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
Memoir of a Snail
2024
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as Percy Pudel (voice)
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Age: 69
Spread Your Wings
2019
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as Pichon
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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
No Image
Un pied dans le crime
2010
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as
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Age: 55
Micmacs
2009
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as Fracasse
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Age: 54
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
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
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
Delicatessen
1991
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as Louison
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Age: 36
The French Revolution
1989
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as Drouet
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Age: 34
Frantic
1988
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as Wino
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Age: 32
Betty Blue
1986
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as Surfer
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Age: 31
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