Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon is the character actor I think of whenever people underrate supporting roles. That unmistakable, slightly off-kilter face in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films, Delicatessen, Amelie, makes him impossible to forget even when he isn't the lead. He's not a star-vehicle guy, he's a presence, and the Molière Award for Best Actor plus the Officer of Arts and Letters prove the theatre world takes him seriously too. To me he's the salt in a dish: easy to overlook, but the scene tastes flat without him. French cinema is richer for actors built exactly like this.

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Name (English)

Dominique Pinon

Name (Japanese)

ドミニク・ピノン

Reading

どみにく・ぴのん

Born

March 4, 1955 (age 71)

Origin

Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France

Occupation

film actor / stage actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

University

University of Poitiers

Awards & achievements

• Officer of Arts and Letters
• Molière Award for Best Actor
• 1991 Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique%20Pinon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%8E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38554

Tags

• Maine-et-Loire
• film actor
• stage actor
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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