
Dominique Pinon
Actor·b. 1955·Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France
16 horror credits
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.
Actor16 films

She Loved Blossoms More
Logo

Dark Stories to Survive the Night
Jean Luc

The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
L'inspecteur Lamentin

Humans
Gildas

The Clown

When Evil Calls
Detective Ringwald

Darkhunters
Charlie Jackson

Hellbreeder
Detective Weiss
Le bon, la brute et les zombies
Petit cowboy

Parts of the Family
Shocked Woman Watching TV (uncredited)

Alien Resurrection
Vriess

The City of Lost Children
The Diver / The Clones

Delicatessen
Louison

The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Albert

Betty Blue
Le dealer

If I Were 1000 Years Old