Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
128
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 04, 1955 ( 69 years old )
Place of Birth
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
Also Known As
Доминик Пиньон
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.
Known For
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
2001-04-25Delicatessen
1991-04-17La Cité des Enfants Perdus
1995-05-17Ça tourne à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
2022-05-25Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2004-10-27La Révolution française
1989-05-10La Baston
1985-08-07La véritable histoire d'Amélie Poulain
2023-01-15Se souvenir des belles choses
2001-08-24Alien Resurrection
1997-11-12