Dominique Pinon profile
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Dominique Pinon

4th March 1955 Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France Acting

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.

130 Movies 15 TV Shows 158 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Bigbug poster
Bigbug 11th February 2022 as Igor
Jo poster
Jo 9th November 2019 as L'Inspecteur Ducros
Anna poster
Anna 25th May 2019 as Monk Dominic
Mumu poster
Mumu 24th March 2010 as Père de Roger
KO Kid poster
KO Kid 1st January 1994 as K.O Kid
Août poster
Août 8th January 1992 as Eugène Blouzette
1871 poster
1871 9th September 1990 as Napoléon III
Zina poster
Zina 1st November 1985 as Pierre
Enigma poster
Enigma 15th October 1982 as Madman (uncredited)
Diva poster
Diva 11th March 1981 as Le curé
Cassandre poster
Cassandre 28th November 2015 as Jean-Pierre Marchand
Via Mala poster
Via Mala 1st September 1985 as Niklaus Lauretz