Dominique Pinon
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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
64 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Violette | Film | |
| 2025 | Jean Valjean | Boîte à Mots | Film |
| 2024 | At the End of the Day | Le médecin | Film |
| 2024 | Memoir of a Snail | Percy Pudel (voice) | Film |
| 2021 | A Perfect Enemy | Jean Rosen | Film |
| 2019 | Spread Your Wings | Pichon | Film |
| 2018 | Cyrano, My Love | Lucien | Film |
| 2013 | The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Two Clouds | Film |
| 2013 | Serial Teachers | L'inspecteur d'académie | Film |
| 2012 | The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm | L'inspecteur Lamentin | Film |
| 2011 | Holidays by the Sea | Homme caravane | Film |
| 2010 | Mumu | Père de Roger | Film |
| 2010 | What War May Bring | Maurice Lemoine | Film |
| 2009 | Morris: A Life with Bells On | Jean Baptiste | Film |
| 2009 | Murphy's Law | Rudy | Film |
| 2009 | Humans | Gildas | Film |
| 2009 | Micmacs | Fracasse | Film |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders | Frank | Film |
| 2008 | The Clown | Film | |
| 2008 | Dante 01 | César | Film |
| 2007 | Midsummer Madness | Toni | Film |
| 2007 | Crossed Tracks | Pierre Laclos / Louis | Film |
| 2007 | Moon in a Bottle | Pascal Rossignol | Film |
| 2006 | Dikkenek | Stef | Film |
| 2006 | When Evil Calls | Detective Ringwald | Film |
| 2005 | Your Name is Justine | Oncle Goran | Film |
| 2005 | Camping à la ferme | Rodolphe Peretti | Film |
| 2005 | Ze Film | Le SDF | Film |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement | Sylvain | Film |
| 2004 | Darkhunters | Charlie Jackson | Film |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | His Excellency's Fop | Film |
| 2004 | Hellbreeder | Detective Weiss | Film |
| 2004 | Ne quittez pas ! | Le clochard | Film |
| 2003 | Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure | Fredy Mazas | Film |
| 2003 | At Home with the Rozes | le lieutenant | Film |
| 2003 | Entrusted | Henri Lafont | Film |
| 2001 | Beautiful Memories | Robert | Film |
| 2001 | Amélie | Joseph | Film |
| 2000 | Sabotage!! | Armani | Film |
| 2000 | Highway Melody | Jacky Carpe | Film |
| 1999 | Like a Fish Out of Water | Melvin | Film |
| 1999 | Quasimodo d'el Paris | Trouillefou | Film |
| 1997 | Alien Resurrection | Vriess | Film |
| 1995 | The City of Lost Children | The Diver / The Clones | Film |
| 1993 | Loonies at Large | Angel | Film |
| 1992 | Août | Eugène Blouzette | Film |
| 1991 | Delicatessen | Louison | Film |
| 1990 | Things I Like, Things I Don't Like | Man | Film |
| 1990 | Alberto Express | Le conducteur de la locomotive | Film |
| 1989 | The French Revolution | Drouet | Film |
| 1988 | The Legend of the Holy Drinker | Wojtech | Film |
| 1988 | Frantic | Wino | Film |
| 1988 | The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau | Albert | Film |
| 1986 | Betty Blue | Le dealer | Film |
| 1985 | Going and Coming Back | Villager | Film |
| 1985 | Zina | Pierre | Film |
| 1985 | The Telephone Always Rings Twice | Monsieur Pichon | Film |
| 1983 | The Moon in the Gutter | Frank, Gérard's alcoholic brother | Film |
| 1983 | Ghost Dance | Salesman/Guide | Film |
| 1983 | Car Cemetery | Ybar | Film |
| 1982 | Shot Pattern | Daniel Verlot | Film |
| 1982 | The Return of Martin Guerre | Antoine | Film |
| 1981 | Diva | Le curé | Film |
| Judgement | Film |
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