Acting · Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France · Born March 4, 1955
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.
Violette
2026
MovieCassandre - Un ciel de plomb
2026
as Jean-Paul Marchand
MovieCassandre - Ni vu, ni connu
2026
as Jean-Paul Marchand
MovieCassandre - Les captives
2026
as Jean-Paul Marchand
MovieCassandre - Un homme parfait
2026
as Jean-Paul Marchand
MovieYou Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
2026
as Edgar
MovieCassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay
2026
as Jean-Paul Marchand
MovieJean Valjean
2025
as Boîte à Mots
MovieShe Loved Blossoms More
2025
as Logo
MovieMemoir of a Snail
2024
as Percy Pudel (voice)
MovieAt the End of the Day
2024
as Le médecin
TVThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
2023
as Antoine
MovieApaches: Gang of Paris
2023
as Gueule de Bois
MovieAmélie: The Real Story
2023
as (archive footage)
TVGood People
2022
as Roger
MovieA Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
2022
as Le détective privé
MovieHamlet Within
2022
TVThe Island of Thirty Coffins
2022
as Horacio
MovieBigbug
2022
as Igor
MovieEmma Bovary
2021
as Homais
MoviePierre & Jeanne
2021
as Le notaire
MovieA Perfect Enemy
2021
as Jean Rosen
MovieDernière Station
2021
as Le pompiste
MovieJo
2019
as L'Inspecteur Ducros
MovieDark Stories to Survive the Night
2019
as Jean Luc
TVDark Stories
2019
as Jean-Luc Barrouf
MovieSpread Your Wings
2019
as Pichon
MovieI Love My Mum
2019
as French Restaurant Manager
MovieAnna
2019
as Monk Dominic
MovieMagnetick Pathways
2019
as Raymond Vachs
MovieCyrano, My Love
2018
as Lucien
MovieO Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2018
MovieWhite Fang
2018
as Beauty Smith (voice)
MovieBased on a True Story
2017
as Raymond
MovieTwo Snails Set Off
2017
as (voice)
MovieVive la crise !
2017
as Noël
MovieSomewhere Beautiful
2017
as Magazine Editor
MovieLa DorMeuse Duval
2017
as Basile Matrin
MovieMax & Leon
2016
as Michel
TVCassandre
2015
as Jean-Pierre Marchand
MovieA Love You
2015
as Serge
MovieThe Price of Desire
2015
as Fernand Leger
MovieSoulless 2
2015
as Bernard
OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014
as Investigator
MovieBrèves de comptoir
2014
as Taxi 2
MovieMy Old Lady
2014
as Monsieur Lefebvre
TVOutlander
2014
as Master Raymond
MovieThe Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
as Two Clouds
TVMurders in...
2013
as Le Kid
MovieSerial Teachers
2013
as L'inspecteur d'académie
TVMetal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
as Stanley Summers
MovieLa Guerre du Royal Palace
2012
as Colonel Otto Strudel
MovieThe Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
2012
as L'inspecteur Lamentin
MovieHolidays by the Sea
2011
as Homme caravane
MovieMadame Sans Gêne
2011
as Fouché
MovieCrédit pour tous
2011
as Gobert
MovieSpecky Four-Eyes
2010
as Narrator
Un pied dans le crime
2010
MovieWhat War May Bring
2010
as Maurice Lemoine
Colère
2010
as Mougin, le sorcier
MovieMumu
2010
as Père de Roger
MovieMurphy's Law
2009
as Rudy
MovieMicmacs
2009
as Fracasse
MovieHumans
2009
as Gildas
MovieMorris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Jean Baptiste
TVThe Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
as Hubert Petitpont
MovieAn Organization of Dreams
2009
as Inspector
MovieA Day at the Museum
2008
as Simon
MovieThe Clown
2008
MovieFin de partie
2008
as Hamm
MovieThe Oxford Murders
2008
as Frank
MovieDante 01
2008
as César
MovieMoon in a Bottle
2007
as Pascal Rossignol
MovieMidsummer Madness
2007
as Toni
MovieL'Acte inconnu
2007
MovieCrossed Tracks
2007
as Pierre Laclos / Louis
MovieWhen Evil Calls
2006
as Detective Ringwald
MovieDikkenek
2006
as Stef
TVSable noir
2006
as Axel
MovieYour Name is Justine
2005
as Oncle Goran
MovieCamping à la ferme
2005
as Rodolphe Peretti
MovieUne année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
as Self
MovieL'Hiver sous la table
2005
as Dragomir
MovieZe Film
2005
as Le SDF
MovieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as His Excellency's Fop
MovieA Very Long Engagement
2004
as Sylvain
MovieDarkhunters
2004
as Charlie Jackson
MovieNe quittez pas !
2004
as Le clochard
MovieHellbreeder
2004
as Detective Weiss
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
2004
as Petit cowboy
MovieEntrusted
2003
as Henri Lafont
MovieAt Home with the Rozes
2003
as le lieutenant
TVNachtschicht
2003
as Emile Gaspard
MovieMortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
2003
as Fredy Mazas
MovieParts of the Family
2003
as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
Dead or Alive
2002
as The Butcher
TVQuelle Aventure !
2001
as 'La Buse'
TVCaméra Café
2001
as Jean-Pierre
MovieBeautiful Memories
2001
as Robert
Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!
2001
as P'tit gars
MovieAmélie
2001
as Joseph
MovieSabotage!!
2000
as Armani
MovieHighway Melody
2000
as Jacky Carpe
MovieThe Pilot
2000
as Pilot
MovieLike a Fish Out of Water
1999
as Melvin
MovieQuasimodo d'el Paris
1999
as Trouillefou
MovieAlien Resurrection
1997
as Vriess
MovieVioletta, the Motorcycle Queen
1997
as Adrien
MovieMordbüro
1997
as Eugène
MovieA Saturday on Earth
1996
as Le brigadier Morel
MovieLa Gotera
1996
as 'Pastel de Fer'
MovieThe City of Lost Children
1995
as The Diver / The Clones
MovieKO Kid
1994
as K.O Kid
MovieLoonies at Large
1993
as Angel
MovieMy Name is Victor
1993
as Bernard
MovieAoût
1992
as Eugène Blouzette
MovieLes arcandiers
1991
as Bruno
MovieDelicatessen
1991
as Louison
Movie25 décembre 58, 10h36
1991
as Dominique
Movie1871
1990
as Napoléon III
MovieAlberto Express
1990
as Le conducteur de la locomotive
MovieThings I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990
as Man
MovieThe French Revolution
1989
as Drouet
MovieThe Legend of the Holy Drinker
1988
as Wojtech
MovieThe Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988
as Albert
MovieFrantic
1988
as Wino
MovieLe Rêve du Phenix
1988
MovieDevil's Paradise
1987
as Gato
Rückfahrt in den Tod
1986
as Fred
MovieSauve-toi, Lola
1986
as Jean-Pierre
MovieCent francs l'amour
1986
as Tom
MovieFollow My Gaze
1986
as Frédéric
MovieBetty Blue
1986
as Le dealer
MovieZina
1985
as Pierre
TVVia Mala
1985
as Niklaus Lauretz
MovieLa Baston
1985
as Marcel Noblet
MovieGoing and Coming Back
1985
as Villager
MovieThe Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
as Monsieur Pichon
MovieDream One
1984
as Monkey
MovieMint Tea
1984
as Roger
MovieGhost Dance
1983
as Salesman/Guide
MovieThe Moon in the Gutter
1983
as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
MovieCar Cemetery
1983
as Ybar
MovieIf I Were 1000 Years Old
1983
MovieEnigma
1982
as Madman (uncredited)
MovieShot Pattern
1982
as Daniel Verlot
MovieThe Return of Martin Guerre
1982
as Antoine
MovieLa Chanson du mal-aimé
1982
as Albert de Kostrowitzky
MovieNoisy Neighbours
1982
as Musician
MovieMerlin ou le cours de l'or
1982
as Le fils
MovieDiva
1981
as Le curé
MovieLa Découverte
1980
as The young painter
Gilles et Louise
MovieCoffeehouse Mysteries
as Waiter
A Door to the Woods
Judgement
MovieMeurtres à Honfleur
as Le Kid
