Dominique Pinon

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-03-04 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

Dominique Pinon

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 hi...

Acting

2001

Amélie

as Joseph

1991

Delicatessen

as Louison

1995

The City of Lost Children

as The Diver / The Clones

1985

La Baston

as Marcel Noblet

2023

Amélie: The Real Story

as (archive footage)

2001

1997

1982

Shot Pattern

as Daniel Verlot

2008

1983

1983

Ghost Dance

as Salesman/Guide

1999

Quasimodo d'el Paris

as Trouillefou

2009

Micmacs

as Fracasse

1982

Noisy Neighbours

as Musician

2004

Darkhunters

as Charlie Jackson

2004

Hellbreeder

as Detective Weiss

2008

Dante 01

as César

2007

Crossed Tracks

as Pierre Laclos / Louis

2003

At Home with the Rozes

as le lieutenant

1984

Mint Tea

as Roger

2018

White Fang

as Beauty Smith (voice)

2021

Emma Bovary

as Homais

1992

Août

as Eugène Blouzette

2011

2009

Humans

as Gildas

2019

Anna

as Monk Dominic

2007

Moon in a Bottle

as Pascal Rossignol

2009

2010

What War May Bring

as Maurice Lemoine

2005

Camping à la ferme

as Rodolphe Peretti

2022

Bigbug

as Igor

1986

Betty Blue

as Surfer

2011

Holidays by the Sea

as Homme caravane

2014

2014

2010

Colère

as Mougin, le sorcier

2009

2010

Mumu

as Père de Roger

1997

Mordbüro

as Eugène

2003

Parts of the Family

as Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)

1986

Follow My Gaze

as Frédéric

1982

Enigma

as Madman (uncredited)

1985

2023

Apaches: Gang of Paris

as Gueule de Bois

2004

Ne quittez pas !

as Le clochard

2000

Sabotage!!

as Armani

2005

Ze Film

as Le SDF

1993

1984

Dream One

as Monkey

2006

When Evil Calls

as Detective Ringwald

1990

1871

as Napoléon III

1985

Zina

as Pierre

1988

Frantic

as Wino

2014

My Old Lady

as Monsieur Lefebvre

2000

Highway Melody

as Jacky Carpe

1991

2021

Dernière Station

as Le pompiste

2015

Soulless 2

as Bernard

2015

A Love You

as Serge

2015

The Price of Desire

as Fernand Leger

2012

The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm

as L'inspecteur Lamentin

2002

Dead or Alive

as The Butcher

2021

Pierre & Jeanne

as Le notaire

1981

Diva

as Le curé

1996

A Saturday on Earth

as Le brigadier Morel

2010

Specky Four-Eyes

as Narrator

1993

2016

Max & Leon

as Michel

2005

Your Name is Justine

as Oncle Goran

1994

KO Kid

as K.O Kid

2011

1987

2008

2017

La DorMeuse Duval

as Basile Matrin

2004

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as His Excellency's Fop

2017

2017

Somewhere Beautiful

as Magazine Editor

1991

2017

1985

2019

Magnetick Pathways

as Raymond Vachs

2006

Dikkenek

as Stef

2005

2000

The Pilot

as Pilot

2012

La Guerre du Royal Palace

as Colonel Otto Strudel

2017

2018

1986

Sauve-toi, Lola

as Jean-Pierre

2019

2019

Jo

as L'Inspecteur Ducros

2019

I Love My Mum

as French Restaurant Manager

1980

La Découverte

as The young painter

2003

Entrusted

as Henri Lafont

2021

A Perfect Enemy

as Jean Rosen

2013

Serial Teachers

as L'inspecteur d'académie

1996

La Gotera

as 'Pastel de Fer'

-

Go West!

as Maslo the Bellboy

2024

At the End of the Day

as Le médecin

2024

Memoir of a Snail

as Percy Pudel (voice)

2025

La vie avec un idiot

as Vladimir (voice)

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