Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon

Date of Birth:

Mar 04, 1955

Place of Birth:

Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

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.

filmography:

Max & Leon Max & Leon

2016

Diva Diva

1981

KO Kid KO Kid

1994

Frantic Frantic

1988

A Love You A Love You

2015

Soulless 2 Soulless 2

2015

Entrusted Entrusted

2003

Jo Jo

2019

La Gotera La Gotera

1996

Go West! Go West!

1970

Dikkenek Dikkenek

2006

The Pilot The Pilot

2000

Zina Zina

1985

1871 1871

1990

Dante 01 Dante 01

2008

Mint Tea Mint Tea

1984

White Fang White Fang

2018

Humans Humans

2009

Août Août

1992

Micmacs Micmacs

2009

La Baston La Baston

1985

Anna Anna

2019

Enigma Enigma

1982

Mordbüro Mordbüro

1997

Sabotage!! Sabotage!!

2000

Dream One Dream One

1984

The Clown The Clown

2008

Ze Film Ze Film

2005

Mumu Mumu

2010

Bigbug Bigbug

2022

Betty Blue Betty Blue

1986

Colère Colère

2010

Amélie Amélie

2001

Comments