Dominique Pinon

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.

Known For

Outlander

Betty Blue

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Murders in...

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

Amélie

Caméra Café

Alien Resurrection

All Movies (141)

• Violette2026
• Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb2026 · as Jean-Paul Marchand
• Cassandre - Ni vu, ni connu2026 · as Jean-Paul Marchand
• Cassandre - Les captives2026 · as Jean-Paul Marchand
• Cassandre - Un homme parfait2026 · as Jean-Paul Marchand
• You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?2026 · as Edgar
• Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay2026 · as Jean-Paul Marchand
• Jean Valjean2025 · as Boîte à Mots
• She Loved Blossoms More2025 · as Logo
• Memoir of a Snail2024 · as Percy Pudel (voice)
• At the End of the Day2024 · as Le médecin
• Apaches: Gang of Paris2023 · as Gueule de Bois
• Amélie: The Real Story2023 · as (archive footage)
• A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon2022 · as Le détective privé
• Hamlet Within2022
• Bigbug2022 · as Igor
• Emma Bovary2021 · as Homais
• Pierre & Jeanne2021 · as Le notaire
• A Perfect Enemy2021 · as Jean Rosen
• Dernière Station2021 · as Le pompiste
• Jo2019 · as L'Inspecteur Ducros
• Dark Stories to Survive the Night2019 · as Jean Luc
• Spread Your Wings2019 · as Pichon
• I Love My Mum2019 · as French Restaurant Manager
• Anna2019 · as Monk Dominic
• Magnetick Pathways2019 · as Raymond Vachs
• Cyrano, My Love2018 · as Lucien
• O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta2018
• White Fang2018 · as Beauty Smith (voice)
• Based on a True Story2017 · as Raymond
• Two Snails Set Off2017 · as (voice)
• Vive la crise !2017 · as Noël
• Somewhere Beautiful2017 · as Magazine Editor
• La DorMeuse Duval2017 · as Basile Matrin
• Max & Leon2016 · as Michel
• A Love You2015 · as Serge
• The Price of Desire2015 · as Fernand Leger
• Soulless 22015 · as Bernard
• OXI, an Act of Resistance2014 · as Investigator
• Brèves de comptoir2014 · as Taxi 2
• My Old Lady2014 · as Monsieur Lefebvre
• The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet2013 · as Two Clouds
• Serial Teachers2013 · as L'inspecteur d'académie
• La Guerre du Royal Palace2012 · as Colonel Otto Strudel
• The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm2012 · as L'inspecteur Lamentin
• Holidays by the Sea2011 · as Homme caravane
• Madame Sans Gêne2011 · as Fouché
• Crédit pour tous2011 · as Gobert
• Specky Four-Eyes2010 · as Narrator
• Un pied dans le crime2010
• What War May Bring2010 · as Maurice Lemoine
• Colère2010 · as Mougin, le sorcier
• Mumu2010 · as Père de Roger
• Murphy's Law2009 · as Rudy
• Micmacs2009 · as Fracasse
• Humans2009 · as Gildas
• Morris: A Life with Bells On2009 · as Jean Baptiste
• An Organization of Dreams2009 · as Inspector
• A Day at the Museum2008 · as Simon
• The Clown2008
• Fin de partie2008 · as Hamm
• The Oxford Murders2008 · as Frank
• Dante 012008 · as César
• Moon in a Bottle2007 · as Pascal Rossignol
• Midsummer Madness2007 · as Toni
• L'Acte inconnu2007
• Crossed Tracks2007 · as Pierre Laclos / Louis
• When Evil Calls2006 · as Detective Ringwald
• Dikkenek2006 · as Stef
• Your Name is Justine2005 · as Oncle Goran
• Camping à la ferme2005 · as Rodolphe Peretti
• Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"2005 · as Self
• L'Hiver sous la table2005 · as Dragomir
• Ze Film2005 · as Le SDF
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey2004 · as His Excellency's Fop
• A Very Long Engagement2004 · as Sylvain
• Darkhunters2004 · as Charlie Jackson
• Ne quittez pas !2004 · as Le clochard
• Hellbreeder2004 · as Detective Weiss
• Le bon, la brute et les zombies2004 · as Petit cowboy
• Entrusted2003 · as Henri Lafont
• At Home with the Rozes2003 · as le lieutenant
• Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure2003 · as Fredy Mazas
• Parts of the Family2003 · as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
• Dead or Alive2002 · as The Butcher
• Beautiful Memories2001 · as Robert
• Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver!2001 · as P'tit gars
• Amélie2001 · as Joseph
• Sabotage!!2000 · as Armani
• Highway Melody2000 · as Jacky Carpe
• The Pilot2000 · as Pilot
• Like a Fish Out of Water1999 · as Melvin
• Quasimodo d'el Paris1999 · as Trouillefou
• Alien Resurrection1997 · as Vriess
• Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen1997 · as Adrien
• Mordbüro1997 · as Eugène
• A Saturday on Earth1996 · as Le brigadier Morel
• La Gotera1996 · as 'Pastel de Fer'
• The City of Lost Children1995 · as The Diver / The Clones
• KO Kid1994 · as K.O Kid
• Loonies at Large1993 · as Angel
• My Name is Victor1993 · as Bernard
• Août1992 · as Eugène Blouzette
• Les arcandiers1991 · as Bruno
• Delicatessen1991 · as Louison
• 25 décembre 58, 10h361991 · as Dominique
• 18711990 · as Napoléon III
• Alberto Express1990 · as Le conducteur de la locomotive
• Things I Like, Things I Don't Like1990 · as Man
• The French Revolution1989 · as Drouet
• The Legend of the Holy Drinker1988 · as Wojtech
• The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau1988 · as Albert
• Frantic1988 · as Wino
• Le Rêve du Phenix1988
• Devil's Paradise1987 · as Gato
• Rückfahrt in den Tod1986 · as Fred
• Sauve-toi, Lola1986 · as Jean-Pierre
• Cent francs l'amour1986 · as Tom
• Follow My Gaze1986 · as Frédéric
• Betty Blue1986 · as Le dealer
• Zina1985 · as Pierre
• La Baston1985 · as Marcel Noblet
• Going and Coming Back1985 · as Villager
• The Telephone Always Rings Twice1985 · as Monsieur Pichon
• Dream One1984 · as Monkey
• Mint Tea1984 · as Roger
• Ghost Dance1983 · as Salesman/Guide
• The Moon in the Gutter1983 · as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
• Car Cemetery1983 · as Ybar
• If I Were 1000 Years Old1983
• Enigma1982 · as Madman (uncredited)
• Shot Pattern1982 · as Daniel Verlot
• The Return of Martin Guerre1982 · as Antoine
• La Chanson du mal-aimé1982 · as Albert de Kostrowitzky
• Noisy Neighbours1982 · as Musician
• Merlin ou le cours de l'or1982 · as Le fils
• Diva1981 · as Le curé
• La Découverte1980 · as The young painter
• Gilles et Louise—
• Coffeehouse Mysteries— · as Waiter
• A Door to the Woods—

All TV Shows (15)

• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon2023 · as Antoine
• Good People2022 · as Roger
• The Island of Thirty Coffins2022 · as Horacio
• Dark Stories2019 · as Jean-Luc Barrouf
• Cassandre2015 · as Jean-Pierre Marchand
• Outlander2014 · as Master Raymond
• Murders in...2013 · as Le Kid
• Metal Hurlant Chronicles2012 · as Stanley Summers
• The Little Murders of Agatha Christie2009 · as Hubert Petitpont
• Sable noir2006 · as Axel
• Nachtschicht2003 · as Emile Gaspard
• Quelle Aventure !2001 · as 'La Buse'
• Quelle Aventure !2001 · as Frère Godefroy
• Caméra Café2001 · as Jean-Pierre
• Via Mala1985 · as Niklaus Lauretz