Dominique Pinon
Actor
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.
Filmography
Alien Resurrection
as Vriess 1997
Delicatessen
as Louison 1991
A Very Long Engagement
as Sylvain 2004
Serial Teachers
as L'inspecteur d'académie 2013
The City of Lost Children
as The Diver / The Clones 1995
Frantic
as Wino 1988
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
as Two Clouds 2013
Max & Leon
as Michel 2016
Memoir of a Snail
as Percy Pudel (voice) 2024
Dikkenek
as Stef 2006
The Oxford Murders
as Frank 2008
Micmacs
as Fracasse 2009
Cyrano, My Love
as Lucien 2018
Based on a True Story
as Raymond 2017
Bigbug
as Igor 2022
Betty Blue
as Surfer 1986