Dominique Pinon

Acting

Born Mar 04, 1955

From Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

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.

Dominique Pinon

Known For

Alien Resurrection

Amélie

Memoir of a Snail

Betty Blue

Delicatessen

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean

The French Revolution

The City of Lost Children

A Very Long Engagement

Filmography — Acting

Alien Resurrection

Amélie

Memoir of a Snail

Betty Blue

Delicatessen

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Les Misérables: The Story of Jean Valjean

The French Revolution

The City of Lost Children

A Very Long Engagement

Frantic

Diva

The Oxford Murders

Based on a True Story

Bigbug

Cyrano, My Love

White Fang

Micmacs

Dikkenek

Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure

Enigma

Max & Leon

Apaches: Gang of Paris

A Perfect Enemy

My Old Lady

Spread Your Wings

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Return of Martin Guerre

You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?

The Moon in the Gutter

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Violette

Humans

Dante 01

Soulless 2

At Home with the Rozes

Dream One

Mumu

What War May Bring

Two Snails Set Off

She Loved Blossoms More

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

Darkhunters

Brèves de comptoir

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Shot Pattern

Emma Bovary

Entrusted

The Price of Desire

Ghost Dance

Dark Stories to Survive the Night

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

Your Name is Justine

At the End of the Day

Sabotage!!

Hellbreeder

Devil's Paradise

Zina

A Love You

When Evil Calls

Like a Fish Out of Water

Quasimodo d'el Paris

Ze Film

Car Cemetery

Mordbüro

Murphy's Law

Beautiful Memories