Actor Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon
Photo of actor 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.
Place of birth
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Date of birth
4th March 1955
Movies that starred Dominique Pinon (13 in total)
A Perfect Enemy poster

A Perfect Enemy [2021]

Jean Rosen
White Fang poster

White Fang [2018]

Beauty Smith (voice)
Dante 01 poster

Dante 01 [2008]

César
Dikkenek poster

Dikkenek [2006]

Stef
A Very Long Engagement poster

A Very Long Engagement [2004]

Sylvain
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure poster

Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure [2003]

Fredy Mazas
Amélie poster

Amélie [2001]

Joseph
Beautiful Memories poster

Beautiful Memories [2001]

Robert
Like a Fish Out of Water poster

Like a Fish Out of Water [1999]

Melvin
Alien Resurrection poster

Alien Resurrection [1997]

Dom Vriess
The City of Lost Children poster

The City of Lost Children [1995]

The Diver / The Clones
Delicatessen poster

Delicatessen [1991]

Louison
Frantic poster

Frantic [1988]

Wino
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