Dominique Pinon
Born March 04, 1955 (Age: 71)
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Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
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.
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.
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Filmography
Cassandre - Les captives
2026
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as Jean-Paul Marchand
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Age: 71
Cassandre - Un homme parfait
2026
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as Jean-Paul Marchand
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Age: 70
You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?
2026
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as Edgar
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Age: 70
Memoir of a Snail
2024
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as Percy Pudel (voice)
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Age: 69
Pierre & Jeanne
2021
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as Le notaire
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Age: 66
Spread Your Wings
2019
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as Pichon
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Age: 64
Anna
2019
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as Monk Dominic
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Age: 64
Max & Leon
2016
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as Michel
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Age: 61
Soulless 2
2015
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as Bernard
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Age: 60
My Old Lady
2014
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as Monsieur Lefebvre
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Age: 59
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
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as Two Clouds
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Age: 58
Serial Teachers
2013
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as L'inspecteur d'académie
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Age: 58
Holidays by the Sea
2011
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as Homme caravane
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Age: 56
Madame Sans Gêne
2011
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as Fouché
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Age: 56
No Image
Un pied dans le crime
2010
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as
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Age: 55
No Image
Colère
2010
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as Mougin, le sorcier
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Age: 55
Micmacs
2009
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as Fracasse
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Age: 54
An Organization of Dreams
2009
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as Inspector
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Age: 53
L'Acte inconnu
2007
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as
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Age: 52
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
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as Self
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Age: 50
A Very Long Engagement
2004
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as Sylvain
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Age: 49
Ne quittez pas !
2004
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as Le clochard
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Age: 49
No Image
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
2004
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as Petit cowboy
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Age: 48
No Image
Dead or Alive
2002
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as The Butcher
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Age: 47
Amélie
2001
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as Joseph
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Age: 46
Sabotage!!
2000
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as Armani
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Age: 45
Highway Melody
2000
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as Jacky Carpe
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Age: 45
The Pilot
2000
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as Pilot
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Age: 45
Alien Resurrection
1997
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as Vriess
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Age: 42
Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen
1997
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as Adrien
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Age: 42
Mordbüro
1997
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as Eugène
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Age: 42
A Saturday on Earth
1996
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as Le brigadier Morel
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Age: 41
La Gotera
1996
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as 'Pastel de Fer'
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Age: 40
The City of Lost Children
1995
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as The Diver / The Clones
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Age: 40
Loonies at Large
1993
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as Angel
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Age: 38
My Name is Victor
1993
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as Bernard
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Age: 38
Août
1992
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as Eugène Blouzette
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Age: 36
Les arcandiers
1991
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as Bruno
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Age: 36
Delicatessen
1991
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as Louison
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Age: 36
25 décembre 58, 10h36
1991
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as Dominique
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Age: 35
1871
1990
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as Napoléon III
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Age: 35
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990
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as Man
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Age: 35
The French Revolution
1989
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as Drouet
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Age: 34
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1988
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as Wojtech
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Age: 33
The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
1988
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as Albert
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Age: 33
Frantic
1988
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as Wino
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Age: 32
Le Rêve du Phenix
1988
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as
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Age: 32
Devil's Paradise
1987
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as Gato
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Age: 32
Betty Blue
1986
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as Surfer
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Age: 31
Zina
1985
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as Pierre
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Age: 30
La Baston
1985
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as Marcel Noblet
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Age: 30
Going and Coming Back
1985
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as Villager
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Age: 30
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
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as Monsieur Pichon
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Age: 29
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982
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as Antoine
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Age: 27
Diva
1981
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as Le curé
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Age: 26
La Découverte
1980
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as The young painter
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Age: 25