Dominique Pinon

Born: March 4 1955
Where: Saumur, France

The veteran actor is a regular collaborator with celebrated Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

The pair have teamed up for all of Jeunet's features, including Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection and Amelie.

Becker also played Sylvain in Jeunet's critically acclaimed A Very Long Engagement with Audray Tautou.

Becker made his big screen debut in 1980 in La Decouverte and went on to star in Jean-Jacques Beineix's cult hit Diva.

In 1983, Pinon won a Cesar (French Oscar) nomination for best newcomer for The Return of Martin Guerre.

Subseqeunt appearances included Roman Polanski's Frantic with Harrison Ford in 1988 and Robert Enrico's The French Revolution.

In 1991, he started is fruitful working relationship with Jeunet in Delicatessen and also starred in Guy Jacques' My Name Is Victor.

Jeunet then cast him in The City of Lost Children and he also tasted Hollywood with the horror sequel Alien: Resurrection.

In 2001, he starred in Amelie alongside Tautou and also featured in Francis Palluau's Welcome To The Roses.

Recent work includes A Very Long Engagement for Jeunet.