Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 147
2020s
- 2026
Violette
Movie
Idling
Cardinal Barry
Cassandre - Sur le fil
Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Un ciel de plomb
Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Ni vu, ni connu
Jean-Paul Marchand
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
Edgar
Cassandre - Les inconnus du Sapenay
Jean-Paul Marchand
Cassandre - Les captives
Jean-Paul Marchand
- 2025
Cassandre - Un homme parfait
Jean-Paul Marchand
- 2024
At the End of the Day
Le médecin
- 2023
Amélie: The Real Story
(archive footage)
- 2022
Good People
Roger · 6 episodes
A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Le détective privé
Hamlet Within
Movie
The Island of Thirty Coffins
Horacio · 6 episodes
- 2021
Dernière Station
Le pompiste
2010s
- 2019
Jo
L'Inspecteur Ducros
Dark Stories to Survive the Night
Jean Luc
Dark Stories
Jean-Luc Barrouf · 1 episode
Anna
Monk Dominic
Magnetick Pathways
Raymond Vachs
- 2018
O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta
Movie
- 2017
Two Snails Set Off
(voice)
Vive la crise !
Noël
Somewhere Beautiful
Magazine Editor
La DorMeuse Duval
Basile Matrin
- 2016
- 2015
A Love You
Serge
Soulless 2
Bernard
- 2014
Brèves de comptoir
Taxi 2
- 2013
Serial Teachers
L'inspecteur d'académie
- 2012
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Stanley Summers · 3 episodes
La Guerre du Royal Palace
Colonel Otto Strudel
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
L'inspecteur Lamentin
- 2011
Holidays by the Sea
Homme caravane
Madame Sans Gêne
Fouché
Crédit pour tous
Gobert
- 2010
What War May Bring
Maurice Lemoine
2000s
- 2009
Murphy's Law
Rudy
Micmacs
Fracasse
Humans
Gildas
Morris: A Life with Bells On
Jean Baptiste
An Organization of Dreams
Inspector
- 2008
A Day at the Museum
Simon
The Clown
Movie
Fin de partie
Hamm
- 2007
Moon in a Bottle
Pascal Rossignol
L'Acte inconnu
Movie
Crossed Tracks
Pierre Laclos / Louis
- 2006
When Evil Calls
Detective Ringwald
Dikkenek
Stef
Sable noir
Axel · 1 episode
- 2005
Your Name is Justine
Oncle Goran
Camping à la ferme
Rodolphe Peretti
L'Hiver sous la table
Dragomir
Ze Film
Le SDF
- 2004
Ne quittez pas !
Le clochard
- 2003
Entrusted
Henri Lafont
At Home with the Rozes
le lieutenant
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
Fredy Mazas
Parts of the Family
Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
- 2001
Quelle Aventure !
'La Buse', Frère Godefroy · 1 episode
- 2000
Sabotage!!
Armani
Highway Melody
Jacky Carpe
The Pilot
Pilot
1990s
- 1999
Like a Fish Out of Water
Melvin
Quasimodo d'el Paris
Trouillefou
- 1997
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
Adrien
Mordbüro
Eugène
- 1996
A Saturday on Earth
Le brigadier Morel
La Gotera
'Pastel de Fer'
- 1995
- 1994
K.O. Kid
K.O Kid
- 1993
Loonies at Large
Angel
My Name is Victor
Bernard
- 1992
Août
Eugène Blouzette
- 1991
25 décembre 58, 10h36
Dominique
- 1990
1871
Napoléon III
Alberto Express
Le conducteur de la locomotive
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
Man
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Wojtech
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Albert
- 1987
Devil's Paradise
Gato
- 1986
Sauve-toi, Lola
Jean-Pierre
Cent francs l'amour
Tom
Follow My Gaze
Frédéric
- 1985
Zina
Pierre
Via Mala
Niklaus Lauretz · 3 episodes
La Baston
Marcel Noblet
Le Rêve du Phenix
Movie
- 1984
Mint Tea
Roger
- 1983
Ghost Dance
Salesman/Guide
The Moon in the Gutter
Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother
Car Cemetery
Ybar
If I Were 1000 Years Old
Movie
- 1982
Shot Pattern
Daniel Verlot
The Return of Martin Guerre
Antoine
La Chanson du mal-aimé
Albert de Kostrowitzky
Noisy Neighbours
Musician
Merlin ou le cours de l'or
Le fils
- 1981
- 1980
La Découverte
The young painter
No release date
Coffeehouse Mysteries
Waiter
Meurtres à Honfleur
Le Kid
Appearances2
2010s
- 2010
Specky Four-Eyes
Narrator
2000s
- 2005
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self