming Back
1985
6.40
Magnetick Pathways
2019
10.00
Dikkenek
2006
6.66
L'Hiver sous la table
2005
0.00
The Pilot
2000
7.00
La Guerre du Royal Palace
2012
5.00
Two Snails Set Off
2017
6.10
Cyrano, My Love
2018
7.48
The Moon in the Gutter
1983
5.68
Sauve-toi, Lola
1986
0.00
Spread Your Wings
2019
7.50
Jo
2019
6.50
I Love My Mum
2019
5.04
La Découverte
1980
5.00
Entrusted
2003
6.70
A Perfect Enemy
2021
6.36
Serial Teachers
2013
5.43
La Gotera
1996
6.60
A Day at the Museum
2008
4.50
L'Acte inconnu
2007
0.00
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
1982
0.00
At the End of the Day
2024
6.10
Memoir of a Snail
2024
8.06
Violette
0.00
