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.
155 acting credits
Acting · 155
Outlander
2014
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
2023
Murders in...
2013
Amélie
2001
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
2009
Caméra Café
2001
Alien Resurrection
1997
Memoir of a Snail
2024
Nachtschicht
2003
Cassandre
2015
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
2012
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
The City of Lost Children
1995
Betty Blue
1986
Frantic
1988
A Very Long Engagement
2004
Jean Valjean
2025
The French Revolution
1989
Dark Stories
2019
Delicatessen
1991
Bigbug
2022
The Oxford Murders
2008
Diva
1981
White Fang
2018
Good People
2022
Via Mala
1985
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
A Perfect Enemy
2021
Micmacs
2009
Enigma
1982
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
Spread Your Wings
2019
Violette
2026
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
2003
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
2026
Entrusted
2003
Soulless 2
2015
Sable noir
2006
The Island of Thirty Coffins
2022
Based on a True Story
2017
My Old Lady
2014
Two Snails Set Off
2017
Dikkenek
2006
Apaches: Gang of Paris
2023
Cyrano, My Love
2018
Max & Leon
2016
Dante 01
2008
She Loved Blossoms More
2025
Mumu
2010
Alberto Express
1990
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1988
Like a Fish Out of Water
1999
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
Zina
1985
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
Loonies at Large
1993
Quasimodo d'el Paris
1999
Quelle Aventure !
2001
The Moon in the Gutter
1983
Moon in a Bottle
2007
At the End of the Day
2024
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990
Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
Beautiful Memories
2001
Follow My Gaze
1986
What War May Bring
2010
1871
1990
Sabotage!!
2000
When Evil Calls
2006
Crossed Tracks
2007
I Love My Mum
2019
Murphy's Law
2009
Ne quittez pas !
2004
Holidays by the Sea
2011
Shot Pattern
1982
Darkhunters
2004
Emma Bovary
2021
Ze Film
2005
Amélie: The Real Story
2023
Dream One
1984
Pierre & Jeanne
2021
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
2019
At Home with the Rozes
2003
The Price of Desire
2015
Brèves de comptoir
2014
Midsummer Madness
2007
Hellbreeder
2004
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
2012
Humans
2009
Les arcandiers
1991
Hamlet Within
2022
A Day at the Museum
2008
Car Cemetery
1983
Highway Melody
2000
La Guerre du Royal Palace
2012
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
1997
Going and Coming Back
1985
Crédit pour tous
2011
Jo
2019
Parts of the Family
2003
Magnetick Pathways
2019
Mordbüro
1997
La Baston
1985
KO Kid
1994
Specky Four-Eyes
2010
An Organization of Dreams
2009
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988
Ghost Dance
1983
Devil's Paradise
1987
Colère
2010
La Gotera
1996
Sauve-toi, Lola
1986
Rückfahrt in den Tod
1986
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
2022
Mint Tea
1984
Camping à la ferme
2005
A Saturday on Earth
1996
Vive la crise !
2017
Coffeehouse Mysteries
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Your Name is Justine
2005
OXI, an Act of Resistance
2014
A Love You
2015
Août
1992
Cassandre - Un homme parfait
2026
Madame Sans Gêne
2011
25 décembre 58, 10h36
1991
Anna
2019
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
1982
La Chanson du mal-aimé
1982
La Découverte
1980
La DorMeuse Duval
2017
My Name is Victor
1993
L'Hiver sous la table
2005
The Pilot
2000
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
2004
Fin de partie
2008
Cent francs l'amour
1986
Somewhere Beautiful
2017
Un pied dans le crime
2010
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
2018
Noisy Neighbours
1982
Le Rêve du Phenix
1988
The Clown
2008
L'Acte inconnu
2007
Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb
2026
Gilles et Louise
—
Cassandre - Ni vu, ni connu
2026
Dernière Station
2021
Serial Teachers
2013
If I Were 1000 Years Old
1983
Dead or Alive
2002
Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!
2001
A Door to the Woods
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Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay
2026
Cassandre - Les captives
2026