Dominique Pinon
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.
Acting
Movie
Amélie
as Joseph
2001
Movie
Alien Resurrection
as Vriess
1997
TV
Outlander
as Master Raymond
2014
Movie
Delicatessen
as Louison
1991
Movie
A Very Long Engagement
as Sylvain
2004
Movie
Serial Teachers
as L'inspecteur d'académie
2013
Movie
The City of Lost Children
as The Diver / The Clones
1995
Movie
Frantic
as Wino
1988
Movie
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
as Two Clouds
2013
TV
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
as Antoine
2023
Movie
Max & Leon
as Michel
2016
Movie
Memoir of a Snail
as Percy Pudel (voice)
2024
Movie
Dikkenek
as Stef
2006
Movie
The Oxford Murders
as Frank
2008
Movie
Micmacs
as Fracasse
2009
Movie
Cyrano, My Love
as Lucien
2018
Movie
Based on a True Story
as Raymond
2017
Movie
Bigbug
as Igor
2022
Movie
Betty Blue
as Le dealer
1986
Movie
Spread Your Wings
as Pichon
2019
Movie
My Old Lady
as Monsieur Lefebvre
2014
Movie
Diva
as Le curé
1981
Movie
White Fang
as Beauty Smith (voice)
2018
Movie
The Return of Martin Guerre
as Antoine
1982