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. 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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Amélie (2001)

CuteOriginalWhimsicalRomantic

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Mathieu Kassovitz  •  Rufus  •  Jamel Debbouze

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Mathieu Kassovitz  •  Rufus  •  Jamel Debbouze

Betty Blue (1986)

DramaticEmotional

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Beineix
CAST:  Jean-Hugues Anglade  •  Béatrice Dalle  •  Gérard Darmon  •  Consuelo De Haviland

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Beineix
CAST:  Jean-Hugues Anglade  •  Béatrice Dalle  •  Gérard Darmon  •  Consuelo De Haviland

A Very Long Engagement (2004)

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Gaspard Ulliel  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Chantal Neuwirth

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Audrey Tautou  •  Gaspard Ulliel  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Chantal Neuwirth

Alien Resurrection (1997)

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  Winona Ryder  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Ron Perlman

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  Winona Ryder  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Ron Perlman

Delicatessen (1991)

DarkFunnyIntenseOriginal

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet  •  Marc Caro
CAST:  Dominique Pinon  •  Marie-Laure Dougnac  •  Jean-Claude Dreyfus  •  Karin Viard

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet  •  Marc Caro
CAST:  Dominique Pinon  •  Marie-Laure Dougnac  •  Jean-Claude Dreyfus  •  Karin Viard

Diva (1981)

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Beineix
CAST:  Frédéric Andréi  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Roland Bertin  •  Wilhelmenia Fernandez

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Beineix
CAST:  Frédéric Andréi  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Roland Bertin  •  Wilhelmenia Fernandez

Frantic (1988)

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Polanski
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Betty Buckley  •  Emmanuelle Seigner  •  Djiby Soumare

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Polanski
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Betty Buckley  •  Emmanuelle Seigner  •  Djiby Soumare

The City of Lost Children (1995)

FantasticalWeird

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet  •  Marc Caro
CAST:  Ron Perlman  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Judith Vittet  •  Daniel Emilfork

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet  •  Marc Caro
CAST:  Ron Perlman  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Judith Vittet  •  Daniel Emilfork

The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Vigne
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Maurice Barrier  •  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Isabelle Sadoyan

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Vigne
CAST:  Gérard Depardieu  •  Maurice Barrier  •  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Isabelle Sadoyan

Enigma (1982)

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeannot Szwarc
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Brigitte Fossey  •  Sam Neill  •  Derek Jacobi

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeannot Szwarc
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Brigitte Fossey  •  Sam Neill  •  Derek Jacobi

Beautiful Memories (2001)

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zabou Breitman
CAST:  Isabelle Carré  •  Bernard Campan  •  Bernard Le Coq  •  Zabou Breitman

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zabou Breitman
CAST:  Isabelle Carré  •  Bernard Campan  •  Bernard Le Coq  •  Zabou Breitman

Humans (2009)

A team of several researchers travel to the Swiss Alps to investigate a scientific discovery on human evolution. The trip, however, turns into a deadly fight for survival when the team crash into a gully and find themselves falling prey to someone...or something.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques-Olivier Molon  •  Pierre-Olivier Thevenin
CAST:  Sara Forestier  •  Lorànt Deutsch  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Philippe Nahon

A team of several researchers travel to the Swiss Alps to investigate a scientific discovery on human evolution. The trip, however, turns into a deadly fight for survival when the team crash into a gully and find themselves falling prey to someone...or something.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques-Olivier Molon  •  Pierre-Olivier Thevenin
CAST:  Sara Forestier  •  Lorànt Deutsch  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Philippe Nahon

Ne quittez pas! (2004)

Félix Mandel, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, is married with a four-year-old son and often has his head in the clouds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Joffé
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Isabelle Gélinas  •  Rachida Brakni  •  Tchéky Karyo

Félix Mandel, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, is married with a four-year-old son and often has his head in the clouds.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Joffé
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Isabelle Gélinas  •  Rachida Brakni  •  Tchéky Karyo

Vive la crise ! (2017)

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

DIRECTION:  Jean-François Davy
CAST:  Jean-Marie Bigard  •  Florence Thomassin  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Isabelle De Hertogh

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

DIRECTION:  Jean-François Davy
CAST:  Jean-Marie Bigard  •  Florence Thomassin  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Isabelle De Hertogh

Specky Four-Eyes (2010)

A young boy is made to wear corrective glasses but refuses so that his imagination of the world around him can roam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Rozec
CAST:  Dominique Pinon

A young boy is made to wear corrective glasses but refuses so that his imagination of the world around him can roam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Rozec
CAST:  Dominique Pinon

Crédit pour tous (2011)

While unemployed, Gobert must repay 40 bank loans he had taken out. In the housing project where he lives in, bailiffs swarm. Gobert will organize resistance and develop an original and popular loan system which will soon arouse the interest of the French government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Dominique Pinon  •  Arielle Dombasle  •  Michèle Bernier  •  Rufus

While unemployed, Gobert must repay 40 bank loans he had taken out. In the housing project where he lives in, bailiffs swarm. Gobert will organize resistance and develop an original and popular loan system which will soon arouse the interest of the French government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Dominique Pinon  •  Arielle Dombasle  •  Michèle Bernier  •  Rufus

25 décembre 58, 10h36 (1991)

Two children are cycling in a street of the Butte Montmartre, one of them falls and kills himself on the spot. The witnesses of the tragedy meet again 30 years later.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diane Bertrand
CAST:  Karin Viard  •  Marie-Laure Dougnac  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Two children are cycling in a street of the Butte Montmartre, one of them falls and kills himself on the spot. The witnesses of the tragedy meet again 30 years later.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diane Bertrand
CAST:  Karin Viard  •  Marie-Laure Dougnac  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Jean-Claude Dreyfus

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)

Action-packed

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Robert Maillet  •  Niamh Wilson  •  Callum Keith Rennie

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
CAST:  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Robert Maillet  •  Niamh Wilson  •  Callum Keith Rennie

Holidays by the Sea (2011)

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

DIRECTION:  Pascal Rabaté
CAST:  Jacques Gamblin  •  Maria de Medeiros  •  François Damiens  •  François Morel

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

DIRECTION:  Pascal Rabaté
CAST:  Jacques Gamblin  •  Maria de Medeiros  •  François Damiens  •  François Morel

Devil's Paradise (1987)

At the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland, he saves a young woman from some nasty folk and takes her with him to his island. Her former captors soon find the island as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vadim Glowna
CAST:  Sam Waterston  •  Suzanna Hamilton  •  Jürgen Prochnow  •  Mario Adorf

At the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland, he saves a young woman from some nasty folk and takes her with him to his island. Her former captors soon find the island as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vadim Glowna
CAST:  Sam Waterston  •  Suzanna Hamilton  •  Jürgen Prochnow  •  Mario Adorf
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