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.
| 2026 | Sie glauben an Engel, Herr Drowak? as Edgar |
| 2025 | Jean Valjean as Boîte à Mots |
| 2025 | She Loved Blossoms More as Logo |
| 2024 | Bir Salyangozun Anıları as Percy Pudel (voice) |
| 2024 | Finalement as Le médecin |
| 2023 | Apaches as Gueule de Bois |
| 2023 | La véritable histoire d'Amélie Poulain as (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Ça tourne à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon as Le détective privé |
| 2022 | Hamlet Within |
| 2022 | Bigbug as Igor |
| 2021 | Emma Bovary as Homais |
| 2021 | Pierre & Jeanne as Le notaire |
| 2021 | Kara Sohbet as Jean Rosen |
| 2021 | Dernière Station as Le pompiste |
| 2019 | Jo as L'Inspecteur Ducros |
| 2019 | Dark Stories to Survive the Night as Jean Luc |
| 2019 | Kanatlarını Aç as Pichon |
| 2019 | I Love My Mum as French Restaurant Manager |
| 2019 | Анна as Monk Dominic |
| 2019 | Caminhos Magnétykos as Raymond Vachs |
| 2018 | Edmond as Lucien |
| 2018 | O Homem Pykante - Diálogos com Pimenta |
| 2018 | Beyaz Diş as Beauty Smith (voice) |
| 2017 | Gerçek Bir Hikâyeden Uyarlanmıştır as Raymond |
| 2017 | Deux escargots s’en vont as (voice) |
| 2017 | Vive la crise ! as Noël |
| 2017 | Somewhere Beautiful as Magazine Editor |
| 2017 | La DorMeuse Duval as Basile Matrin |
| 2016 | Max ve Leo 2 as Michel |
| 2015 | A Love You as Serge |
| 2015 | The Price of Desire as Fernand Leger |
| 2015 | Духless 2 as Bernard |
| 2014 | OXI, an Act of Resistance as Investigator |
| 2014 | Brèves de comptoir as Taxi 2 |
| 2014 | Beklenmedik Misafir as Monsieur Lefebvre |
| 2013 | Kahraman Çocuk as Two Clouds |
| 2013 | Amman Hocam as L'inspecteur d'académie |
| 2012 | La Guerre du Royal Palace as Colonel Otto Strudel |
| 2012 | L'Orpheline avec en plus un bras en moins as L'inspecteur Lamentin |
| 2011 | Ni à vendre ni à louer as Homme caravane |
| 2011 | Madame Sans Gêne as Fouché |
| 2011 | Crédit pour tous as Gobert |
| 2010 | Cul de Bouteille as Narrator |
| 2010 | Un pied dans le crime |
| 2010 | Aşk Nelere Kadir as Maurice Lemoine |
| 2010 | Colère as Mougin, le sorcier |
| 2010 | Mumu as Père de Roger |
| 2009 | La Loi de Murphy as Rudy |
| 2009 | Micmacs as Fracasse |
| 2009 | Dehşetin Soluğu as Gildas |
| 2009 | Morris: A Life with Bells On as Jean Baptiste |
| 2009 | An Organization of Dreams as Inspector |
| 2008 | Musée haut, musée bas as Simon |
| 2008 | Le Queloune |
| 2008 | Fin de partie as Hamm |
| 2008 | Oxford Cinayetleri as Frank |
| 2008 | Dante 01 as César |
| 2007 | La luna en botella as Pascal Rossignol |
| 2007 | Midsummer Madness as Toni |
| 2007 | L'Acte inconnu |
| 2007 | Roman de gare as Pierre Laclos / Louis |
| 2006 | When Evil Calls as Detective Ringwald |
| 2006 | Dikkenek as Stef |
| 2005 | Masz na imię Justine as Oncle Goran |
| 2005 | Camping à la ferme as Rodolphe Peretti |
| 2005 | Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" as Self |
| 2005 | L'Hiver sous la table as Dragomir |
| 2005 | Ze film as Le SDF |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey as His Excellency's Fop |
| 2004 | Kayıp Nişanlı as Sylvain |
| 2004 | Darkhunters as Charlie Jackson |
| 2004 | Ne quittez pas ! as Le clochard |
| 2004 | Hellbreeder as Detective Weiss |
| 2004 | Le bon, la brute et les zombies as Petit cowboy |
| 2003 | Entrusted as Henri Lafont |
| 2003 | Bienvenue chez les Rozes as le lieutenant |
| 2003 | Mortadelo ve Filemon: Büyük Macera as Fredy Mazas |
| 2003 | Parts of the Family as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited) |
| 2002 | Dead or Alive as The Butcher |
| 2001 | Se souvenir des belles choses as Robert |
| 2001 | Putain, la vieille faut pas l'énerver! as P'tit gars |
| 2001 | Amelie as Joseph |
| 2000 | Sabotage!! as Armani |
| 2000 | Sur un air d'autoroute as Jacky Carpe |
| 2000 | Der Pilot as Pilot |
| 1999 | Comme un poisson hors de l'eau as Melvin |
| 1999 | Quasimodo d'el Paris as Trouillefou |
| 1997 | Yaratık: Diriliş as Vriess |
| 1997 | Violetta, la reine de la moto as Adrien |
| 1997 | Mordbüro as Eugène |
| 1996 | Un samedi sur la terre as Le brigadier Morel |
| 1996 | La Gotera as 'Pastel de Fer' |
| 1995 | Kayıp Çocuklar Şehri as The Diver / The Clones |
| 1994 | KO Kid as K.O Kid |
| 1993 | La Cavale des fous as Angel |
| 1993 | Je m'appelle Victor as Bernard |
| 1992 | Août as Eugène Blouzette |
| 1991 | Les arcandiers as Bruno |
| 1991 | Şarküteri as Louison |
| 1991 | 25 décembre 58, 10h36 as Dominique |
| 1990 | 1871 as Napoléon III |
| 1990 | Foutaises as Man |
| 1989 | Fransız Devrimi as Drouet |
| 1988 | La leggenda del santo bevitore as Wojtech |
| 1988 | La Mort mystérieuse de Nina Chéreau as Albert |
| 1988 | Çıldırtan Takip as Wino |
| 1988 | Le Rêve du Phenix |
| 1987 | Des Teufels Paradies as Gato |
| 1986 | Rückfahrt in den Tod as Fred |
| 1986 | Sauve-toi, Lola as Jean-Pierre |
| 1986 | Cent francs l'amour as Tom |
| 1986 | Suivez mon regard as Frédéric |
| 1986 | Sabah Ateşi 37°2 as Surfer |
| 1985 | Zina as Pierre |
| 1985 | La Baston as Marcel Noblet |
| 1985 | Partir, revenir as Villager |
| 1985 | Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois as Monsieur Pichon |
| 1984 | Nemo as Monkey |
| 1984 | Le thé à la menthe as Roger |
| 1983 | Ghost Dance as Salesman/Guide |
| 1983 | La Lune dans le caniveau as Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother |
| 1983 | Le cimetière des voitures as Ybar |
| 1983 | Si j'avais 1000 ans |
| 1982 | Enigma as Madman (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Tir groupé as Daniel Verlot |
| 1982 | Le Retour de Martin Guerre as Antoine |
| 1982 | La Chanson du mal-aimé as Albert de Kostrowitzky |
| 1982 | Merlin ou le cours de l'or as Le fils |
| 1982 | Noisy Neighbours as Musician |
| 1981 | Diva as Le curé |
| 1980 | La Découverte as The young painter |
| Changer l'eau des fleurs |
| Coffeehouse Mysteries as Waiter |
| Drzwi do lasu |
| Gilles et Louise |
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