Dominique Pinon

Born: 1955-03-04

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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as Dom Vriess
Released: 1997-11-12

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the...

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as Joseph
Released: 2001-04-25

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for...

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The City of Lost Children

as The Diver / The Clones
Released: 1995-05-17

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they...

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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

as Two Clouds
Released: 2013-10-16

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he...

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Betty Blue

as Surfer
Released: 1986-04-09

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she...

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White Fang

as Beauty Smith (voice)
Released: 2018-03-28

A loyal wolfdog’s curiosity leads him on the adventure of a lifetime while serving a series of...

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A Very Long Engagement

as Sylvain
Released: 2004-10-27

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World...

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Delicatessen

as Louison
Released: 1991-04-17

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an...

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Bigbug

as Igor
Released: 2022-02-11

Set in the world of 2045, where communities have robotic helpers, a group of suburbanites are...

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Frantic

as Wino
Released: 1988-02-19

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a...

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A Perfect Enemy

as Jean Rosen
Released: 2021-06-11

Famed architect Jeremy Angust is approached on his trip to the Paris Airport by a chatty girl...

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Spread Your Wings

as Pichon
Released: 2019-09-12

Christian, a visionary scientist, studies wild geese. For his son, a teenager obsessed with...

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Micmacs

as Fracasse
Released: 2009-10-28

While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in...

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The Oxford Murders

as Frank
Released: 2008-01-18

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential...

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The Return of Martin Guerre

as Antoine
Released: 1982-05-14

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre...

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Based on a True Story

as Raymond
Released: 2017-11-01

Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by...

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Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure

as Fredy Mazas
Released: 2003-02-07

In the Headquarters of the T.I.A. (Terminal Intelligence Agency), someone has stolen Professor...

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Cyrano, My Love

as Lucien
Released: 2018-11-10

Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure....

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Apaches: Gang of Paris

as Gueule de Bois
Released: 2023-03-29

Paris, 1884. The lives of three orphaned children wandering the streets dominated by ruthless...

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The French Revolution

as Drouet
Released: 1989-05-10

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux...

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Max & Leon

as Michel
Released: 2016-11-01

In this WW2 epic comedy – in the vein of “La Grande Vadrouille” – our two heroes, Max and Léon,...

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as His Excellency's Fop
Released: 2004-12-22

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in...

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Diva

as Le curé
Released: 1981-03-11

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera...

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Dikkenek

as Stef
Released: 2006-06-21

Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a...

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My Old Lady

as Monsieur Lefebvre
Released: 2014-09-09

Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his...

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The Moon in the Gutter

as Frank
Released: 1983-05-18

A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for...

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Dante 01

as César
Released: 2008-01-02

Deep space, at the edge of the galaxy. The future. A new prisoner arrives on top security prison...

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as Un fou (uncredited)
Released: 1982-10-15

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In...

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Beautiful Memories

as Robert
Released: 2001-08-24

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a...

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The Legend of the Holy Drinker

as Wojtech
Released: 1988-09-02

Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris is lent 200 francs by a...

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At Home with the Rozes

as le lieutenant
Released: 2003-04-02

Two ex-convicts, MG and Gilbert find refuge in a charming middle-class house whose couple is...

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Murphy's Law

as Rudy
Released: 2009-11-04

After four years in jail, Elias is doing his rehabilitation in an hospital as stretcher bearer....

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Quasimodo d'el Paris

as Trouillefou
Released: 1999-03-24

The location is the town of El Paris. When ten-year-old boy Quasimodo shows signs of deformity,...

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Mumu

as Père de Roger
Released: 2010-03-24

The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger...

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Soulless 2

as Bernard
Released: 2015-03-05

Max Andreev thought the best place to start a new life would be at the other end of the world....

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The Telephone Always Rings Twice

as Monsieur Pichon
Released: 1985-01-23

Marc Elbichon, a novice private sleuth, is investigating a wave of assassinations bearing a...

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What War May Bring

as Maurice Lemoine
Released: 2010-09-15

A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share...

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Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

as Man
Released: 1990-03-07

Dominique Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he "likes and dislikes."

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Crossed Tracks

as Pierre Laclos / Louis
Released: 2007-06-27

The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the...

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Midsummer Madness

as Toni
Released: 2007-10-12

St. John’s Night is a traditional midsummer Latvian celebration where family and friends get...

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Follow My Gaze

as Frédéric
Released: 1986-04-23

A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and...

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A Day at the Museum

as Simon
Released: 2008-11-19

Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un...

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Amélie: The Real Story

as (archive footage)
Released: 2023-01-15

The truth about the real Amélie Poulain is finally revealed.

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Going and Coming Back

as Un villageois
Released: 1985-03-27

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called...

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Camping à la ferme

as Rodolphe Peretti
Released: 2005-06-29

Six jeunes en difficulté de la banlieue parisienne débarquent au fin fond de la campagne...

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The Price of Desire

as Fernand Leger
Released: 2015-03-19

Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray (1878–1976) was a leading light in the modern...

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Shot Pattern

as Daniel Verlot
Released: 1982-09-21

A Paris flea market vendor is transformed into a vigilante after his fiancée is murdered by...

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Emma Bovary

as Homais
Released: 2021-12-13

1857. A courtroom. The prosecutor and defense counsel prepare to face off. Between them: Gustave...

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Entrusted

as Henri Lafont
Released: 2003-07-03

Hoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France,...

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Brèves de comptoir

as Taxi 2
Released: 2014-09-24

A small, old-fashioned cafe in a suburban square, opposite the cemetery, the Hirondelle. Every...

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A Love You

as Serge
Released: 2015-06-24

After a drunken evening and an unforgettable night with a total stranger, Manu wakes up alone to...

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Zina

as Pierre
Released: 1985-11-01

Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin...

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Dark Stories to Survive the Night

as Jean Luc
Released: 2019-10-31

What if Demons, the Living Dead, Evil Dolls, Djinn and other Extra-terrestrial creatures came to...

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I Love My Mum

as French Restaurant Manager
Released: 2019-05-31

A mother and son duo get inadvertently shipped in a container from London to Morocco with...

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Parts of the Family

as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)
Released: 2003-01-10

Beyond the front door of an old, decrepit house is buried a horrible and tragic past. One...

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Your Name is Justine

as Oncle Goran
Released: 2005-08-30

While living with her grandmother in Poland, a young woman falls in love. Her boyfriend is...

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Ze Film

as Le SDF
Released: 2005-02-23

A poor kid nicknamed Kubrick loves movies and dreams about being an award winning director. One...

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Dream One

as Monkey
Released: 1984-12-12

Based on Winsor McCay's comic strip, a little boy embarks on a dream-like adventure. Also known...

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Humans

as Gildas
Released: 2009-04-22

A team of several researchers travel to the Swiss Alps to investigate a scientific discovery on...

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Hamlet Within

as uncredited
Released: 2022-05-21

A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, the avenging prince of Denmark,...

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Like a Fish Out of Water

as Melvin
Released: 1999-05-05

A seductive femme fatale (Monica Bellucci) and two con men -- one cool as ice, and one who just...

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Darkhunters

as Charlie Jackson
Released: 2004-09-07

Walking the Earth as an undead spirit has Charlie Jackson in a quandary. Unable to interact with...

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Le Rêve du Phenix

as uncredited
Released: 1988-01-01

"...The budget was 500,000 francs, financed by the Ministry of Culture, the OCTET agency in...

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A Fishy Business in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

as Le détective privé
Released: 2022-05-25

An actress, Céline, is hired by the famous director Milan Zodowski to star in a mysterious film...

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Holidays by the Sea

as Homme caravane
Released: 2011-06-29

A comedy about funny adventures of the group of French people during the summer vacation.

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Morris: A Life with Bells On

as Jean Baptiste
Released: 2009-01-09

The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris...

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Two Snails Set Off

as (voice)
Released: 2017-06-08

A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black...

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Vive la crise !

as Noël
Released: 2017-05-10

In a futuristic France, computers decide the fate of the unemployed and the homeless.

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Sabotage!!

as Armani
Released: 2000-10-14

June, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by enemies, is about to play his definitive part in...

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The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau

as Albert
Released: 1988-08-24

A woman accused of murder escapes an asylum and her psychiatrist tries to find her.

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Ghost Dance

as Salesman/Guide
Released: 1983-12-15

Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the...

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An Organization of Dreams

as Inspector
Released: 2009-01-02

A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own...

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Hellbreeder

as Detective Weiss
Released: 2004-03-16

Five years ago Alice saw her son murdered; now every day is consumed with the need to find his...

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Madame Sans Gêne

as Fouché
Released: 2011-06-14

A historical comedy-drama by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, concerning incidents in the life...

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Car Cemetery

as Ybar
Released: 1983-04-30

The plot is set in a post apocalyptic Junkyard where people take refuge from authority and are...

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Magnetick Pathways

as Raymond Vachs
Released: 2019-04-25

During a night of humiliation, Raymond lives an inner revolt and a kaleidoscopic journey in a...

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The Pilot

as Pilot
Released: 2000-04-01

A short science fiction comedy directed by Oliver Seiter.

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Moon in a Bottle

as Pascal Rossignol
Released: 2007-11-16

Zeta has a month to hand in a novel she has been commissioned to write and every day she...

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My Name is Victor

as Bernard
Released: 1993-03-16

No one knows, or is ever likely to know how many disabled or handicapped relatives have been...

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La Chanson du mal-aimé

as uncredited
Released: 1982-02-03

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Crédit pour tous

as Gobert
Released: 2011-03-29

While unemployed, Gobert must repay 40 bank loans he had taken out. In the housing project where...

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La Guerre du Royal Palace

as Colonel Otto Strudel
Released: 2012-05-06

Between September 1940 and August 1944, luxury hotels are requisitioned by the Germans as staff...

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Memoir of a Snail

as Percy Pudel (voice)
Released:

A bittersweet remembrance of Grace Puddle; a lonely hoarder of ornamental snails living in Canberra.

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Août

as Eugène Blouzette
Released: 1992-01-08

The story of a few couples who have arrived at a point of no return whose history will cross,...

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If I Were 1000 Years Old

as uncredited
Released: 1983-01-14

A long time ago, On a french island, a bunch of villagers saved a girl from being sacrifice by...

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La DorMeuse Duval

as Basile Matrin
Released: 2017-02-22

In a village by the Meuse river, located near the French-Belgian border, a factory storekeeper...

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Jo

as L'Inspecteur Ducros
Released: 2019-11-09

A writer plots to murder a blackmailer.

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The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm

as L'inspecteur Lamentin
Released: 2012-01-11

Eléonore is a gorgeous twenty-year-old who has lost her parents and one of her arms in an...

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A Saturday on Earth

as Le brigadier Morel
Released: 1996-08-28

A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw...

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Loonies at Large

as Angel
Released: 1993-08-11

This comedy brings Pierre Richard and Michel Piccoli together onscreen once again. In the story,...

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KO Kid

as K.O Kid
Released: 1994-01-01

An unequal battle between a small and skinny boxer, and a big and great boxer. The film is a...

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Ne quittez pas !

as Le clochard
Released: 2004-08-18

Félix Mandel, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, is married with a four-year-old son...

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Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen

as Adrien
Released: 1997-11-05

After a 10-year absence, 27-year-old Amelie returns home to suburban Paris and the decaying...

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1871

as Napoléon III
Released: 1990-09-09

A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.

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25 décembre 58, 10h36

as Dominique
Released: 1991-01-01

Two children are cycling in a street of the Butte Montmartre, one of them falls and kills...

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Devil's Paradise

as Gato
Released: 1987-05-07

At the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland,...

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Pierre & Jeanne

as Le notaire
Released: 2021-08-29

Family Roland lives in Etretat. Jeanne, the youngest, inherits Mr Marechal's fortune, a friend...

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Mint Tea

as Roger
Released: 1984-10-20

A young Algerian in Paris has not been as successful as he claims in letters home, and when his...

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Cent francs l'amour

as Tom
Released: 1986-08-20

Jeremy, a young art photographer, needs money to finance an exhibition of his work. He turns to...

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La Découverte

as The young painter
Released: 1980-12-31

To make his neighbor no longer eye his wife, Paulo decides to put on the wall in front of his...

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O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta

as uncredited
Released: 2018-05-05

A poetic film that celebrates the work of Alberto Pimenta, fruit of a friendship and complicity...

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The Clown

as uncredited
Released: 2008-11-14

Everybody's afraid of zombies... But try to imagine your self waking up from the dead... How...

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Specky Four-Eyes

as Narrator
Released: 2010-11-20

A young boy is made to wear corrective glasses but refuses so that his imagination of the world...

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Fin de partie

as Hamm
Released: 2008-09-23

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La Gotera

as 'Pastel de Fer'
Released: 1996-01-01

A man is in his flat and he has a leak on his ceiling, suddenly the ceiling caves in and a dead...

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Anna

as Monk Dominic
Released: 2019-05-25

French monk Dominic is sent to Kyiv, pretending to be a photographer for a French fashion...

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Les arcandiers

as Bruno
Released: 1991-12-11

In this surreal comedy, Tonio works very hard for every bit of ill-gotten cash he can get his...

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L'Hiver sous la table

as Dragomir
Released: 2005-04-19

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Dernière Station

as Le pompiste
Released: 2021-01-01

A customer fills up at an isolated gas station, then he sprinkles his car with gasoline and...

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Noisy Neighbours

as Musician
Released: 1982-01-01

A grotesque, frenetic and musical short film from Jérome Lefdup, Dominik Barbier, and Larry Flash.

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Mordbüro

as Eugène
Released: 1997-07-09

The neologistic title of this film translates as "Death Bureau," a secret vigilante organization...

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Somewhere Beautiful

as Magazine Editor
Released: 2017-04-21

Two emotionally charged love triangles collide as Elena accompanies her photographer husband on...

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La Baston

as Marcel Noblet
Released: 1985-08-07

After doing some time in jail, René has finally said goodbye to his criminal past. But when his...

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Serial Teachers

as L'inspecteur d'académie
Released: 2013-04-17

With only 12 percent of its pupils obtaining their baccalaureate, Jules Ferry High School is the...

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Outlander

as Master Raymond
First aired: 2014-08-09

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in...

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The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

as Antoine
First aired: 2023-09-10

Daryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The...

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Caméra Café

as Jean-Pierre
First aired: 2001-10-29

The coffee machine of a small company is the scene of discussions between employees. Private...

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The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

as Hubert Petitpont
First aired: 2009-01-09

French adaptations of the stories by Agatha Christie.

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Cassandre

as Jean-Pierre Marchand
First aired: 2015-11-28

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Metal Hurlant Chronicles

as Stanley Summers
First aired: 2012-10-27

Metal Hurlant Chronicles is inspired by the popular comics anthology Métal Hurlant, which in...

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Nachtschicht

as Emile Gaspard
First aired: 2003-03-24

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L'Île aux 30 cercueils

as Horacio
First aired: 2022-03-21

Christine lost her son at birth 15 years ago. Or so she believes, until she receives a video...

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Good People

as Roger
First aired: 2022-10-23

Tom and Linda are thirtysomethings living in Belgium, along the French border. He is a...

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Sable noir

as Axel
First aired: 2006-03-19

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Via Mala

as Niklaus Lauretz
First aired: 1985-09-01

A family who lives in the Swiss Alpes at the end of the 1920s is abused by a tyrannical drunkard.

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Dark Stories

as Jean-Luc Barrouf
First aired: 2019-10-31

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Quelle Aventure !

as 'La Buse'
First aired: 2001-11-11

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Quelle Aventure !

as Frère Godefroy
First aired: 2001-11-11

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