Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon

Born 1955-03-04 (age 71) Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
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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.

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Known For

Amélie
Amélie

2001

as Joseph

Betty Blue
Betty Blue

1986

as Le dealer

Alien Resurrection
Alien Resurrection

1997

as Vriess

Memoir of a Snail
Memoir of a Snail

2024

as Percy Pudel (voice)

The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children

1995

as The Diver / The Clones

Delicatessen
Delicatessen

1991

as Louison

Cyrano, My Love
Cyrano, My Love

2018

as Lucien

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Diva
Diva

1981

as Le curé

White Fang
White Fang

2018

as Beauty Smith (voice)

Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean

2025

as Boîte à Mots

Frantic
Frantic

1988

as Wino

Enigma
Enigma

1982

as Madman (uncredited)

A Very Long Engagement
A Very Long Engagement

2004

as Sylvain

The French Revolution
Bigbug
Bigbug

2022

as Igor

Mumu
Mumu

2010

as Père de Roger

Micmacs
Micmacs

2009

as Fracasse

The Oxford Murders
The Oxford Murders

2008

as Frank

Shot Pattern
Shot Pattern

1982

as Daniel Verlot